--- title: "107 Thought God Quotes by 103 authors" description: "Browse 107 Thought God quotes by 103 authors. Discover the best Thought God sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/25a/louie-giglio-2490_amazing_this-is-an-amazing-thought-a-god-who-is_1813475.png" --- > [This is an amazing thought: a God who is indescribable.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louie-giglio/this-is-an-amazing-thought-a-god-who-is-indescribable/) [Louie Giglio](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louie-giglio/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/25a/louie-giglio-2490_amazing_this-is-an-amazing-thought-a-god-who-is_1813475.png) > [The universe is a thought of God.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/friedrich-schiller/the-universe-is-a-thought-of-god/) [Friedrich Schiller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/friedrich-schiller/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d41/friedrich-schiller-832_funny_the-universe-is-a-thought-of-god-1573848_1573848.png) > [Every thought of God is prayer.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rahel-varnhagen/every-thought-of-god-is-prayer/) [Rahel Varnhagen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rahel-varnhagen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c10/rahel-varnhagen-53180_god_every-thought-of-god-is-prayer-2914680_2914680.png) > [I thought this must be what God looks like.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-blanda/i-thought-this-must-be-what-god-looks-like/) [George Blanda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-blanda/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9a0/george-blanda-5435_god_i-thought-this-must-be-what-god-looks-li_1618285.jpg) > [I always thought of this as God's country.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-granatstein/i-always-thought-of-this-as-god-s-country/) [Jack Granatstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-granatstein/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d64/jack-granatstein-84668_canada_i-always-thought-of-this-as-god-s-countr_1620836.png) > [& I thought there is God , & I thought God is fair :(](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rituza/i-thought-there-is-god-i-thought-god-is-fair/) [Rituza](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rituza/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ac1/rituza-84836_broken_i-thought-there-is-god-i-thought-god-is_2060116.jpg) > [We are not some casual and meaningless product of evolution. Each of us is the result of a thought of God.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-benedict-xvi/we-are-not-some-casual-and-meaningless-product-of-evolution-each-of/) [Pope Benedict XVI](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-benedict-xvi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/068/pope-benedict-xvi-414_biology_we-are-not-some-casual-and-meaningless-p_256135.jpg) > [Perhaps pure reason without heart would never have thought of God.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/georg-c-lichtenberg/perhaps-pure-reason-without-heart-would-never-have-thought-of-god/) [Georg C. Lichtenberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/georg-c-lichtenberg/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/83b/georg-c-lichtenberg-1087_heart_perhaps-pure-reason-without-heart-would_1146820.png) > [And I thought, there was no God, there was only what you wanted.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/janet-fitch/and-i-thought-there-was-no-god-there-was-only-what-you-wanted/) [Janet Fitch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/janet-fitch/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cd1/janet-fitch-717_god_and-i-thought-there-was-no-god-there-was_184335.png) > [To some of us the thought of God is like a sort of quiet music playing in the background of the mind.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-james/to-some-of-us-the-thought-of-god-is-like-a-sort-of-quiet-music/) [William James](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-james/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/145/william-james-228_backgrounds_to-some-of-us-the-thought-of-god-is-like_3033114.png) > [It's a strange thought that sometimes God trusts us more than we trust Him. God trusts you - can you trust Him?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/beth-moore/it-s-a-strange-thought-that-sometimes-god-trusts-us-more-than-we/) [Beth Moore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/beth-moore/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f90/beth-moore-212_inspirational_it-s-a-strange-thought-that-sometimes-go_1207336.png) > [“We have thought, O God, on Your lovingkindness, in the midst of Your temple.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-j-morgan/we-have-thought-o-god-on-your-lovingkindness-in-the-midst-of-your/) [Robert J. Morgan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-j-morgan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1c8/robert-j-morgan-1336_god_we-have-thought-o-god-on-your-lovingkind_830122.jpg) > [An equation means nothing to me unless it expresses a thought of God.