“Talking to a peasant one day, I suggested to him the hypothesis that there might indeed be a God who governs heaven and earth, a Consciousness or Conscience of the Universe, but that even so it would not be sufficient reason to assume that the soul of every man was immortal in the traditional and concrete sense. And he replied, "Then what good is God?” MenSoulReasonMightEarthUniverseHeavenConsciousnessTalkingOne DayConscienceAssumingEvery ManTraditionalImmortalitySufficientImmortalConcreteHypothesisPeasantsHeaven And Earth Book:The Tragic Sense of Life in Men and Nations Source: The Tragic Sense of Life in Men and Nations
“You can refer to god and you are really just talking about nature. If you are going to say the universe is god, then everything is god, everything is religion. But when we explore traditional religion we are talking about humanistic gods people pray to, that they think can intervene in our lives, who run sort of a heaven-and-hell operation for the afterworld.” PeopleIfsThinkingRunningUniverseHeavenTalkingHellPrayingTraditionalOperationsHeaven And HellHumanistic Author:Bill Maher
“It is not talking but walking that will bring us to heaven.” HeavenWalksTalkingJourneyWalkingWanderHikingTrekkingNot TalkingStrollingSauntering Book:Bible Commentary - James Source: Bible Commentary - James
“In the Lord's discourse on spiritual nourishment, we hear Him says: "Do not labor for the food which perishes, but for the food which endures to everlasting life." (John 6:27). He then continued by talking about the true bread from Heaven the bread of God, and the bread of life. (John 6:32-35). Here He appeals to the soul for its nourishment and our thoughts to the spiritual way so as not to occupy our minds with the body and its needs.” WayNeedsMindSoulBodySpiritualHeavenTalkingLordLaborEndureBreadAppealsOur ThoughtsDiscourseEverlastingNourishmentFastingEverlasting LifeBread Of LifeSpiritual Nourishment Author:Pope Shenouda III of Alexandria
“I had tried, as I thought as a nun, to open myself to God and God seemed totally uninterested in me. The heavens remained closed and opaque. I now realize, of course, that I had a very, very inadequate idea of God. I was expecting clouds to part, a little sort of whisper in my ear, and of course, that's not what God is. God is not another being; we are talking about something much more profound.” LittlesIdeasCoursesHeavenRealizingTalkingEarsProfoundCloudsExpectingInadequateNunOpaqueUninterested Author:Karen Armstrong