#god

Unusual travel suggestions are dancing lessons from God. ↗

— Kurt Vonnegut

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The Buddhists say there are 149 ways to God. I'm not looking for God, only for myself, and that is far more complicated. God has had a great deal written about Him; nothing has been written about me. God is bigger, like my mother, easier to find, even in the dark. I could be anywhere, and since I can't describe myself I can't ask for help. ↗

— Jeanette Winterson

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God is love," she said. "And he respects love, whether it's between a parents, and child, a man and woman, or friends. I don't think he cares about religion one little bit. Live your life right. Love with all your heart. Don't hurt others, and help those in need. That is all you need to know. And don't worry about heaven. If it exists, you'll be welcome. ↗

— Ellen Hopkins

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God put us here, on this carnival ride. We close our eyes never knowing where it'll take us next. ↗

— Carrie Underwood

#life #roller-coaster #surprises #life

Oh, God of Dust and Rainbows, Help us to see That without the dust the rainbow Would not be. ↗

— Langston Hughes

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The poor man shuddered, overflowed with an angelic joy; he declared in his transport that this would last through life; he said to himself that he really had not suffered enough to deserve such radiant happiness, and he thanked God, in the depths of his soul, for having permitted that he, a miserable man, should be so loved by this innocent being. ↗

— Victor Hugo

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The soul is like an uninhabited world that comes to life only when God lays His head against us. ↗

— St. Thomas Aquinas

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Children and dogs are the messengers of God some of us do not deserve them ↗

— Ginnetta Correli

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The will of God is not something you add to your life. It’s a course you choose. You either line yourself up with the Son of God…or you capitulate to the principle which governs the rest of the world. ↗

— Elisabeth Elliot

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I thought about how odd it is for billions of people to be alive, yet not one of them is really quite sure of what makes people people. The only activities I could think of that humans do that have no animal equivalent were smoking, body-building and writing. That's not much, considering how special we seem to think we are. ↗

— Douglas Coupland

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