„My day passes between logic, whistling, going for walks, and being depressed. I wish to God that I were more intelligent and everything would finally become clear to me - or else that I needn’t live much longer.“

„I do not so much rejoice that God hath made me to be a Queen, as to be a Queen over so thankful a people. Therefore I have cause to wish nothing more than to content the subject and that is a duty which I owe. Neither do I desire to live longer days than I may see your prosperity and that is my only desire.“

—  Elizabeth I of England Queen regnant of England and Ireland from 17 November 1558 until 1603 1533 - 1603

The Golden Speech (1601)

„I would rather walk with God in the dark than go alone in the light.“

—  Mary Gardiner Brainard American poet 1837 - 1905

Not knowing (1869).

„We relinquished our freedom that day, and we were more than happy to see it go. From that moment on we lived in true freedom, the freedom to point to someone else and say “They told me to do it! It’s their fault, not mine.” The freedom, God help us, to say “I was only following orders.”“

—  Max Brooks, könyv World War Z

World War Z

„As I grew I no longer lost any sleep over the questions of God and infinity. I understood they could have no answers. At some point the reality of God was no longer present in my mind. I believed in the basic Church teachings because I thought they were correct, not because God wanted me to. In my mind, in the way I interpret them, I still live by them today. Not by the rules and regulations, but by the principles. For example, in the matter of abortion, I am pro-choice, but by personal choice would have nothing to do with an abortion of a child of my own. I believe in free will, and believe I have no right to tell anyone else what to do. Popes come and go, and John XXIII has been the only one I felt affection for. Their dictums strike me as lacking in the ability to surprise. They have been leading a holding action for a millennium.“

—  Roger Ebert American film critic, author, journalist, and TV presenter 1942 - 2013

Forrás: Life Itself : A Memoir (2011), Ch. 54 : How I Believe In God

„I was much plagued by Satan, until I found that it was God who was tempting me; then the anguish of him passed out of my soul for ever.“

—  Sri Aurobindo Indian nationalist, freedom fighter, philosopher, yogi, guru and poet 1872 - 1950

Thoughts and Aphorisms (1913), Bhakti

„If I knew that it was fated for me to be sick, I would even wish for it; for the foot also, if it had intelligence, would volunteer to get muddy.“

—  Chrysippus ancient Greek philosopher -281 - -208 i.e.

As quoted by Epictetus, Discourses, ii. 6. 10.

„I died to the law so that I might live for God. I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.“

—  Paul of Tarsus, könyv Epistle to the Galatians

2:19-20
Epistle to the Galatians

„I have found heaven on earth, since heaven is God and God is in my soul. The day I understood that, everything became clear to me, and I would like to share this secret with all those I love so that they, too, might cling to God through everything, so that this prayer of Christ might be fulfilled: "Father, may they be made perfectly one!"“

—  Elizabeth of the Trinity French Carmelite nun and mystic 1880 - 1906

Letters to Madame de Sourdon, L 122, 15 June 1902; as quoted in Always Believe in Love: Selected Writings of Elizabeth of the Trinity by Marian Murphy, 2017, p. 109 https://books.google.it/books?id=JX3LDgAAQBAJ&pg=PA109.

„I went north — I did not try to hide myself. When a god or a demon saw me, then I would die, but meanwhile I was no longer afraid. My hunger for knowledge burned in me — there was so much that I could not understand.“

—  Stephen Vincent Benét, könyv By the Waters of Babylon

Forrás: By the Waters of Babylon (1937)

„God had brought me to my knees and made me acknowledge my own nothingness, and out of that knowledge I had been reborn. I was no longer the centre of my life and therefore I could see God in everything.“

—  Bede Griffiths Benedictine Monk 1906 - 1993

„The process of writing is a process of learning; and much has become clearer to me in the attempt to transform my original rough notes into what I hope is an intelligible presentation.“

—  Paul A. Baran American Marxist economist 1909 - 1964

Preface To The first edition, p. ix
The Political Economy Of Growth (1957)

„I have never passed a more anxious or trying month in my life, but I never felt God so present with me.“

—  James Hudson Taylor Missionary in China 1832 - 1905

(A.J. Broomhall. Hudson Taylor and China’s Open Century, Book Two: Over the Treaty Wall. London: Hodder and Stoughton and Overseas Missionary Fellowship, 1982, 192).

„I would sooner walk in the dark, and hold hard to a promise of my God, than trust in the light of the brightest day that ever dawned.“

—  Charles Spurgeon British preacher, author, pastor and evangelist 1834 - 1892

Forrás: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 601.

„Did I suffer from depression? Yes, a little, from time to time. Yes. … I'm not as depressed as I was. I get depressed now and then but not very much anymore. … At the height of it it was just God-awful. It was really bad.“

—  Brian Wilson American musician, singer, songwriter and record producer 1942

CNN interview (2004)

„We are highly evolved, intelligent human beings. And we do have the choice of what we put in our mouths. And for me anyway, it’s no meat. … Being vegetarian now, I find myself feeling so much lighter and freer and fresher, and I can sleep less and do more. I hear this from so many people who are vegetarians and vegans. I started feeling much lighter. My activities were energized. My thoughts were clearer. … Finding inner peace is vital. If you don’t have inner peace, you are not living. Everyone has their own personal journey. My journey for finding inner peace has been since the day that I was born. My children have taught me a lot about inner peace. I’d say more patience than peace, but through patience you find peace!“

—  Kristoff St. John American actor 1966 - 2019

"In-Depth with Loving the Silent Tears MC: Kristoff St. John", GodsDirectContact.org (2012) http://www.godsdirectcontact.org.tw/eng/news/211/sr_49.htm

„For me, from the moment when the first, still unformed, idea comes into my head until the projection of the rushes, the process of making a film constitutes a single piece of work. I mean that I cannot become interested in anything, day or night, which is not that film. Let no one imagine that this is a romantic pose — on the contrary. I become relatively more lucid, more attentive, and almost feel as if I were intelligent and more ready to understand.“

—  Michelangelo Antonioni Italian film director and screenwriter 1912 - 2007

Cahiers du Cinema (1960)

„My God, my God, who am I attending to? How many am I? Who is me? What is this interval between me and me?“

—  Fernando Pessoa, könyv The Book of Disquiet

Ibid., p. 201
The Book of Disquiet
Eredeti: Meu Deus, meu Deus, a quem assisto? Quantos sou? Quem é eu? O que é este intervalo que há entre mim e mim?

„I wish to God that you had as much pleasure in following my advice, as I have in giving it to you.“

—  Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield British statesman and man of letters 1694 - 1773

5 February 1750
Letters to His Son on the Art of Becoming a Man of the World and a Gentleman (1774)

„When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left, and could say, 'I used everything you gave me.“

—  Erma Bombeck When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left, and coul… 1927 - 1996