It never frightened a Puritan when you bade him stand still and
listen to the speech of God. His read more

It never frightened a Puritan when you bade him stand still and
listen to the speech of God. His closet and his church were full
of the reverberations of the awful, gracious, beautiful voice for
which he listened.

In the faces of men and women I see God.

In the faces of men and women I see God.

God is not a cosmic bell-boy for whom we can press a button to get things done.

God is not a cosmic bell-boy for whom we can press a button to get things done.

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 will not look you over for medals degrees or diplomas, but for scars.

God will not look you over for medals degrees or diplomas, but for scars.

Man thinks, God directs.
[Lat., Homo cogitat, Deu indicat.]

Man thinks, God directs.
[Lat., Homo cogitat, Deu indicat.]

When the solution is simple, God is answering.

When the solution is simple, God is answering.

You must believe in God, in spite of what the clergy say.

You must believe in God, in spite of what the clergy say.

I have lived to thank God that all my prayers have not been answered.

I have lived to thank God that all my prayers have not been answered.