Divine Quotes - page 12

The members of such a society consider that the transgression of a religious ordinance should be punished by civil penalties, and that the violation of a civil duty exposes the delinquent to divine correction. (Henry James Sumner Maine)
The Church as a divine society possess an internal principle of life which is capable of assimilating the most diverse materials and imprinting her own image upon them. View quote
Christopher Dawson
To have faith in Divine protection is good, but even beter if backed by the pratical assistance heaven has a right to expect from sensible mortals. View quote
Ellis Peters
I call horses divine mirrors - they reflect back the emotions you put in. If you put in love and respect and kindness and curiosity, the horse will return that. View quote
Allan Hamilton
Ask those who love Him with a sincere love, and they will tell you that they find no greater or prompter relief amid the troubles of their life than in loving conversation with their Divine Friend. View quote
Alphonsus Liguori
We show deference to the civil authorities when they respect the divine origin of their power and when they serve the people with objective reference to the law of God. View quote
Angelo Scola
Christ does not save us by acting a parable of divine love; he acts the parable of divine love by saving us. That is the Christian faith. View quote
Austin Farrer
There exists, if I am not mistaken, an entire world which is the totality of mathematical truths, to which we have access only with our mind, just as a world of physical reality exists, the one like the other independent of ourselves, both of divine creation. View quote
Charles Hermite
The workings of the human heart are the profoundest mystery of the universe. One moment they make us despair of our kind, and the next we see in them the reflection of the divine image. View quote
Charles W. Chesnutt
Religion promotes the divine discontent within oneself, so that one tries to make oneself a better person and draw oneself closer to God. View quote
Cyril Cusack
When you cease from labour, fill up your time in reading, meditation, and prayer: and while your hands are labouring, let your heart be employed, as much as possible, in divine thoughts. (David Brainerd)
Ardent love or desire introduced, as passionately longing to please and glorify the Divine Being, to be in every respect conformed to him, and in that way to enjoy him. View quote
David Brainerd
Ontologically, chocolate raises profoundly disturbing questions: Does not chocolate offer natural revelation of the goodness of the Creator just as chilies disclose a divine sense of humor? Is the human born with an innate longing for chocolate? Does the notion of chocolate preclude the concept of free will? View quote
David W Augsburger
There is a divine moment in our lives when we all become one. It's called procreation, and it is reborn, continually and forever. View quote
Dirk Benedict
Not all human souls but only the pious ones are divine. View quote
Georg Hermes
What if Woody Allen called me and said, I'm working on this movie and there's a really divine role for you. We want exactly you! It would be such a fantasy. Forget it! My idol, Woody Allen! View quote
Isaac Mizrahi
Everything is not black-and-white. I'm really interested in the gray area - not justifying it, not glorifying it, not condoning it, but at least having people see there's a genesis for every event in our lives. There's some divine order to it, whether it's ugly or beautiful. View quote
Isaiah Washington
In the divine Scriptures, there are shallows and there are deeps; shallows where the lamb may wade, and deeps where the elephant may swim. View quote
John Owen
The Architect is just one of a series of works which examine the confrontation of innocence and experience, illustrating the complex ethics of power that exist between reader and writer, critic and artist, the human and the divine. View quote
John Scott
Femininity is not just lipstick, stylish hairdos, and trendy clothes. It is the divine adornment of humanity. It finds expression in your qualities of your capacity to love, your spirituality, delicacy, radiance, sensitivity, creativity, charm, graciousness, gentleness, dignity, and quiet strength. View quote
James E. Faust
Courtrooms contain every symbol of authority that a set designer could imagine. Everyone stands up when you come in. You wear a costume identifying you as, if not quite divine, someone special. (Irving R. Kaufman)
I have a profound belief in the power of the Sacraments. I believe that in a Divine way the use of them teaches the teachable their inward meaning and therefore I think we need be in no hurry to attempt to teach new converts all that we think we know about them. View quote
Roland Allen
Most religions live from a narrative that shapes their relationship with the divine other, God or the gods, and with the human other, the stranger. View quote
Timothy Radcliffe
If you accept the belief that baptism incorporates us in the mystical body of Christ, into the divine DNA, then you might say that the Holy Spirit is present in each of us, and thus we have the capacity for the fullness of redemption, of transformation. View quote
Thomas Keating
The good pleasure of God is an act of the divine will freely and effectively determining all things. View quote
William Ames