No god ever gave any man anything, nor ever answered any prayer at any time - nor ever will.

No god ever gave any man anything, nor ever answered any prayer at any time - nor ever will.

God places the heaviest burden on those who can carry its weight.

God places the heaviest burden on those who can carry its weight.

I fear one day I'll meet God, he'll sneeze and I won't know what to say.

I fear one day I'll meet God, he'll sneeze and I won't know what to say.

Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It read more

Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that frightens us most. We ask ourselves, 'Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, and famous?' Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that people won't feel insecure around you. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It's not just in some of us; it's in all of us. And when we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.

God has editing rights over our prayers. He will... edit them, correct them, bring them in line with His will read more

God has editing rights over our prayers. He will... edit them, correct them, bring them in line with His will and then hand them back to us to be resubmitted.

Forgive, O Lord, my little jokes on Thee And I'll forgive Thy great big one on me.

Forgive, O Lord, my little jokes on Thee And I'll forgive Thy great big one on me.

I don't try to imagine a God; it suffices to stand in awe of the structure of the world, insofar read more

I don't try to imagine a God; it suffices to stand in awe of the structure of the world, insofar as it allows our inadequate senses to appreciate it

From thee all human actions take their springs,
The rise of empires, and the fall of kings.

From thee all human actions take their springs,
The rise of empires, and the fall of kings.

The abdomen is the reason why man does not readily take himself to be a god.

The abdomen is the reason why man does not readily take himself to be a god.