Divine Quotes - page 3

Reason is the greatest enemy that faith has it never comes to the aid of spiritual things, but - more frequently than not - struggles against the divine Word, treating with contempt all that emanates from God. (Martin Luther)
Because faithfulness is not a human question, but a divine one. View quote
Sebastian Barry
I believe God rules all by his divine providence and that the stars by his permission are instruments. View quote
William Lilly
The evolutionary explanation for origins, although impossible either to prove or to test scientifically, is nevertheless defended by its proponents on the basis that it is the only explanation which is naturalistic, not involving the 'supernatural' element of a divine Creator. View quote
Henry M. Morris
If we divine a discrepancy between a man's words and his character, the whole impression of him becomes broken and painful; he revolts the imagination by his lack of unity, and even the good in him is hardly accepted. View quote
Charles Cooley
God never answers prayers. It is people who answer their own prayers by knowing how to connect and utilize the divine energy of the Creator and the God-like force in their own souls. View quote
Yehuda Berg
Christianity is, I believe, about expanded life, heightened consciousness and achieving a new humanity. It is not about closed minds, supernatural interventions, a fallen creation, guilt, original sin or divine rescue. View quote
John Shelby Spong
Now an infinite happiness cannot be purchased by any price less than that which is infinite in value; and infinity of merit can only result from a nature that is infinitely divine or perfect. View quote
Adam Clarke
Actually, I take it as a compliment. Diva is a derivative of divine. That's quite a title to carry around. View quote
Calista Flockhart
Prayer is commission. Out of the quietness with God, power is generated that turns the spiritual machinery of the world. When you pray, you begin to feel the sense of being sent, that the divine compulsion is upon you. View quote
E. Stanley Jones
I believe the divine is part of the world, not in a pantheistic way but by way of the movement of the Spirit. (Peter Garrett)
Disbelieve nothing wonderful concerning the gods, nor concerning divine dogmas. View quote
Pythagoras
Dear youths, I warn you cherish peace divine, And in your hearts lay deep these words of mine. View quote
Pythagoras
The divine is everywhere, even in a grain of sand; there I represented it in the reeds. View quote
Caspar David Friedrich
How full and rich a world Theirs to inhabit is- Sweet scent of grass and bloom, Playmates' glad symphony, Cool touch of western wind, Sunshine's divine caress. How should they know or feel They are in darkness? But, oh, the miracle! If a Redeemer came, Laid finger on their eyes- One touch and what a world, New-born in loveliness! View quote
Israel Zangwill
And for the support of this Declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes and our sacred Honor. View quote
Thomas Jefferson
In conclusion I congratulate you, my fellow-citizens, upon the high state of prosperity to which the goodness of Divine Providence has conducted our common country. Let us invoke a continuance of the same protecting care which has led us from small beginnings to the eminence we this day occupy. View quote
Zachary Taylor
St. Paul would say to the philosophers that God created man so that he would seek the Divine, try to attain the Divine. That is why all pre-Christian philosophy is theological at its summit. View quote
Hans Urs von Balthasar
Everyone agrees the celibacy rule is just a Church law dating from the 11th century, not a divine command. View quote
Hans Küng
When you think that most of us are doomed by divine grace to roast in hell, to say nothing of mortgages and hail and bad crops and extravagant womenfolks, 'tain't any laughing matter! View quote
Sinclair Lewis
But petitional prayer is only one department of prayer; and if we take the word in the wider sense as meaning every kind of inward communion or conversation with the power recognized as divine, we can easily see that scientific criticism leaves it untouched. Prayer in this wide sense is the very soul and essence of religion. (William James)
Through no divine design or cosmic plan, we have inherited the mantle of life's caretaker on the earth, the only home we have ever known. View quote
Michael Shermer
Creative people have to be fed from the divine source. View quote
Dag Hammarskjöld
The human and fallible should not arrogate a power with which the divine and perfect alone can be safely intrusted. View quote
Charlotte Brontë
There are four different theories concerning Divine Providence; they are all ancient, known from the time of the Prophets, when the true law was revealed to enlighten these dark regions. View quote
Maimonides