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/srinivasa-ramanujan/an-equation-means-nothing-to-me-unless-it-expresses-a-thought-of-god/) [Srinivasa Ramanujan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/srinivasa-ramanujan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c67/srinivasa-ramanujan-72691_equations_an-equation-means-nothing-to-me-unless-i_2215368.jpg) > [“I often asked Laplace what he thought of God. He owned that he was an atheist.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/napoleon-bonaparte/i-often-asked-laplace-what-he-thought-of-god-he-owned-that-he-was-an/) [Napoleon Bonaparte](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/napoleon-bonaparte/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1bd/napoleon-bonaparte-206_astronomer_i-often-asked-laplace-what-he-thought-of_2235871.jpg) > [I was delirious, and I turned to the Bible, and in my mind, I thought I was a god. I thought, you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/quinton-jackson/i-was-delirious-and-i-turned-to-the-bible-and-in-my-mind-i-thought-i/) [Quinton Jackson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/quinton-jackson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/108/quinton-jackson-4696_bible_i-was-delirious-and-i-turned-to-the-bibl_1865794.jpg) > [Night by night I will lie down and sleep in the thought of God, and in the thought, too, that my waking…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-mountford/night-by-night-i-will-lie-down-and-sleep-in-the-thought-of-god-and-in/) [William Mountford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-mountford/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/deb/william-mountford-17543_bosoms_night-by-night-i-will-lie-down-and-sleep_1739595.jpg) > [I thought that God and rap would never work. I thought that God wasn't okay with rap. People knew I used to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lecrae/i-thought-that-god-and-rap-would-never-work-i-thought-that-god-wasn-t/) [Lecrae](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lecrae/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3f6/lecrae-981_bible_i-thought-that-god-and-rap-would-never-w_2421884.png) > [“Even just the thought her…God. I may end up being the first man in history capable of masturbating without touching himself. Look,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emma-chase/even-just-the-thought-her-god-i-may-end-up-being-the-first-man-in/) [Emma Chase](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emma-chase/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e66/emma-chase-699_history_even-just-the-thought-her-god-i-may-end_2127435.jpg) > [Sometimes I ask myself why? Why do the bad things happen to me, when I only want to help other people happy.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nessa-nicolee/sometimes-i-ask-myself-why-why-do-the-bad-things-happen-to-me-when-i/) [Nessa Nicolee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nessa-nicolee/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d40/nessa-nicolee-30342_bad-thing_sometimes-i-ask-myself-why-why-do-the-ba_2276351.jpg) > [Without doubt, the mightiest thought the mind can entertain is the thought of God, and the weightest word in any language is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/without-doubt-the-mightiest-thought-the-mind-can-entertain-is-the/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a74/anonymous-1_doubt_without-doubt-the-mightiest-thought-the_701397.jpg) > [No thought can be greater than the mind that created the the thought. God is merely a thought, which makes the mind…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-hamilton/no-thought-can-be-greater-than-the-mind-that-created-the-the-thought/) [Christopher Hamilton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-hamilton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/849/christopher-hamilton-71684_psychology_no-thought-can-be-greater-than-the-mind_161358.jpg) > [“Jesus felt pure and calmly thought Only the One God; Who made himself to be a god Offends his holy will. And…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johan-wolfgang-von-goethe/jesus-felt-pure-and-calmly-thought-only-the-one-god-who-made-himself/) [Johan Wolfgang von Goethe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johan-wolfgang-von-goethe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/205/johan-wolfgang-von-goethe-8693_whole-world_jesus-felt-pure-and-calmly-thought-only_880184.jpg) > [“She'd once thought God would never intentionally hurt her. But looking back over her life, she'd had cause to rethink that. She…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tamera-alexander/she-d-once-thought-god-would-never-intentionally-hurt-her-but-looking/) [Tamera Alexander](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tamera-alexander/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ffc/tamera-alexander-13112_heavenly-father_she-d-once-thought-god-would-never-inten_1906385.jpg) > [“While we are committing sin we may, perhaps, succeed in putting away all thought of God, and persuade ourselves that, because we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/g-h-pember/while-we-are-committing-sin-we-may-perhaps-succeed-in-putting-away/) [G.H. Pember](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/g-h-pember/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6c6/g-h-pember-21155_face-to-face_while-we-are-committing-sin-we-may-perha_361593.jpg) > [“But you'd get arguments from all kinds of people that the Bible has got to be perfect. That God would not permit…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-butcher/but-you-d-get-arguments-from-all-kinds-of-people-that-the-bible-has/) [Jim Butcher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-butcher/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/517/jim-butcher-151_bible_but-you-d-get-arguments-from-all-kinds-o_131358.jpg) > [“Although he called himself a Christian, I had a hard time correlating his vicious gossip, bigoted expressions, and arrogant manner as such.