The knowledge of God is very far from the love of Him. Blaise Pascal
The more we understand individual things, the more we understand God. Baruch Spinoza
We always keep God waiting while we admit more importunate suitors. Malcolm de Chazal
Prayer does not change God, but it changes him who prays. Soren Kierkegaard
Not only is there no God, but try finding a plumber on Sunday. Woody Allen
It may be that our role on this planet is not to worship God, but to create him. Arthur C. Clarke
Before God we are all equally wise – and equally foolish. Albert Einstein
Beauty is one of the rare things that do not lead to doubt of God. Jean Anouilh
If it turns out that there is a God, I don’t think that he’s evil. But the worst that you can say about him is that basically he’s an underachiever. Woody Allen
I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use. Galileo Galilei
Of all human activities, man’s listening to God is the supreme act of his reasoning and will. Pope Paul VI
What God chooses for us children of men is always the best. Karl Barth
For man proposes, but God disposes. Thomas a Kempis
God is a gentleman. He prefers blondes. Joe Orton
In view of the fact that God limited the intelligence of man, it seems unfair that He did not also limit his stupidity. Konrad Adenauer
We regard God as an airman regards his parachute; it’s there for emergencies but he hopes he’ll never have to use it. C S Lewis
God will forgive me; that’s his business. Heinrich Heine
Nature is but a name for an effect, whose cause is God. William Cowper
Joy is the most infallible sign of the presence of God. Leon Bloy
The Church knew what the psalmist knew: Music praises God. Music is well or better able to praise Him than the building of the church and all its decoration; it is the Church’s greatest ornament. Igor Stravinsky
God loves to help him who strives to help himself. Aeschylus
I distrust those people who know so well what God wants them to do, because I notice it always coincides with their own desires. Susan B. Anthony
They say that God is everywhere, and yet we always think of Him as somewhat of a recluse. Emily Dickinson
With God, what is terrible is that one never knows whether it’s not just a trick of the devil. Jean Anouilh
It is not only prayer that gives God glory but work. Smiting on an anvil, sawing a beam, whitewashing a wall, driving horses, sweeping, scouring, everything gives God some glory if being in his grace you do it as your duty. Gerard Manley Hopkins
The world is charged with the grandeur of God. Gerard Manley Hopkins
God doesn’t believe in the easy way. James Agee
Any day, any minute we bless God for our being or for anything, for food, for sunlight, we do and are what we were meant for, made for – things that give and mean to give God glory. Gerard Manley Hopkins
If someone were to prove to me – right this minute – that God, in all his luminousness, exists, it wouldn’t change a single aspect of my behavior. Luis Bunuel
God: a disease we imagine we are cured of because no one dies of it nowadays. E M Cioran