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“Who guides below, and rules above, The great disposer, and the mighty king; Than He none greater, next Him none, That can be, is, or was.”

God Next Greater Kings Guides

Book:The Odes, Satyrs, and Epistles of Horace: Done Into English

Source: The Odes, Satyrs, and Epistles of Horace: Done Into English

“It is a most unhappy state to be at a distance with God: man needs no greater infelicity than to be left to himself.”

Men Needs States God Left Greater Distance Unhappy

Author:Owen Feltham

“even if you do the best you can in all things, your human nature must often fall short; so entrust yourself to God's goodness, for his goodness is greater than your failures.”

Ifs Humans God Fall Greater Human Nature Goodness All Things Do The Best Trust Yourself

Book:Hadewijch (CWS)

Source: Hadewijch (CWS)

“Therefore Lord, not only are you that than which a greater cannot be thought but you are also something greater than can be thought.”

God Lord Greater Greatness

Author:Anselm of Canterbury

“And indeed we believe you [God] to be something than which a greater cannot be conceived.”

Believe God Greater

Author:Anselm of Canterbury

“Of all the senseless babble I have ever had occasion to read, the demonstrations of these philosophers who undertake to tell us all about the nature of God would be the worst, if they were not surpassed by the still greater absurdities of the philosophers who try to prove that there is no God.”

Ifs Trying Stills God Would Be Greater Worst Prove Philosophical Philosopher Occasions Absurdity Demonstration There Is No God

Author:Thomas Huxley

“There is no greater spellbinder of peace than the name of God.”

God Names Greater

Author:Mahatma Gandhi

“Whenever a human being ceases to live for themselves and begins to care about that which is greater than themselves, the personality begins to experience ecstasy, joy and spontaneous liberation. And that's found through doing, through action, through giving, through deeply embracing the human experience.”

Giving Humans God Care Action Joy Spirituality Found Human Beings Greater Personality Experience Cease Liberation Ecstasy Spontaneous Human Experience

Author:Andrew Cohen

“Nothing is greater or more fearful sacrilege than to prostitute the great name of God to the petulancy of an idle tongue.”

God Names Greater Tongue Fearful Idle Profanity Sacrilege

Author:Jeremy Taylor

“I firmly believe that all human beings have access to extraordinary energies and powers. Judging from accounts of mystical experience, heightened creativity, or exceptional performance by athletes and artists, we harbor a greater life than we know.”

Source: A Mythic Life: Learning to Live Our Greater Story