--- title: "18 God Nearer Quotes by 15 authors" description: "Browse 18 God Nearer quotes by 15 authors. Discover the best God Nearer sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/611/julian-of-norwich-4876_god_god-is-nearer-to-us-than-our-own-spirit_2799422.png" --- > [God is nearer to us than our own spirit](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julian-of-norwich/god-is-nearer-to-us-than-our-own-spirit/) [Julian of Norwich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julian-of-norwich/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/611/julian-of-norwich-4876_god_god-is-nearer-to-us-than-our-own-spirit_2799422.png) > [Aloneness is nearer God, nearer reality.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gwen-john/aloneness-is-nearer-god-nearer-reality/) [Gwen John](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gwen-john/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a6e/gwen-john-56687_aloneness_aloneness-is-nearer-god-nearer-reality-7_740694.png) > [God is nearer to me than I am to myself; He is just as near to wood and stone, but they do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meister-eckhart/god-is-nearer-to-me-than-i-am-to-myself-he-is-just-as-near-to-wood/) [Meister Eckhart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meister-eckhart/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c7f/meister-eckhart-1044_inspirational_god-is-nearer-to-me-than-i-am-to-myself_2222080.jpg) > [God is nearer to you than any thought or feeling of yours... Do not be afraid.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-macdonald/god-is-nearer-to-you-than-any-thought-or-feeling-of-yours-do-not-be/) [George MacDonald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-macdonald/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9a4/george-macdonald-295_afraid_god-is-nearer-to-you-than-any-thought-or_663539.png) > [We need never shout across the spaces to an absent God. He is nearer than our own soul, closer than our most…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/we-need-never-shout-across-the-spaces-to-an-absent-god-he-is-nearer/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/05e/anonymous-1_absent_we-need-never-shout-across-the-spaces-to_2845913.jpg) > [“Where is the knowledge we have lost in information? The cycles of heaven in twenty centuries have bought us farther from God…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/t-s-eliot-2/where-is-the-knowledge-we-have-lost-in-information-the-cycles-of/) [T.S. Eliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/t-s-eliot-2/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/934/t-s-eliot-2-1761_knowledge-lost_where-is-the-knowledge-we-have-lost-in-i_3126351.jpg) > [No friend have I. I must live by myself alone; but I know well that God is nearer to me than others…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ludwig-van-beethoven/no-friend-have-i-i-must-live-by-myself-alone-but-i-know-well-that-god/) [Ludwig van Beethoven](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ludwig-van-beethoven/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/732/ludwig-van-beethoven-2361_art_no-friend-have-i-i-must-live-by-myself-a_656186.jpg) > [Meditation is the soul's perspective glass, whereby, in her long remove, she discerneth God, as if He were nearer at hand.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/owen-feltham/meditation-is-the-soul-s-perspective-glass-whereby-in-her-long-remove/) [Owen Feltham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/owen-feltham/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c69/owen-feltham-9361_glasses_meditation-is-the-soul-s-perspective-gla_204634.jpg) > [The more wants we have, the further we are from God, and the nearer we approach him, the better can we dispense…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeanne-marie-bouvier-de-la-motte-guyon/the-more-wants-we-have-the-further-we-are-from-god-and-the-nearer-we/) [Jeanne Marie Bouvier de la Motte Guyon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeanne-marie-bouvier-de-la-motte-guyon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e8c/jeanne-marie-bouvier-de-la-mot_approach_the-more-wants-we-have-the-further-we-ar_3061913.jpg) > [The higher a man's conception of God, the better will he know Him. And the better he knows God, the nearer will…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leo-tolstoy/the-higher-a-man-s-conception-of-god-the-better-will-he-know-him-and/) [Leo Tolstoy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leo-tolstoy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dd3/leo-tolstoy-55_conception_the-higher-a-man-s-conception-of-god-the_308167.png) > [The great mystery of our metaphysical situation, that God is nearer to us than we are ourselves, is manifest in the fact…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dietrich-von-hildebrand/the-great-mystery-of-our-metaphysical-situation-that-god-is-nearer-to/) [Dietrich von Hildebrand](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dietrich-von-hildebrand/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5cc/dietrich-von-hildebrand-38321_christ_the-great-mystery-of-our-metaphysical-si_1305057.jpg) > [God is nearer to us than any man at every time. He is nearer to me than my raiment, nearer than the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-of-kronstadt/god-is-nearer-to-us-than-any-man-at-every-time-he-is-nearer-to-me/) [John of Kronstadt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-of-kronstadt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/054/john-of-kronstadt-8549_air_god-is-nearer-to-us-than-any-man-at-ever_2935683.jpg) > [“The