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-c-tillery/although-he-called-himself-a-christian-i-had-a-hard-time-correlating/) [C.C. Tillery](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-c-tillery/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/572/c-c-tillery-59393_christian_although-he-called-himself-a-christian-i_1095868.jpg) > [“i hang out with war vets in a hospital they will never leave alive.i was out in the garden with the alzheimers…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ijosephi-lowly-worm/i-hang-out-with-war-vets-in-a-hospital-they-will-never-leave-alive-i/) [ijosephi lowly worm](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ijosephi-lowly-worm/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/602/ijosephi-lowly-worm-66946_original-thought_i-hang-out-with-war-vets-in-a-hospital-t_1309764.jpg) > [God was something I did not understand the way kids who went to church did. They said God was a man in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melissa-coleman/god-was-something-i-did-not-understand-the-way-kids-who-went-to/) [Melissa Coleman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melissa-coleman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/995/melissa-coleman-56784_beard_god-was-something-i-did-not-understand-t_399489.png) > [It is one of the ironies of religious history that many mortals err in their understanding of the nature of God and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neal-a-maxwell/it-is-one-of-the-ironies-of-religious-history-that-many-mortals-err/) [Neal A. Maxwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neal-a-maxwell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/00a/neal-a-maxwell-925_death_it-is-one-of-the-ironies-of-religious-hi_656772.png) > [My mother took us to services at the Episcopal church. Yet she always said that God was not just inside the four…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barry-goldwater/my-mother-took-us-to-services-at-the-episcopal-church-yet-she-always/) [Barry Goldwater](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barry-goldwater/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/236/barry-goldwater-3353_church_my-mother-took-us-to-services-at-the-epi_107437.png) > [“Know what?” he said. “The one I’m really mad at is God. I try not to, but the truth is, when you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jerry-b-jenkins/know-what-he-said-the-one-i-m-really-mad-at-is-god-i-try-not-to-but/) [Jerry B. Jenkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jerry-b-jenkins/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f00/jerry-b-jenkins-13769_god-trust_know-what-he-said-the-one-i-m-really-mad_2226621.png) > [“-“The greatest discovery of this generation is the knowledge that human beings can alter their lives by altering their attitude of mind”…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sekou-obadias/the-greatest-discovery-of-this-generation-is-the-knowledge-that-human/) [Sekou Obadias](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sekou-obadias/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a46/sekou-obadias-66860_bible_the-greatest-discovery-of-this-generatio_195168.jpg) > [“Of all the things we share, the most central is not in the liturgical or theological or canonical dimensions of the religion.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-chittister/of-all-the-things-we-share-the-most-central-is-not-in-the-liturgical/) [Joan Chittister](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joan-chittister/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c18/joan-chittister-70622_buddhism_of-all-the-things-we-share-the-most-cent_519857.jpg) > [“When I was a little girl, everything in the world fell into either of these two categories: wrong or right. Black or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-joybell-c/when-i-was-a-little-girl-everything-in-the-world-fell-into-either-of/) [C. JoyBell C](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-joybell-c/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/93e/c-joybell-c-471_black-and-white_when-i-was-a-little-girl-everything-in-t_1669549.jpg) > [“We are asking if thought can be aware of itself. That is rather a complex question, and requires very careful observation. Thought…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-krishnamurti/we-are-asking-if-thought-can-be-aware-of-itself-that-is-rather-a/) [J. Krishnamurti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-krishnamurti/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5b3/j-krishnamurti-36364_ancient-egyptian_we-are-asking-if-thought-can-be-aware-of_2627129.jpg) > [“Longstreet took a deep breath. In the winter the fever had come