Divine Quotes

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A heart given to God loses none of its natural tenderness; on the contrary, the more pure and divine it becomes, the more such tenderness… — Therese of Lisieux
Of all God's gifts to the sighted man, color is holiest, the most divine, the most solemn. — John Ruskin
It seems to me that the god that is commonly worshipped in civilized countries is not at all divine, though he bears a divine name,… — Henry David Thoreau
Satire must not be a kind of superfluous ill will, but ill will from a higher point of view. Ridiculous man, divine God. Or else,… — Paul Klee
Never has any one been less a priest than Jesus, never a greater enemy of forms, which stifle religion under the pretext of protecting it.… — Ernest Renan
Any expectation, even the expectation of peace, brings restlessness. The tension has to go. As soon as this happens a divine peace sets in. — Rajneesh
Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood. — Fionnula Flanagan
Let divines and philosophers, statesmen and patriots, unite their endeavors to renovate the age by impressing the minds of men with the importance of educating… — Samuel Adams
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights, among… — Thomas Jefferson
Many a long dispute among divines may be thus abridged: It is so; It is not so. It is so; it is not so. — Benjamin Franklin
I now make it my earnest prayer that God would have you and the State over which you preside in His holy protection ... that… — George Washington
The General most earnestly requires, and expects, a due observance of those articles of war, established for the government of the army which forbid profane… — George Washington
It has been the error of the schools to teach astronomy, and all the other sciences, and subjects of natural philosophy, as accomplishments only; whereas… — Thomas Paine
There is only one I actually. That I is Consciousness. When you follow the personal I to the source, it turns into the universal I,… — Robert Adams
When you catch on to your awakening, the world does not change. You just see it differently, that's all. You acquire a feeling of immortality.… — Robert Adams
I do feel that evolution is being controlled by some sort of divine engineer. I can't help thinking that. And this engineer knows exactly what… — Kurt Vonnegut
Heroes, notwithstanding the high ideas which, by the means of flatterers, they may entertain of themselves, or the world may conceive of them, have certainly… — Henry Fielding
The divine process of change manifests itself to our human understanding . . . as punishment, torment, death, and transfiguration. — Carl Jung
If mythic violence is lawmaking, divine violence is law-destroying; if the former sets boundaries, the latter boundlessly destroys them; if mythic violence brings at once… — Walter Benjamin
I believe that the universe is one being, all its parts are different expressions of the same energy... parts of one organic whole.... (This is… — Robinson Jeffers
Isn't it strange how someone can be both human and divine at the same time? I am referring, of course, to myself. — Thom Yorke
Art owes its origin to Nature herself... this beautiful creation, the world, supplied the first model, while the original teacher was that divine intelligence which… — Giorgio Vasari
Forgiveness is divine, but never pay pull price for late pizza. — Michelangelo
Plato spoke of the necessity for divine madness in the poet. It is a frightening thing to open oneself to this strange and dark side… — Madeleine L'Engle
I think we should be very clear on this… this country was founded on the principles of the Enlightenment… It was the idea that people… — Wesley Clark

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