God Quote by George Henry Lewes

Of all virtues and dignities of the mind, goodness is the greatest, being the character of the Deity; and without it, man is a…

— Francis Bacon

In this world there is one godlike thing, the essence of all that was or ever will be of godlike in this world: the…

— Thomas Carlyle

“The God to whom I was introduced as a child was basically a Jewish one: male, fatherly, Anglo-European, bearded, angrily loving, judgmental, righteously indignant,mand…

— Carlton D. Pearson

Thus we see, too, in the world that some persons assimilate only what is ugly and evil from the same moral circumstances which supply…

— Nathaniel Hawthorne

Poor humanity, to saddle the gods with such a responsibility and throw in a vindictive temper. What griefs they hatch for themselves, what festering…

— Lucretius

As we come to grips with our own selfishness and stupidity, we make friends with the impostor and accept that we are impoverished and…

— Brennan Manning

Ah, there is nothing more beautiful than the difference between the thought about sinful creatures which is natural to a holy being, and the…

— Alexander MacLaren

The inclination to goodness is imprinted deeply in the nature of man; insomuch, that if it issue not towards men, it will take unto…

— John Locke

Thus He whose tender mercies are over all His works hath placed a principle in the human mind, which incites to exercise goodness towards…

— John Woolman

“If we go back to the beginning we shall find that ignorance and fear created the gods; that fancy, enthusiasm, or deceit adorned or…

— Baron D. Holbach

Moreover, we are showing a dismaying tendency to recast God in Man's image.

— James L. Buckley

The goodness of God to mankind is no less evinced in the chastisement with which He corrects His children than in the smiles of…

— Hosea Ballou