to Richmond. In a week they were dead. All within…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-shaara/longstreet-took-a-deep-breath-in-the-winter-the-fever-had-come-to/) [Michael Shaara](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-shaara/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/705/michael-shaara-13044_oh-god_longstreet-took-a-deep-breath-in-the-win_1753919.jpg) > [“Before now, it has never occurred to me that someone might pray for me. An odd sensation all the odder because I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/desales-harrison/before-now-it-has-never-occurred-to-me-that-someone-might-pray-for-me/) [DeSales Harrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/desales-harrison/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/964/desales-harrison-42811_freud_before-now-it-has-never-occurred-to-me-t_263560.jpg) > [“The public had an endless appetite for stories like that. Subconsciously, I think they think the gods of luck will favor them…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-varley/the-public-had-an-endless-appetite-for-stories-like-that/) [John Varley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-varley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c49/john-varley-26359_quote_the-public-had-an-endless-appetite-for-s_693811.jpg) > [Every child born into the world is a new thought of God, an ever-fresh and radiant possibility.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/every-child-born-into-the-world-is-a-new-thought-of-god-an-ever-fresh/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e8f/anonymous-1_baby_every-child-born-into-the-world-is-a-new_1963331.jpg) > [The first thought of God was an angel. The first word of God was a man](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/khalil-gibran/the-first-thought-of-god-was-an-angel-the-first-word-of-god-was-a-man/) [Khalil Gibran](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/khalil-gibran/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a07/khalil-gibran-286_angel_the-first-thought-of-god-was-an-angel-th_1573441.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/thought-god/#itemlist", "name": "Thought God Quotes", "numberOfItems": 40, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "This is an amazing thought: a God who is indescribable.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Louie Giglio" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louie-giglio/this-is-an-amazing-thought-a-god-who-is-indescribable/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": 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Jenkins", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 32, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“-“The greatest discovery of this generation is the knowledge that human beings can alter their lives by altering their attitude of mind” William James -“A man is the sum total of his thinking. You can think your way into, or out of any emotional state, simply by the thoughts you have in your mind. -“Human beings have the power within them to programme their mind to achieve the desires of their hearts. “Whatever the mind can conceive if you believe you can achieve.” “According to your faith be it unto you.” -Mat 9:29 -“One of the most comforting thought is: God is always with you; the power of God is within you, and God has given you the power to call on the universe to attract the desires of your heart.” - Sekou Obadias – Author of “SOGANUTU” – A book of life’s Maxims POWER OF WORDS -“According to the bible, words were the tool that God used to create the universe. “Let there be.. and it was so.” -“Words have the power to shape our minds, influence our thoughts and move us to action. Knowing the effect words can have in programming our minds and influencing our behavior, we should be sensitive to how words are used when communicating. 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There is no such level as perfection, for in the game of life change is inevitable.” - Sekou Obadias – Author of “SOGANUTU” – A book of life’s Maxims RELATIONSHIPS -“Take time to know him/her it’s not an overnight thing”… with time the real person will eventually reveal his/her true character. At the beginning of all relationships people often exhibit their best behavior…. they want to sell themselves to you. They will often tell you what they know you want to hear. You can know a person better when you see them at their worst.” - Sekou Obadias – Author of “SOGANUTU” – A book of life’s Maxims”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Sekou Obadias" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sekou-obadias/the-greatest-discovery-of-this-generation-is-the-knowledge-that-human/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a46/sekou-obadias-66860_bible_the-greatest-discovery-of-this-generatio_195168.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a46/sekou-obadias-66860_bible_the-greatest-discovery-of-this-generatio_195168.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a46/sekou-obadias-66860_bible_the-greatest-discovery-of-this-generatio_195168.