--- title: "6 Relation With God Quotes by 5 authors" description: "Browse 6 Relation With God quotes by 5 authors. Discover the best Relation With God sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ac8/william-barrett-14440_doubt_the-more-severely-he-struggles-to-hold-o_343724.jpg" --- > [“The more severely he struggles to hold on to the primal face-to-face relation with God, the more tenuous this becomes, until in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-barrett/the-more-severely-he-struggles-to-hold-on-to-the-primal-face-to-face/) [William Barrett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-barrett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ac8/william-barrett-14440_doubt_the-more-severely-he-struggles-to-hold-o_343724.jpg) > [The seat of faith, however, is not consciousness but spontaneous religious experience, which brings the individual's faith into immediate relation with God.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-jung/the-seat-of-faith-however-is-not-consciousness-but-spontaneous/) [Carl Jung](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-jung/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1bd/carl-jung-274_consciousness_the-seat-of-faith-however-is-not-conscio_480875.jpg) > [The seat of faith...is not consciousness but spontaneous religious experience, which brings the individual's faith into immediate relation with God.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-jung/the-seat-of-faith-is-not-consciousness-but-spontaneous-religious/) [Carl Jung](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-jung/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/550/carl-jung-274_consciousness_the-seat-of-faith-is-not-consciousness-b_958622.jpg) > [“The historical emphasis upon the individual has been at the expense of the associative and symbolic relationship that must in fact uphold…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-a-nisbet/the-historical-emphasis-upon-the-individual-has-been-at-the-expense/) [Robert A. Nisbet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-a-nisbet/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0d0/robert-a-nisbet-32304_history_the-historical-emphasis-upon-the-individ_1283336.jpg) > [“I am very intrigued by those who consider themselves spiritual but have no religious knowledge and don't think they need any. Very…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robin-sacredfire/i-am-very-intrigued-by-those-who-consider-themselves-spiritual-but/) [Robin Sacredfire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robin-sacredfire/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dfa/robin-sacredfire-1159_religion_i-am-very-intrigued-by-those-who-conside_1503247.jpg) > [“As scientific truths put us in an intelligent relaton with the cosmos, as historic truth puts us in temporal relation with the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fulton-j-sheen/as-scientific-truths-put-us-in-an-intelligent-relaton-with-the-cosmos/) [Fulton J. Sheen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fulton-j-sheen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e96/fulton-j-sheen-675_god_as-scientific-truths-put-us-in-an-intell_2219509.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/relation-with-god/#itemlist", "name": "Relation With God Quotes", "numberOfItems": 6, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“The more severely he struggles to hold on to the primal face-to-face relation with God, the more tenuous this becomes, until in the end the relation to God Himself threatens to become a relation to Nothingness.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "William Barrett" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-barrett/the-more-severely-he-struggles-to-hold-on-to-the-primal-face-to-face/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ac8/william-barrett-14440_doubt_the-more-severely-he-struggles-to-hold-o_343724.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ac8/william-barrett-14440_doubt_the-more-severely-he-struggles-to-hold-o_343724.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ac8/william-barrett-14440_doubt_the-more-severely-he-struggles-to-hold-o_343724.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The more severely he struggles to hold on to the primal face-to-face relation with God, the more tenuous…” — William Barrett", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The seat of faith, however, is not consciousness but spontaneous religious experience, which brings the individual's faith into immediate relation with God.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Carl Jung" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-jung/the-seat-of-faith-however-is-not-consciousness-but-spontaneous/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1bd/carl-jung-274_consciousness_the-seat-of-faith-however-is-not-conscio_480875.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1bd/carl-jung-274_consciousness_the-seat-of-faith-however-is-not-conscio_480875.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1bd/carl-jung-274_consciousness_the-seat-of-faith-however-is-not-conscio_480875.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The seat of faith, however, is not consciousness but spontaneous religious experience, which brings the…” — Carl Jung", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The seat of faith...is not consciousness but spontaneous religious experience, which brings the individual's faith into immediate relation with God.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Carl Jung" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-jung/the-seat-of-faith-is-not-consciousness-but-spontaneous-religious/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/550/carl-jung-274_consciousness_the-seat-of-faith-is-not-consciousness-b_958622.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/550/carl-jung-274_consciousness_the-seat-of-faith-is-not-consciousness-b_958622.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/550/carl-jung-274_consciousness_the-seat-of-faith-is-not-consciousness-b_958622.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The seat of faith...is not consciousness but spontaneous religious experience, which brings the individual's…” — Carl Jung", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“The historical emphasis upon the individual has been at the expense of the associative and symbolic relationship that must in fact uphold the individual’s own sense of integrity. 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