"Our idea of God tells us more about……" — Thomas Merton

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• 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… — 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… — Karen Armstrong
• Yes, all fundamentalists feel that in a secular society, God has been relegated to the margin, to the periphery and… — 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… — Karen Armstrong
• Whatever man uses without the fear of God, whatever he applies to the mere gratifying of his flesh, cannot fail… — Johann Arndt
• If I were to say, 'God, why me?' about the bad things, then I should have said, 'God, why me?'… — 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… — 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

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