Divine Quotes

2822 Divine quotes by 1361 unique authors

We cannot grasp the true meaning of the divine holiness by thinking of someone or something very pure and then raising the concept to the… — Aiden Wilson Tozer
A poet in history is divine, but a poet in the next room is a joke — Max Eastman
It is not for the concept, but for the experience, that we use the term the Beloved. The experience of this enormity we falteringly label… — Stephen Levine
You know the worst thing is freedom. Freedom of any kind is the worst for creativity. You know, Dali spent two months in jail in… — Salvador Dali
I stand by my kind; and I thank God for the temptations that have brought me into sympathy with them, as I do for the… — J. G. Holland
The universe is but one great city, full of beloved ones, divine and human, by nature endeared to each other. — Epictetus
Let sinful bachelors their woes deplore; full well they merit all they feel, and more: unaw by precepts, human or divine, like birds and beasts,… — Alexander Pope
Can you imagine any better example of divine creative accomplishment that the consummate flying machine that is a bird? The skeleton, very flexible and strong,… — Guy Murchie
Each minute of life should be a divine quest. — Paramahansa Yogananda
To be angry about trifles is mean and childish; to rage and be furious is brutish; and to maintain perpetual wrath is akin to the… — Isaac Watts
A painting is nothing more than light reflected from the surface of a pigment-covered canvas. But a great painter can make you see the depth,… — Carl Safina
We are this divine energy. It's not something we have to attain. We just have to realize it, to be present to it. — Marshall B. Rosenberg
The most excellent and divine counsel, the best and most profitable advertisement of all others, but the least practised, is to study and learn how… — Pierre Charron
In all perception of the truth there is a divine ecstasy, an inexpressible delirium of joy, as when a youth embraces his betrothed virgin. — Henry David Thoreau
"All government in essence," says Emerson, "is tyranny." It matters not whether it is government by divine right or majority rule. In every instance its… — Emma Goldman
Original sin, therefore, appears to be a hereditary, depravity and corruption of our nature, diffused through all the parts of the soul, rendering us obnoxious… — John Calvin
Jnana is given neither from outside nor from another person. It can be realised by each and everyone in his own Heart. The jnana Guru… — Ramana Maharshi
Forget the past. The vanished lives of all men are dark with many shames. Human conduct is ever unreliable until man is anchored in the… — Paramahansa Yogananda
Why shouldn't you strengthen your own vibrations through fellowship with people seeking Self-realization, and by group meditation with them? This practice will fortify your own… — Paramahansa Yogananda
Silence is the nest and music is the bird. The bird leaves the nest early in the morning and returns to the nest in the… — Sri Chinmoy
It is only through meditation that we can get lasting peace, divine peace. If we meditate soulfully in the morning and receive peace for only… — Sri Chinmoy
In the divine Scriptures, there are shallows and there are deeps; shallows where the lamb may wade, and deeps where the elephant may swim. — John Owen
The Christian's instincts of trust and worship are stimulated very powerfully by knowledge of the greatness of God. But this is knowledge which Christians today… — J I Packer
To an age which has unashamedly sold itself to the gods of greed, pride, sex, and self-will, the church mumbles on about God's kindness but… — J I Packer
The whole function of the life of prayer is, then, to enlighten and strengthen our conscience so that it not only knows and perceives the… — Thomas Merton

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