“All things being at God’s disposal, and the decision of salvation or death belonging to him, he orders all things by his counsel and decree in such a manner, that some men are born devoted from the womb to certain death, that his name may be glorified in their destruction.”— John Calvin, amazon.com
“Elisabeth, again, while she praises her, is so far from hiding the Divine glory, that she ascribes everything to God. And yet, though she acknowledges the superiority of Mary to herself and to others, she does not envy her the higher distinction, but modestly declares that she had obtained more than…”— John Calvin, amazon.com
“And at this day, the blessedness brought to us by Christ cannot be the subject of our praise, without reminding us, at the same time, of the distinguished honor which God was pleased to bestow on Mary, in making her the mother of his Only Begotten Son.”— John Calvin, amazon.com
“History would be far different if we did not tend to hear God most clearly when we think He is telling us exactly what it is we want to hear”— Madeleine Albright, amazon.com
“There is an appropriate way to use your story, not as an excuse but as a testimony to God's ability to free you from the past.”— Andy Stanley, amazon.com
“To believe in a God means to understand the question about the meaning of life. To believe in a God means to see that the facts of the world are not the end of the matter. To believe in God means to see that life has a meaning.”— Ludwig Wittgenstein, amazon.com
“God never talks. But the devil keeps advertising, Father. The devil does a lot of commercials.”— William Peter Blatty, amazon.com
“Consequently, if you believe God made Satan, you must realize that all Satan's power comes from God and so that Satan is simply God's child, and that we are God's children also. There are no children of Satan, really.”— Anne Rice, amazon.com
“It is from the Bible that man has learned cruelty, rapine, and murder; for the belief of a cruel God makes a cruel man.”— Thomas Paine, amazon.com
“You don’t love a God, you love your comfort! To you we are filth, we are dirty, so be it. We are dirty and unclean, a congregation of the unseen.”— Andy Biersack, open.spotify.com
“A doctor once told me I feel too much. I said, So does god. That’s why you can see the Grand Canyon from the moon.”— Andrea Gibson, youtube.com
“Untouched by the breath of God, unrestricted by human conscience, both capitalism and socialism are repulsive.”— Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, en.wikiquote.org
“Where I come from, they used to say God breaks up the old moon to make stars.”— Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, davar.net
“According to the Bible, God created the heavens and the Earth. It is man’s prerogative—and woman’s—to create their own particular and private hell.”— Rod Serling, en.wikipedia.org
“God is in your bones. That's why we are here. To realize the God that lives in our bones, as us.”— Jeff Brown, facebook.com
“The infinity of God is not mysterious, it is only unfathomable; not concealed, but incomprehensible; it is a clear infinity, the darkness of the pure unsearchable sea.”— John Ruskin, amazon.com
“When you're in a race car, you're going through so many different emotions throughout that race. You may be leading, then you might be at the back of the pack trying to work your way up, things may be going your way, things might not be. It's just a constant reminder not to give up, and to know that…”— Jeff Gordon, beliefnet.com