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God Quotes by Jean-Pierre de Caussade
- All simple souls must admire and respect one another, saying: 'Let us proceed each one along our path to the same goal, united in purpose…
- There is not a moment in which God does not present Himself under the cover of some pain to be endured, of some consolation to…
- You would be very ashamed if you knew what the experiences you call setbacks, upheavals, pointless disturbances, and tedious annoyances really are. You would realize…
- Souls who can recognize God in the most trivial, the most grievous and the most mortifying things that happen to them in their lives, honor…
- What God arranges for us to experience at each moment is the best and holiest thing that could happen to us.
- Those who have abandoned themselves to God always lead mysterious lives and receive from him exceptional and miraculous gifts by means of the most ordinary,…
- There is no peace more wonderful than the peace we enjoy when faith shows us God in all created things.
- To love God in great things is not so perfect an act of faith as to worship them in small ones.
- The present moment is always full of infinite treasure. It contains far more than you can possibly grasp. Faith is the measure of its riches:…
- God speaks to all individuals through what happens to them moment by moment.
- God instructs the heart, not by ideas but by pains and contradictions.
- If the work of our sanctification presents us with difficulties that appear insurmountable, it is because we do not look at it in the right…
- God teaches the soul by pains and obstacles, not by ideas.
More God Quotes
- Whosoever is delighted in solitude is either a wild beast or a god. — Aristotle
- A tyrant must put on the appearance of uncommon devotion to religion. Subjects are less apprehensive of illegal treatment from a ruler… — Aristotle
- The gods too are fond of a joke. — Aristotle
- We have domesticated God's transcendence. We often learn about God at about the same time as we are learning about Santa Claus;… — Karen Armstrong
- Yes, all fundamentalists feel that in a secular society, God has been relegated to the margin, to the periphery and they are… — Karen Armstrong
- I was a lousy nun. I couldn't do it. I couldn't find God. It wasn't suitable for me. It is suitable for… — Karen Armstrong
- Whatever man uses without the fear of God, whatever he applies to the mere gratifying of his flesh, cannot fail to operate… — Johann Arndt
- If I were to say, 'God, why me?' about the bad things, then I should have said, 'God, why me?' about the… — Arthur Ashe
- To surrender to ignorance and call it God has always been premature, and it remains premature today. — Isaac Asimov
- If you have men who will exclude any of God's creatures from the shelter of compassion and pity, you will have men… — Francis of Assisi
- I have been all things unholy. If God can work through me, he can work through anyone. — Francis of Assisi
- It is not fitting, when one is in God's service, to have a gloomy face or a chilling look. — Francis of Assisi