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God Quotes by Voltaire
- God gave us the gift of life; it is up to us to give ourselves the gift of living well.
- I have never made but one prayer to God, a very short one: 'O Lord make my enemies ridiculous.' And God granted it.
- All men are born with a nose and ten fingers, but no one was born with a knowledge of God.
- God is not on the side of the big battalions, but on the side of those who shoot best.
- Nothing would be more tiresome than eating and drinking if God had not made them a pleasure as well as a necessity.
- If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent Him.
- If God created us in his own image, we have more than reciprocated.
- To believe in God is impossible not to believe in Him is absurd.
- It is not known precisely where angels dwell whether in the air, the void, or the planets. It has not been God's pleasure that we…
- God is a circle whose center is everywhere and circumference nowhere.
- May God defend me from my friends: I can defend myself from my enemies.
- If God did not exist, He would have to be invented. But all nature cries aloud that he does exist: that there is a supreme…
- He wanted to know how they prayed to God in El Dorado. "We do not pray to him at all," said the reverend sage. "We…
- the women are never at a loss, God provides for them, let us run.
- God has punished the knave, and the devil has drowned the rest.
- I cannot imagine how the clockwork of the universe can exist without a clockmaker.
- What can you say to a man who tells you he prefers obeying God rather than men, and that as a result he's certain he'll…
- Men must have somewhat altered the course of nature; for they were not born wolves, yet they have become wolves. God did not give them…
- To pray to God is to flatter oneself that with words one can alter nature.
- All men are born with a nose and five fingers, but no one is born with a knowledge of God.
- Inspiration: A peculiar effect of divine flatulence emitted by the Holy Spirit which hisses into the ears of a few chosen of God
- In my life, I have prayed but one prayer: oh Lord, make my enemies ridiculous. And God granted it.
- If there were no God, it would be necessary to invent him.
- I have only ever made one prayer to God, a very short one: O Lord, make my enemies ridiculous. And God granted it.
- All sects differ, because they come from men; morality is everywhere the same, because it comes from God
More God Quotes
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- 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