--- title: "9 Directly God Quotes by 8 authors" description: "Browse 9 Directly God quotes by 8 authors. Discover the best Directly God sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/222/johannes-brahms-20517_flow_straightaway-the-ideas-flow-in-upon-me-d_2213144.jpg" --- > [Straightaway the ideas flow in upon me, directly from God.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johannes-brahms/straightaway-the-ideas-flow-in-upon-me-directly-from-god/) [Johannes Brahms](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johannes-brahms/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/222/johannes-brahms-20517_flow_straightaway-the-ideas-flow-in-upon-me-d_2213144.jpg) > [Faith leads us beyond ourselves. It leads us directly to God.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-john-paul-ii/faith-leads-us-beyond-ourselves-it-leads-us-directly-to-god/) [Pope John Paul II](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-john-paul-ii/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a29/pope-john-paul-ii-485_faith_faith-leads-us-beyond-ourselves-it-leads_1876054.jpg) > [Straight-away the ideas flow in upon me, directly from God, and not only do I see distinct themes in my mind's eye,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johannes-brahms/straight-away-the-ideas-flow-in-upon-me-directly-from-god-and-not/) [Johannes Brahms](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johannes-brahms/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/065/johannes-brahms-20517_eye_straight-away-the-ideas-flow-in-upon-me_903503.jpg) > [Dreams touch every level of our life. They may let us glimpse the future, or give suggestions for healing, or share insights…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harold-klemp/dreams-touch-every-level-of-our-life-they-may-let-us-glimpse-the/) [Harold Klemp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harold-klemp/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/387/harold-klemp-4722_dream_dreams-touch-every-level-of-our-life-the_2454011.jpg) > [“No scripture comes directly from God. They are collections of rules or values or both, that were shaped by the socio-economic conditions…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/siddharth-katragadda/no-scripture-comes-directly-from-god-they-are-collections-of-rules-or/) [Siddharth Katragadda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/siddharth-katragadda/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f63/siddharth-katragadda-16947_bible_no-scripture-comes-directly-from-god-the_416132.jpg) > [Many of the questions we ask God can't be answered directly, not because God doesn't know the answers but because our questions…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/many-of-the-questions-we-ask-god-can-t-be-answered-directly-not/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c74/anonymous-1_answers_many-of-the-questions-we-ask-god-can-t-b_152008.jpg) > [“How can we be directly in God, neither striving nor seeking for anything other than him, and how can we be so…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meister-eckhart/how-can-we-be-directly-in-god-neither-striving-nor-seeking-for/) [Meister Eckhart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meister-eckhart/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/648/meister-eckhart-1044_quote_how-can-we-be-directly-in-god-neither-st_1813071.jpg) > [It is a great good to be given over to the will of God. Then the Lord alone is in the soul,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/silouan-the-athonite/it-is-a-great-good-to-be-given-over-to-the-will-of-god-then-the-lord/) [Silouan the Athonite](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/silouan-the-athonite/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cbf/silouan-the-athonite-14548_christian_it-is-a-great-good-to-be-given-over-to-t_2102451.jpg) > [“Here is the thing about God. He is so big and so perfect that we can't really understand Him. We can't possess…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-f-winner/here-is-the-thing-about-god-he-is-so-big-and-so-perfect-that-we-can-t/) [Lauren F. Winner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-f-winner/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/03f/lauren-f-winner-18725_god_here-is-the-thing-about-god-he-is-so-big_578605.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/directly-god/#itemlist", "name": "Directly God Quotes", "numberOfItems": 9, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Straightaway the ideas flow in upon me, directly from God.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Johannes Brahms" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johannes-brahms/straightaway-the-ideas-flow-in-upon-me-directly-from-god/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/222/johannes-brahms-20517_flow_straightaway-the-ideas-flow-in-upon-me-d_2213144.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/222/johannes-brahms-20517_flow_straightaway-the-ideas-flow-in-upon-me-d_2213144.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/222/johannes-brahms-20517_flow_straightaway-the-ideas-flow-in-upon-me-d_2213144.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Straightaway the ideas flow in upon me, directly from God.” — Johannes Brahms", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Faith leads us beyond ourselves. 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