Ernest J. Gaines: Quotes about thinking

Ernest J. Gaines was Novelist, short story writer, teacher. Explore interesting quotes on thinking.

Ernest J. Gaines: 22 quotes 2 likes

“I want you to show them the difference between what they think you are and what you can be.”

Ernest J. Gaines A Lesson Before Dying

Source: A Lesson Before Dying

Thinking

“I think I'm a very religious person. I think I believe in God as much as any man does. I don't only believe in God, I know there's God.”

Ernest J. Gaines

Response after being asked "Do you regard yourself as a religious person?", in an interview with Religion & Ethics Newsweekly http://www.pbs.org/wnet/religionandethics/2011/02/18/february-18-2011-ernest-gaines/8169/, February 18, 2011

God , Thinking , Personality

“I would think a faith in God is one thing. I think that if we could change the whole world and keep the land is another thing. Change things yet keep keep the relationship is another thing.”

Ernest J. Gaines

Gaines response after being asked: "Do you also see things in that world that you wish could be retained?", as quoted by Marcia Gaudet and Carl WootonPorch in Talk with Ernest Gaines: Conversations on the Writer's Craft http://books.google.es/books?id=JtRNfST4g_QC&hl=es&source=gbs_navlinks_s (1990)

God , World , Faith , Thinking