--- title: "21 Definition God Quotes by 19 authors" description: "Browse 21 Definition God quotes by 19 authors. Discover the best Definition God sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/81d/emily-dickinson-310_definition_home-is-the-definition-of-god-2765581_2765581.jpg" --- > [Home is the definition of God.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emily-dickinson/home-is-the-definition-of-god/) [Emily Dickinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emily-dickinson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/81d/emily-dickinson-310_definition_home-is-the-definition-of-god-2765581_2765581.jpg) > [My definition of God is the ever-present essence of love.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gabrielle-bernstein/my-definition-of-god-is-the-ever-present-essence-of-love/) [Gabrielle Bernstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gabrielle-bernstein/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7d7/gabrielle-bernstein-1984_definitions_my-definition-of-god-is-the-ever-present_1296737.png) > [ “Doubtless, by definition, God was Reason itself. But would he also be "reasonable" \[...\]” ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-s-lewis-2/doubtless-by-definition-god-was-reason-itself-but-would-he-also-be/) [C.S. Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-s-lewis-2/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1aa/c-s-lewis-121_god_doubtless-by-definition-god-was-reason-i_1764459.jpg) > [“God is everywhere, and you are somewhere. Therefore, by definition, you must be where God is.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-shumsky/god-is-everywhere-and-you-are-somewhere-therefore-by-definition-you/) [Susan Shumsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-shumsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/592/susan-shumsky-26132_definition_god-is-everywhere-and-you-are-somewhere_229786.jpg) > [There is only one good definition of God: the freedom that allows other freedoms to exist.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-fowles/there-is-only-one-good-definition-of-god-the-freedom-that-allows/) [John Fowles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-fowles/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/73d/john-fowles-816_definitions_there-is-only-one-good-definition-of-god_82507.png) > [Grace, by definition, is something that God is not required to grant. He owes a fallen world no mercy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/r-c-sproul/grace-by-definition-is-something-that-god-is-not-required-to-grant-he/) [R. C. Sproul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/r-c-sproul/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1fa/r-c-sproul-1006_compassion_grace-by-definition-is-something-that-go_2517080.png) > [My definition of God is the highest supreme feeling of beauty and light and happiness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/princess-nokia/my-definition-of-god-is-the-highest-supreme-feeling-of-beauty-and/) [Princess Nokia](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/princess-nokia/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ed9/princess-nokia-6747_beauty_my-definition-of-god-is-the-highest-supr_178460.jpg) > [A definition for God that works for me. Pure Energy Supreme Consciousness'.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stanley-victor-paskavich/a-definition-for-god-that-works-for-me-pure-energy-supreme/) [Stanley Victor Paskavich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stanley-victor-paskavich/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/829/stanley-victor-paskavich-630_god_a-definition-for-god-that-works-for-me-p_958588.jpg) > [“We must go out to Pure Life, Pure Truth, Pure Love, and that is the definition of God. He is the ultimate…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fulton-j-sheen/we-must-go-out-to-pure-life-pure-truth-pure-love-and-that-is-the/) [Fulton J. Sheen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fulton-j-sheen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d7d/fulton-j-sheen-675_catholic_we-must-go-out-to-pure-life-pure-truth-p_1464177.png) > [Everybody has a different definition of God. When people say, 'Do you believe?' I think they mean the Christian God. There are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sean-hayes/everybody-has-a-different-definition-of-god-when-people-say-do-you/) [Sean Hayes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sean-hayes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4db/sean-hayes-8488_believe_everybody-has-a-different-definition-of_3015356.jpg) > [My definition of God: God is not only the alpha, the omega, he is friend, he's a confidant, he is a buddy.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/devon-franklin/my-definition-of-god-god-is-not-only-the-alpha-the-omega-he-is-friend/) [DeVon Franklin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/devon-franklin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/91f/devon-franklin-15376_alphas_my-definition-of-god-god-is-not-only-the_198929.png) > [I read somewhere that some people believe that the entire universe is a matrix of living thought. And I said, "Man, if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-arkin/i-read-somewhere-that-some-people-believe-that-the-entire-universe-is/) [Alan Arkin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-arkin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ccc/alan-arkin-5379_believe_i-read-somewhere-that-some-people-believ_2456038.jpg) > [I think that of most leaders in religion as power brokers. They give orders, in a sense, to an audience every week,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-lear/i-think-that-of-most-leaders-in-religion-as-power-brokers-they-give/) [Norman