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“-“The greatest discovery of this generation is the knowledge that human beings can alter their lives by…” — Sekou Obadias", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 33, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Of all the things we share, the most central is not in the liturgical or theological or canonical dimensions of the religion. It is in the realm of our personal​ search and experience of God. I have danced in a Sufi fikre, sat for hours in a Zen Buddhist tea ceremony, been part of a Hindu puja, attended Shabbat services in multiple Jewish synagogues, and never, in any of those moments of worship, did I doubt these people were just as deeply involved in the search for God as I am. And that God was with us all. And why not? God is everywhere, they told us as children. But the question never goes away: Yes, but - where is God for me? I don't feel God. I don't hear God. I don't know how to know God. So God is surely in all these other places where the consciousness of God is also real, as well. But as much as I knew, even as a child, that it had to be true, that God was everywhere, still God was nowhere in particular in life. And, though I did not know it at the time, and so struggled through the thought of god for night after night in life, in that reality was all I needed to know about the search for God. It was years, of course, before I realized that I was looking for Something rather than for Everything, and so I found nothing because I was looking for the wrong thing. And that is the kind of seeking that causes all the pain.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Joan Chittister" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-chittister/of-all-the-things-we-share-the-most-central-is-not-in-the-liturgical/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c18/joan-chittister-70622_buddhism_of-all-the-things-we-share-the-most-cent_519857.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c18/joan-chittister-70622_buddhism_of-all-the-things-we-share-the-most-cent_519857.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c18/joan-chittister-70622_buddhism_of-all-the-things-we-share-the-most-cent_519857.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Of all the things we share, the most central is not in the liturgical or theological or canonical dimensions…” — Joan Chittister", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 34, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“When I was a little girl, everything in the world fell into either of these two categories: wrong or right. Black or white. Now that I am an adult, I have put childish things aside and now I know that some things fall into wrong and some things fall into right. Some things are categorized as black and some things are categorized as white. But most things in the world aren't either! Most things in the world aren't black, aren't white, aren't wrong, aren't right, but most of everything is just different. And now I know that there's nothing wrong with different, and that we can let things be different, we don't have to try and make them black or white, we can just let them be grey. And when I was a child, I thought that God was the God who only saw black and white. Now that I am no longer a child, I can see, that God is the God who can see the black and the white and the grey, too, and He dances on the grey! Grey is okay.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "C. JoyBell C" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-joybell-c/when-i-was-a-little-girl-everything-in-the-world-fell-into-either-of/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/93e/c-joybell-c-471_black-and-white_when-i-was-a-little-girl-everything-in-t_1669549.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/93e/c-joybell-c-471_black-and-white_when-i-was-a-little-girl-everything-in-t_1669549.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/93e/c-joybell-c-471_black-and-white_when-i-was-a-little-girl-everything-in-t_1669549.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“When I was a little girl, everything in the world fell into either of these two categories: wrong or right…” — C. JoyBell C", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 35, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“We are asking if thought can be aware of itself. That is rather a complex question, and requires very careful observation. Thought has created wars through nationalism, through sectarian religions. Thought has created all this; God has not created the hierarchy of the church--the pope, all the robes, all the rituals, the swinging of the incense, the candles. All that paraphernalia that goes on in a cathedral or in a church is put together by thought, copied, some of it, from the ancient Egyptians, from the ancient Hindus, and Hebrews. It is all thought. So \"God\" is created by thought.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "J. 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In the winter the fever had come to Richmond. In a week they were dead. All within a week, all three. He saw the sweet faces: moment of enormous pain. The thing had pushed him out of his mind, insane, but no one knew it. He had not thought God would do a thing like that...she kept standing in the door: the boy is dead. And he could not even help her, could say nothing, could not move, could not even take her into his arms. Nothing to give. One strength he did not have. 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