- Jail didn't make me find God, He's always been there. They can lock me up, but my spirit and my love can never be confined to prison walls.
- Jesus didn't say, 'Blessed are those who care for the poor.' He said, 'Blessed are we where we are poor, where we are broken.' It is there that God loves us deeply and pulls us into deeper communion with himself.
- Henri Nouwen on God
- Jesus does not give recipes that show the way to God as other teachers of religion do. He is himself the way.
- Karl Barth on God
- Jesus is the God whom we can approach without pride and before whom we can humble ourselves without despair.
- Blaise Pascal on God
- Just as a mother finds pleasure in taking her little child on her lap, there to feed and caress him, in like manner our loving God shows His fondness for His beloved souls who have given themselves entirely to Him and have placed all their hope in His goodness.
- Alphonsus Liguori on God
- Just as in earthly life lovers long for the moment when they are able to breathe forth their love for each other, to let their souls blend in a soft whisper, so the mystic longs for the moment when in prayer he can, as it were, creep into God.
- Soren Kierkegaard on God
- Just as the soul fills the body, so God fills the world. Just as the soul bears the body, so God endures the world. Just as the soul sees but is not seen, so God sees but is not seen. Just as the soul feeds the body, so God gives food to the world.
- Marcus Tullius Cicero on God
- Just remaining quietly in the presence of God, listening to Him, being attentive to Him, requires a lot of courage and know-how.
- Thomas Merton on God
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