Nearness Quotes

43 quotes by 36 authors

Artists are interpreters for us of richness and meaning. Artists can reinforce a healthy sense of God's grandeur and nearness. — Sandra Bowden
It is not merely the likeness which is precious... but the association and the sense of nearness involved in the thing... the fact of the… — Elizabeth Barrett Browning
I may be flying a complicated airplane, rushing through space, but in this cabin I'm surrounded by simplicity and thoughts set free of time. How… — Charles Lindbergh
Ten properties of an object, according to Leonardo: light and dark, color and substance, form and position, distance and nearness, movement and stillness. — Robert Bresson
How many times have you struggled with the interpretation of certain Biblical texts related to the time of Jesus' return because they did not fit… — Gary DeMar
I see clearly that the thing the church needs most today is the ability to heal wounds and to warm the hearts of the faithful;… — Pope Francis
Nearness to nature... keeps the spirit sensitive to impressions not commonly felt and in touch with the unseen powers. — Charles Alexander Eastman
We live in such constant nearness to the abyss of past time that the moment is endlessly sucked into. — John Jeremiah Sullivan
I had an overwhelming experience of the Lord's presence. I felt so powerfully overcome by the nearness of the Holy Spirit that I had to… — Mordecai Ham
Safety comes in our nearness to God, not in our distance from our enemies. — Dillon Burroughs
It was the best place to be, thought Wilbur, this warm delicious cellar, with the garrulous geese, the changing seasons, the heat of the sun,… — Elwyn Brooks White
Thus there will be three effects of nearness to Jesus humility, happiness, and holiness. — Charles Spurgeon
Nearness to God brings likeness to God. The more you see God the more of God will be seen in you. — Charles Spurgeon
The kingdom of heaven and the kingdom of God on the earth will be combined together at Christ's coming - and that time is not… — Gordon B. Hinckley
I can admire the solemn and stately language of worship that recognizes the greatness of God, but it will not warm my heart or express… — Charles Spurgeon
Wide awake to the presence of God, I realized I had been so focused on asking why a good God allowed bad things to happen… — Margaret Feinberg
Is America a land of God where saints abide for ever? Where golden fields spread fair and broad, where flows the crystal river? Certainly not… — Sean O'Casey
They do not understand the fragility of civilization and the constant nearness of savage nature. — Camille Paglia
Gazing around, looking up at the lofty pinnacles above, which seemed to pierce the sky, looking down upon the world,-\-\it seemed the whole world, so… — Helen Hunt Jackson
Vagueness is at times an indication of nearness to a perfect truth. — Charles Ives

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