#God

"God takes away the minds of poets, and uses them as his ministers, as he also uses diviners and holy prophets, in order that we who hear them may know them to be speaking not of themselves who utter these priceless words in a state of unconsciousness, but that God himself is the speaker, and that through them he is conversing with us."

"Even if there were pains in Heaven, all who understand would desire them."

"We try too much and trust too little. Count the times God's Book tells us to "try."Now count the times it tells us to "trust."

"The 2-Step Self-Discovery Program The first step in self-discovery is not giving a shit what anybody else thinks.The second step is knowing you're a self-centered asshole."

"I tremble for my country when I hear of confidence expressed in me. I know too well my weakness, that our only hope is in God."

"... the proper self-knowledge and self-love of every created thing is ipso facto a participation in the knowledge and love of God. The entire universe moves by desire for the Highest Good simply because every part of it loves what God loves - namely, its own being."

"You and I were created by God to be so much more than normal…Following the crowd is not a winning approach to life. In the end it’s a loser’s game, because we never become who God created us to be by trying to be like everybody else."

"Overheard at Ashtanga Yoga Class *"I don't know my he left me. I even had a rabbit's food hanging from my dreamcatcher.""Maybe you should've used a little more suction and a few less amulets."

"To love someone is to desire and work toward their becoming the best version of themselves. The one person in all the universe who can do this perfectly for you is God."

"There is only one good definition of God: the freedom that allows other freedoms to exist."

"Small Degrees Lobster don't fathom they're being cooked,like relationships being snuffed out in small degreesbut in reverse, as love begins to freeze over, trapping you in a impenetrable ceiling of ice until you drown."

"2D or Not 2D [10w] The best thing about a two-dimensional world is nobody's fat."

"Anybody who says "I know how to get to God and you don't, do this and do that and go here and go there"is going to become 1. very powerful and 2. very rich. The simple truth is, if I am with God, no less can you be with God at the same time as I am."

"Why worry about minor little details like clean air, clean water, safe ports and the safety net when Jesus is going to give the world an "Extreme Makeover: Planet Edition"right after he finishes putting Satan in his place once and for all?"

"God dances with the outcast."

"‎"Do you know that nothing you do in this life will ever matter, unless it is about loving God and loving the people he has made?"

"Prayer [10w] Despite God's grace, prayer is not a wish granting well."

"I believe in God the way I believe in quarks. People whose business it is to know about quantum physics or religion tell me they have good reason to believe that quarks and God exist. And they tell me that if I wanted to devote my life to learning what they've learned, I'd find quarks and God just like they did."

"Nursing Homes [10w] Nursing homes are house haunted by the living and half-dead."

"Above all else, guard your heart for it affects everything else you do."