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title: "21 Understood God Quotes by 18 authors"
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> [“A God that can be understood is no God. Who can explain the Infinite in words?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-somerset-maugham/a-god-that-can-be-understood-is-no-god-who-can-explain-the-infinite/)

[W. Somerset Maugham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-somerset-maugham/)

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> [If you understood him, it would not be God.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/if-you-understood-him-it-would-not-be-god/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [“If you have understood, then what you have understood is not God.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/augustine-of-hippo/if-you-have-understood-then-what-you-have-understood-is-not-god/)

[Augustine of Hippo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/augustine-of-hippo/)

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> [Even the holy men who lived before the coming of Christ understood that God had in mind plans of peace for the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saint-bernard/even-the-holy-men-who-lived-before-the-coming-of-christ-understood/)

[Saint Bernard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/saint-bernard/)

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> [ That was what made them so hilarious and unafraid. That was the strength of the Nazis. \[...\] They understood God better than… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kurt-vonnegut/that-was-what-made-them-so-hilarious-and-unafraid-that-was-the/)

[Kurt Vonnegut](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kurt-vonnegut/)

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> [I also understood that God's love shows itself just as well in the simplest soul which puts up no resistance to His…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/therese-of-lisieux/i-also-understood-that-god-s-love-shows-itself-just-as-well-in-the/)

[Therese of Lisieux](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/therese-of-lisieux/)

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> [He finally understood that God's presence was everywhere, at all times, and was experienced by everyone at one time or another.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicholas-sparks/he-finally-understood-that-god-s-presence-was-everywhere-at-all-times/)

[Nicholas Sparks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicholas-sparks/)

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> [Love properly understood is God—the font of all creation and the ultimate goal of all desires; God properly understood is love.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/miroslav-volf/love-properly-understood-is-god-the-font-of-all-creation-and-the/)

[Miroslav Volf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/miroslav-volf/)

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> [The people with very hard problems are understood by God. He knows what wretched machines they are trying to drive. Some day…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-s-lewis/the-people-with-very-hard-problems-are-understood-by-god-he-knows/)

[C. S. Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-s-lewis/)

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> [Jesus not only understood Himself to be the promised Messiah, He also says and does things throughout the Gospels that make it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/keith-mathison/jesus-not-only-understood-himself-to-be-the-promised-messiah-he-also/)

[Keith Mathison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/keith-mathison/)

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> [“...he seemed to grasp a deep understanding of the unfolding drama in which he had been caught. He seemed to understand something…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gene-edwards/he-seemed-to-grasp-a-deep-understanding-of-the-unfolding-drama-in/)

[Gene Edwards](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gene-edwards/)

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> [We never have a full demonstration, although there is always an underlying reason for the truth, even if it is only perfectly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gottfried-leibniz/we-never-have-a-full-demonstration-although-there-is-always-an/)

[Gottfried Leibniz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gottfried-leibniz/)

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> [“I made my promises in English and Anton did the same and even if the little priest understood not a word of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ute-carbone/i-made-my-promises-in-english-and-anton-did-the-same-and-even-if-the/)

[Ute Carbone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ute-carbone/)

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> [“Life-power courses her way through the body and falls into the ocean of the Supreme Bliss, i.e., in the seventh plane. All…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sri-jibankrishna-or-diamond/life-power-courses-her-way-through-the-body-and-falls-into-the-ocean/)

[Sri Jibankrishna or Diamond](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sri-jibankrishna-or-diamond/)

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> [When Ignatius understood that God did not wish him to remain at Jerusalem, he began to consider what he should do. The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saint-ignatius/when-ignatius-understood-that-god-did-not-wish-him-to-remain-at/)

[Saint Ignatius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/saint-ignatius/)

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> [“And what we say - that what He willeth is right and what He doth not not will is wrong, is not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/and-what-we-say-that-what-he-willeth-is-right-and-what-he-doth-not/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [“Then round about the age of twenty-five, I was tired of being tired of being scared about doing something that, if I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cathleen-falsani/then-round-about-the-age-of-twenty-five-i-was-tired-of-being-tired-of/)

[Cathleen Falsani](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cathleen-falsani/)

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> [“He finally understood that God’s presence was everywhere, at all times, and was experienced by everyone at one time or another. It…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicholas-sparks/he-finally-understood-that-god-s-presence-was-everywhere-at-all-times-2/)

[Nicholas Sparks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicholas-sparks/)

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> [“The requirements of a work to be done can be understood as the will of God. If I am supposed to hoe…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-merton/the-requirements-of-a-work-to-be-done-can-be-understood-as-the-will/)

[Thomas Merton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-merton/)

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> [“You two are the only religion I've ever had. I haven't chosen to kiss up to God and Christ when things have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bergsveinn-birgisson/you-two-are-the-only-religion-i-ve-ever-had-i-haven-t-chosen-to-kiss/)

[Bergsveinn Birgisson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bergsveinn-birgisson/)

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> [“Life, he realized, was much like a song. In the beginning there is mystery, in the end there is confirmation, but it's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicholas-sparks/life-he-realized-was-much-like-a-song-in-the-beginning-there-is/)

[Nicholas Sparks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicholas-sparks/)

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