--- title: "6 God Stood Quotes by 6 authors" description: "Browse 6 God Stood quotes by 6 authors. Discover the best God Stood sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/df6/meister-eckhart-1044_imagine_the-knower-and-the-known-are-one-simple_1022974.jpg" --- > [The knower and the known are one. Simple people imagine that they should see God as if he stood there and they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meister-eckhart/the-knower-and-the-known-are-one-simple-people-imagine-that-they/) [Meister Eckhart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meister-eckhart/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/df6/meister-eckhart-1044_imagine_the-knower-and-the-known-are-one-simple_1022974.jpg) > [Among us all men were created sons of God and stood erect, as conscious of their divinity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-eastman/among-us-all-men-were-created-sons-of-god-and-stood-erect-as/) [Charles Eastman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-eastman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7ad/charles-eastman-71778_among_among-us-all-men-were-created-sons-of-go_1995056.jpg) > [“Mark Twain, cynical about so much else, has a particular reverence in the Holy Land for "sitting where a god has stood".…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-twain/mark-twain-cynical-about-so-much-else-has-a-particular-reverence-in/) [Mark Twain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-twain/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d61/mark-twain-22_history_mark-twain-cynical-about-so-much-else-ha_2029863.png) > [“I was just a mere mortal and he was a god. I never stood a chance.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robin-burks/i-was-just-a-mere-mortal-and-he-was-a-god-i-never-stood-a-chance/) [Robin Burks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robin-burks/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/94d/robin-burks-63473_crime-drama_i-was-just-a-mere-mortal-and-he-was-a-go_2283399.jpg) > [“My mother had tried to raise me as a Catholic, but war had deracinated whatever meager plantings her efforts had achieved. No…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barry-eisler/my-mother-had-tried-to-raise-me-as-a-catholic-but-war-had-deracinated/) [Barry Eisler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barry-eisler/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/954/barry-eisler-1009_mother_my-mother-had-tried-to-raise-me-as-a-cat_2327250.png) > [“I stood staring to heaven and nothing came from there, no mercy or redemption. Whatever had come had come already and it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-robertson/i-stood-staring-to-heaven-and-nothing-came-from-there-no-mercy-or/) [James Robertson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-robertson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f70/james-robertson-30882_compassion_i-stood-staring-to-heaven-and-nothing-ca_2333663.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/god-stood/#itemlist", "name": "God Stood Quotes", "numberOfItems": 6, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The knower and the known are one. Simple people imagine that they should see God as if he stood there and they here. This is not so. 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