Lear](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norman-lear/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2b8/norman-lear-7597_audience_i-think-that-of-most-leaders-in-religion_1156216.png) > [According to my definition of God, I'm not an atheist. Because I think God is everything. Whenever I open my eyes, I'm…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pete-seeger/according-to-my-definition-of-god-i-m-not-an-atheist-because-i-think/) [Pete Seeger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pete-seeger/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0df/pete-seeger-1942_according_according-to-my-definition-of-god-i-m-no_1255268.png) > [I don’t have a definition of God, because I’ve never really understood that word. People have different understandings of it and it’s…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gary-zukav/i-don-t-have-a-definition-of-god-because-i-ve-never-really-understood/) [Gary Zukav](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gary-zukav/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/832/gary-zukav-714_compassion_i-don-t-have-a-definition-of-god-because_2290953.png) > [I will say that the God concept is at the heart of 2001 but not any traditional, anthromorphic image of God. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stanley-kubrick/i-will-say-that-the-god-concept-is-at-the-heart-of-2001-but-not-any/) [Stanley Kubrick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stanley-kubrick/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/241/stanley-kubrick-3001_accepting_i-will-say-that-the-god-concept-is-at-th_331957.jpg) > [There is no evidence for a god, no coherent definition of a god, no good argument for a god, good positive arguments…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-barker/there-is-no-evidence-for-a-god-no-coherent-definition-of-a-god-no/) [Dan Barker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-barker/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/649/dan-barker-10701_agreement_there-is-no-evidence-for-a-god-no-cohere_850705.jpg) > [“The basic idea underlying all the great religions is that man is asleep, that he lives amid dreams and delusions, that he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-s-de-ropp/the-basic-idea-underlying-all-the-great-religions-is-that-man-is/) [Robert S. de Ropp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-s-de-ropp/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fd8/robert-s-de-ropp-40901_dreams_the-basic-idea-underlying-all-the-great_2927284.jpg) > [I feel most spiritual when I'm out in the woods. I feel part of nature. Or looking up at the stars. \[I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pete-seeger/i-feel-most-spiritual-when-i-m-out-in-the-woods-i-feel-part-of-nature/) [Pete Seeger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pete-seeger/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fd1/pete-seeger-1942_atheist_i-feel-most-spiritual-when-i-m-out-in-th_659343.png) > [I feel most spiritual when I'm out in the woods. I feel part of nature. Or looking up at the stars. \[I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pete-seeger/i-feel-most-spiritual-when-i-m-out-in-the-woods-i-feel-part-of-nature-2/) [Pete Seeger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pete-seeger/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/139/pete-seeger-1942_atheist_i-feel-most-spiritual-when-i-m-out-in-th_737051.png) > [“if one understands what the actual philosophical definition of “God” is in most of the great religious traditions, and if consequently one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-bentley-hart/if-one-understands-what-the-actual-philosophical-definition-of-god-is/) [David Bentley Hart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-bentley-hart/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/54f/david-bentley-hart-4691_denying-god_if-one-understands-what-the-actual-philo_817676.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/definition-god/#itemlist", "name": "Definition God Quotes", "numberOfItems": 21, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Home is the definition of God.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Emily Dickinson" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emily-dickinson/home-is-the-definition-of-god/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/81d/emily-dickinson-310_definition_home-is-the-definition-of-god-2765581_2765581.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/81d/emily-dickinson-310_definition_home-is-the-definition-of-god-2765581_2765581.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/81d/emily-dickinson-310_definition_home-is-the-definition-of-god-2765581_2765581.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Home is the definition of God.” — Emily Dickinson", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "My definition of God is the ever-present essence of love.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Gabrielle Bernstein" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gabrielle-bernstein/my-definition-of-god-is-the-ever-present-essence-of-love/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7d7/gabrielle-bernstein-1984_definitions_my-definition-of-god-is-the-ever-present_1296737.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7d7/gabrielle-bernstein-1984_definitions_my-definition-of-god-is-the-ever-present_1296737.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7d7/gabrielle-bernstein-1984_definitions_my-definition-of-god-is-the-ever-present_1296737.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“My definition of God is the ever-present essence of love.” — Gabrielle Bernstein", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Doubtless, by definition, God was Reason itself. 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