God is not the author of all things, but of good only.

Those whose life is long still strive for gain, and for all mortals all things take second place to money.

— Sophocles

To explicate the uses of the Brain seems as difficult a task as to paint the Soul, of which it is commonly said, that…

— Thomas Willis

A tree is a self: it is 'unseen shaping' more than it is leaves or bark, roots or cellulose or fruit ... What this…

— Brian Swimme

Dear God, I trust that no matter what happens in my life, it is for my highest good. And no matter what happens in…

— Susan Jeffers

Moderation, honey, in all things but love and chocolate. That's my motto.

— Barbara Bretton

There is a spirit which I feel that delights to do no evil, nor to revenge any wrong, but delights to endure all things,…

— James Nayler

What greater weakness can there be than not to know what is the source of one's being, of one's life, of one's senses, of…

— Jean de la Bruyere

When I was in my teens I had a series of intensely religious experiences. They deepened my sense of God as the creator of…

— Andrew Linzey

It is more than a little ironic that "capital accumulation" once a rather tendentious Marxian view of a supposed capitalist obsession, should have become…

— Robert Kuttner

The Lord gives and the Lord takes away, as it pleases him, for he can do all things.

— Homer

Time, which wears down and diminishes all things, augments and increases good deeds, because a good turn liberally offered to a reasonable man grows…

— Francois Rabelais

Standing as a witness in all things means being kind in all things, being the first to say hello, being the first to smile,…

— Margaret D. Nadauld

The eternal principle, which never was born, never will die: it is in all things: it is in you now. You are the wave…

— Joseph Campbell

The U.S. Army has recently removed the cross from the insignia worn by chaplains. In its place is a sun with its rays, symbolizing…

— Chris Murray

...God does not possess a private knowledge of Himself and a separate knowledge of all the creatures in common. The universal Cause, by knowing…

— Pope Dionysius