Knowing God Quotes
253 quotes by 169 authors
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The tragedy of life and of the world is not that men do not know God; the tragedy is that, knowing Him, they still insist…
— William Barclay
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You know, God has some really weird kids, and I find it hard to be in their company most of the time.
— Bono
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To know God better is only to realize how impossible it is that we should ever know him at all. I know not which is…
— Samuel Butler
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We shall never learn to know ourselves except by endeavoring to know God; for, beholding His greatness, we realize our own littleness; His purity shows…
— Teresa of Avila
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The primary purpose of reading the Bible is not to know the Bible but to know God.
— James Merritt
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We can never know God as it is our privilege to know Him by brief repetitions that are requests for personal favors, and nothing more.
— Edward McKendree Bounds
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If God sees that my spiritual life will be furthered by giving the things for which I ask, then He will give them, but that…
— Oswald Chambers
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To walk after the spirit a believer must inhibit his mind from revolving endlessly. If it turns too long around one topic, worries or grieves…
— Watchman Nee
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Those who know God the best are the richest and most powerful in prayer. Little acquaintance with God, and strangeness and coldness to Him, make…
— Edward McKendree Bounds
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After a hard day scrambling to find your way around in the world, it's assuring to come home to a place you know. God can…
— Max Lucado
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If God doesn't want something for me, I shouldn't want it either. Spending time in meditative prayer, getting to know God, helps align my desires…
— Philip Yancey
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"Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God." Can we see God? Of course not. Can we know God? Of course not.…
— Swami Vivekananda
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I've pretty much done all I can here and, you know, God will carry me the rest of the way, so I'm pretty comfortable with…
— Kobe Bryant
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When you know God as peace within, then you will realize Him as peace existing in the universal harmony of all things without.
— Paramahansa Yogananda
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God, as I use the word, is another name for what is. I always know God's intention: It's exactly what is in every moment.
— Byron Katie
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If you ask why we should obey God, in the last resort the answer is, 'I am.' To know God is to know that our…
— C.S. Lewis
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Dhyan means meditation. Meditation means awareness, watchfulness, a silent witnessing of all the processes of the mind. And the magic of watching is that as…
— Rajneesh
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I have decided to love. If you are seeking the highest good, I think you can find it through love. And the beautiful thing is…
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
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What exists is a godly existence, a divine existence. God not as a person but as a presence certainly exists. But to understand that presence,…
— Rajneesh
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Our problems may stay, our circumstances may remain, but we know God is in control. We are focused on His adequacy, not our inadequacy.
— Charles Stanley
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