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Man thinks, God directs.
[Lat., Homo cogitat, Deu indicat.]
Man thinks, God directs.
[Lat., Homo cogitat, Deu indicat.]
God is to be worshipped as the one beloved, dearer than everything in this and next life.
God is to be worshipped as the one beloved, dearer than everything in this and next life.
God loved the birds and invented trees. Man loved the birds and invented cages.
God loved the birds and invented trees. Man loved the birds and invented cages.
Imagine the Creator as a low comedian, and at once the world becomes explicable.
Imagine the Creator as a low comedian, and at once the world becomes explicable.
We turn to God for help when our foundations are shaking, only to learn that it is God who is read more
We turn to God for help when our foundations are shaking, only to learn that it is God who is shaking them.
I fear God, and next to God I chiefly fear him who fears Him not.
I fear God, and next to God I chiefly fear him who fears Him not.
One reason God created time was so that there would be a place to bury the failures of the past.
One reason God created time was so that there would be a place to bury the failures of the past.
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
God is a thought who makes crooked all that is straight.
God is a thought who makes crooked all that is straight.