Yann Martel: Quotes about God

Yann Martel is Canadian author best known for the book Life of Pi. Explore interesting quotes on god.
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“Even when God seemed to have abandoned me, he was watching. Even when he seemed indifferent to my suffering, he was watching. And when I was beyond all hope of saving, he gave me rest. Then he gave me a sign to continue my journey.”

Yann Martel book Life of Pi

Source: Life of Pi

God , Hope , Suffering , Indifference

“If you stumble about believability, what are you living for? Love is hard to believe, ask any lover. Life is hard to believe, ask any scientist. God is hard to believe, ask any believer. What is your problem with hard to believe?”

Yann Martel book Life of Pi

Source: Life of Pi

Love , Life , God , Lovers

“Hindus, in their capacity for love, are indeed hairless Christians, just as Muslims, in the way they see God in everything, are bearded Hindus, and Christians, in their devotion to God, are hat-wearing Muslims.”

Yann Martel book Life of Pi

Source: Life of Pi (2001), Chapter 16, pp. 54–55

Love , God , Way

“The presence of God is the finest of rewards.”

Yann Martel book Life of Pi

Source: Life of Pi

God

“There are always those who take it upon themselves to defend God… These people fail to realize that it is on the inside that God must be defended, not on the outside.”

Yann Martel book Life of Pi

Source: Life of Pi

God , People

“The blackness would stir and eventually go away, and God would remain, a shining point of light in my heart. I would go on loving.”

Yann Martel book Life of Pi

Source: Life of Pi (2001), Chapter 74, p. 232
Context: Despair was a heavy blackness that let no light in or out. It was a hell beyond expression. I thank God it always passed. A school of fish appeared around the net or a knot cried out to be reknotted. Or I thought of my family, of how they were spared this terrible agony. The blackness would stir and eventually go away, and God would remain, a shining point of light in my heart. I would go on loving.

Love , God , Light , Heart

“Faith in God is an opening up, a letting go, a deep trust, a free act of love.”

Yann Martel book Life of Pi

Variant: Faith in God is an opening up, a letting go, a deep trust, a free act of love - but sometimes it was so hard to love.
Source: Life of Pi

Faith , Love , God , Faith

“Bapu Gandhi said, ‘All religions are true.’ I just want to love God.”

Yann Martel book Life of Pi

Source: Life of Pi

Love , God , Religion

“"Bapu Gandhi said, 'All religions are true.' I just want to love God," I blurted out, and looked down, red in the face.”

Yann Martel book Life of Pi

Source: Life of Pi (2001), Chapter 23, p. 76

Love , God , Religion