higher a man’s conception of God, the better will he know Him. And the better he knows God, the nearer will…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leo-tolstoy/the-higher-a-man-s-conception-of-god-the-better-will-he-know-him-and-2/) [Leo Tolstoy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leo-tolstoy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e75/leo-tolstoy-55_compassion_the-higher-a-man-s-conception-of-god-the_321642.png) > [I am as sure as I live that nothing is so near to me as God. God is nearer to me than…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meister-eckhart/i-am-as-sure-as-i-live-that-nothing-is-so-near-to-me-as-god-god-is/) [Meister Eckhart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meister-eckhart/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/460/meister-eckhart-1044_existence_i-am-as-sure-as-i-live-that-nothing-is-s_1247628.jpg) > [Every trial a man goes through, if he is faithful in that trial and does honor to God and his religion he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lorenzo-snow/every-trial-a-man-goes-through-if-he-is-faithful-in-that-trial-and/) [Lorenzo Snow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lorenzo-snow/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e5f/lorenzo-snow-16450_affliction_every-trial-a-man-goes-through-if-he-is_3045388.jpg) > [“O my soul! Nothing comes between you and God but the atoning blood of Jesus. His blood annihilates all your sin and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/octavius-winslow/o-my-soul-nothing-comes-between-you-and-god-but-the-atoning-blood-of/) [Octavius Winslow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/octavius-winslow/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9d8/octavius-winslow-22682_blood-of-jesus_o-my-soul-nothing-comes-between-you-and_2349764.jpg) > [So when we sing, 'Draw me nearer, nearer, blessed Lord,' we are not thinking of the nearness of place, but of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aiden-wilson-tozer/so-when-we-sing-draw-me-nearer-nearer-blessed-lord-we-are-not/) [Aiden Wilson Tozer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aiden-wilson-tozer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/968/aiden-wilson-tozer-296_absent_so-when-we-sing-draw-me-nearer-nearer-bl_2198309.jpg) > [I haven't a single friend; I must live alone. But well I know that God is nearer to me than to the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ludwig-van-beethoven/i-haven-t-a-single-friend-i-must-live-alone-but-well-i-know-that-god/) [Ludwig van Beethoven](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ludwig-van-beethoven/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6f0/ludwig-van-beethoven-2361_art_i-haven-t-a-single-friend-i-must-live-al_782210.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/god-nearer/#itemlist", "name": "God Nearer Quotes", "numberOfItems": 18, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "God is nearer to us than our own spirit", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Julian of Norwich" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julian-of-norwich/god-is-nearer-to-us-than-our-own-spirit/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/611/julian-of-norwich-4876_god_god-is-nearer-to-us-than-our-own-spirit_2799422.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/611/julian-of-norwich-4876_god_god-is-nearer-to-us-than-our-own-spirit_2799422.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/611/julian-of-norwich-4876_god_god-is-nearer-to-us-than-our-own-spirit_2799422.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“God is nearer to us than our own spirit” — Julian of Norwich", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Aloneness is nearer God, nearer reality.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Gwen John" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gwen-john/aloneness-is-nearer-god-nearer-reality/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a6e/gwen-john-56687_aloneness_aloneness-is-nearer-god-nearer-reality-7_740694.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a6e/gwen-john-56687_aloneness_aloneness-is-nearer-god-nearer-reality-7_740694.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a6e/gwen-john-56687_aloneness_aloneness-is-nearer-god-nearer-reality-7_740694.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Aloneness is nearer God, nearer reality.” — Gwen John", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "God is nearer to me than I am to myself; He is just as near to wood and stone, but they do not know it.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Meister Eckhart" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meister-eckhart/god-is-nearer-to-me-than-i-am-to-myself-he-is-just-as-near-to-wood/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c7f/meister-eckhart-1044_inspirational_god-is-nearer-to-me-than-i-am-to-myself_2222080.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c7f/meister-eckhart-1044_inspirational_god-is-nearer-to-me-than-i-am-to-myself_2222080.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c7f/meister-eckhart-1044_inspirational_god-is-nearer-to-me-than-i-am-to-myself_2222080.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“God is nearer to me than I am to myself; He is just as near to wood and stone, but they do not know it.” — Meister Eckhart", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "God is nearer to you than any thought or feeling of yours... 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