#god

The sound of 'gentle stillness' after all the thunder and wind have passed will the ultimate Word from God. ↗

— Jim Elliot

#gentle #god #passed #sound #stillness

When belief in a god dies, the god dies. ↗

— Harlan Ellison

#dies #god

Happy is he who has gained the wealth of divine thoughts, wretched is he whose beliefs about the gods are dark. ↗

— Empedocles

#beliefs #dark #divine #gained #gods

If God listened to the prayers of men, all men would quickly have perished: for they are forever praying for evil against one another. ↗

— Epicurus

#another #evil #forever #god #listened

May God save the country, for it is evident that the people will not. ↗

— Millard Fillmore

#evident #god #may #people #save

David wasn't thinking of being king when he was tending sheep; he was just doing what God sat before him. ↗

— John Fisher

#being #david #doing #god #him

The process is very gradual, you see. At first there's the tainted stage; they know what will eventually happen to them if they go on but they say, 'Oh God, don't do it to me do it again, please, please.' ↗

— Terence Fisher

#eventually #first #go #god #gradual

If I were to construct a God I would furnish Him with some way and qualities and characteristics which the Present lacks. ↗

— Mark Twain

#agnosticism #atheism #atheist #freedom #god

I have rightfully no other business each day but to do God's work as a servant, constantly regarding His pleasure. May I have grace to live above every human motive, simply with God and to God. ↗

— Henry Martyn

#servant-of-god #business

For me, college wasn't a breeze. I had 8 o'clock classes, I worked from 3 to 11 at the Settlement House. On weekends, if Northwestern Bell needed me, I'd troubleshoot for them, and I had a steady girl. God! ↗

— Henry Fonda

#breeze #classes #clock #college #girl