I think that God, in creating man, somewhat overestimated his ability. Oscar Wilde abilitycreategod Change image and share on social
Why me? Why did this happen? How could I be in Westlife and then have nothing to show for it financially at the end of it? But it's like, why not me? That's just life. It's tough. There's a lot more problems in the world. There are a lot of people who would wish to God they had my problem instead of having a sick child. Shane Filan childendfinancially share on social
The most interesting character to me is someone who is stuck in the no man's land between Belief and Unbelief, Faith and Faithlessness. I'm capitalizing like a German, but it doesn't matter whether it's faith in a person or in God, or belief in science or whatever, it's the desperate in-between state that makes for interesting dramatic tension. Richard Dooling beliefcapitalizecharacter share on social
Catholic theology believes that God gave man free will, and you can't give somebody free will and then send in a play from the sidelines. Roger Ebert believecatholicfree Change image and share on social
If you're going to sin, sin against God, not the bureaucracy; God will forgive you but the bureaucracy won't. Hyman Rickover bureaucracyforgivegod Change image and share on social
There is no work, however vile or sordid, that does not glisten before God. John Calvin glistengodsordid Change image and share on social
However many blessings we expect from God, His infinite liberality will always exceed all our wishes and our thoughts. John Calvin blessingexceedexpect Change image and share on social
It is the heart which perceives God and not the reason. That is what faith is: God perceived by the heart, not by the reason. Blaise Pascal faithgodheart Change image and share on social
Freud taught us that it wasn't God that imposed judgment on us and made us feel guilty when we stepped out of line. Instead, it was the superego - that idealized concept of what a good person is supposed to be and do - given to us by our parents, that condemned us for what had been hitherto regarded as ungodly behavior. Tony Campolo behaviorconceptcondemn share on social
Thank God men cannot fly, and lay waste the sky as well as the earth. Henry David Thoreau earthflygod Change image and share on social