“God is everywhere, and you can find him everywhere.”
Genghis Khan (1162–1227) founder and first emperor of the Mongol Empire
Mohammad Habib and Khaliq Ahmad Nizami (ed.), A Comprehensive History of India, New Delhi, 1970, Volume V, The Sultanat, First Reprint, 1982. Quoted from Sita Ram Goel, The Calcutta Quran Petition (1999) ISBN 9788185990583 Chapter 10.
“I think theatre should always be somewhat suspect.”
Václav Havel book Disturbing the Peace
Source: Disturbing the Peace (1986), Ch. 2 : Writing for the Stage
“I think God, in creating man, somewhat overestimated his ability.”
Oscar Wilde (1854–1900) Irish writer and poet
Variant: I think that God in creating Man somewhat overestimated his ability.
“I think that Man in creating God somewhat overestimated his abilities.”
Johannes Grenzfurthner (1975) Austrian artist, writer, curator, and theatre and film director
aphorism used in mRIF http://monochrom.at/mrif
Clive Staples Lewis book Letters to Malcolm: Chiefly on Prayer
Letters to Malcolm: Chiefly on Prayer (1963)
“Because you cannot see him, God is everywhere.”
Yasunari Kawabata (1899–1972) Japanese author, Nobel Prize winner
As quoted by John Cheever in Home Before Dark: A Personal Memoir of John Cheever by His Daughter (1985) by Susan Cheever
“He knows God rightly who knows Him everywhere.”
Meister Eckhart (1260–1328) German theologian
Sermon II : The Nearness of the Kingdom
Meister Eckhart’s Sermons (1909)
Context: A man may go into the field and say his prayer and be aware of God, or, he may be in Church and be aware of God; but, if he is more aware of Him because he is in a quiet place, that is his own deficiency and not due to God, Who is alike present in all things and places, and is willing to give Himself everywhere so far as lies in Him. He knows God rightly who knows Him everywhere.
“And yet they say there is no God!”
Alexander Mackenzie (1822–1892) 2nd Prime Minister of Canada
to Chief Justice Sir Louis Davies gazing up at the stars on a clear, crisp night overlooking the Ottawa River behind Parliament - story related by Davies in newspaper article during banquet - Library and Archives Canada
“I perceive God everywhere in His works. I sense Him in me; I see Him all around me.”
Jean Jacques Rousseau (1712–1778) Genevan philosopher
