Quotes about God

„Kings are not elected. Gods are not elected.“

—  Cleopatra VII last active pharaoh of Ptolemaic Egypt -69 - -30 BC

Cleopatra as portrayed by Elizabeth Taylor, in Cleopatra (1963)
Misattributed

„I will build a car for the great multitude. It will be large enough for the family, but small enough for the individual to run and care for. It will be constructed of the best materials, by the best men to be hired, after the simplest designs that modern engineering can devise. But it will be so low in price that no man making a good salary will be unable to own one — and enjoy with his family the blessing of hours of pleasure in God's great open spaces.“

—  Henry Ford, book My Life and Work

Source: My Life and Work (1922), p. 73. Chapter IV.

„I believe in God. … There is no way you can be up here [in the Rocky Mountains] and think that there isn't a God.“

—  Tom Cruise American actor and film producer 1962

„God is simple. Everything else is complex. Do not seek absolute values in the relative world of nature.“

—  Paramahansa Yogananda Yogi, a guru of Kriya Yoga and founder of Self-Realization Fellowship 1893 - 1952

Source: Autobiography of a Yogi:

„Divine incarnations do not come to bring a new or exclusive religion, but to restore the One Religion of God-realization.
Many are the churches and temples founded in his name, often prosperous and powerful, but where is the communion that he stressed — actual contact with God? Jesus wants temples to be established in human souls, first and foremost; then established outwardly in physical places of worship. Instead, there are countless huge edifices with vast congregations being indoctrinated in churchianity, but few souls who are really in touch with Christ through deep prayer and meditation.“

—  Paramahansa Yogananda Yogi, a guru of Kriya Yoga and founder of Self-Realization Fellowship 1893 - 1952

„Be afraid of nothing. Hating none, giving love to all, feeling the love of God, seeing His presence in everyone, and having but one desire - for His constant presence in the temple of your consciousness - that is the way to live in this world.“

—  Paramahansa Yogananda Yogi, a guru of Kriya Yoga and founder of Self-Realization Fellowship 1893 - 1952

Source: In the Sanctuary of the Soul: A Guide to Effective Prayer

„You do not have to struggle to reach God, but you do have to struggle to tear away the self-created veil that hides him from you“

—  Paramahansa Yogananda, book Autobiography of a Yogi

Source: Autobiography of a Yogi

„You must not let your life run in the ordinary way; do something that nobody else has done, something that will dazzle the world. Show that God's creative principle works in you.“

—  Paramahansa Yogananda Yogi, a guru of Kriya Yoga and founder of Self-Realization Fellowship 1893 - 1952

„I shed more tears than God could ever have required.“

—  Arthur Rimbaud, book Illuminations

Source: Illuminations

„When a liberal is abused, he says, ‘Thank God they didn’t beat me.’ When he is beaten, he thanks God they didn’t kill him. When he is killed, he will thank God that his immortal soul has been delivered from its mortal clay.“

—  Vladimir Lenin Russian politician, led the October Revolution 1870 - 1924

„Had God Himself intended women to be inferior, He would have ordained it so that mothers would have given birth to daughters at the end of the fifth month of pregnancy. The supply of mother’s milk would naturally have been half of that in case of a son. But that is not the case. How can it be? Is not God just and most merciful?“

—  Begum Rokeya Bengali feminist writer and social worker 1880 - 1932

On God Gives, Man Robs , 1927. http://archive.thedailystar.net/magazine/2005/07/05/reflections.htm

„Syd was so full of whimsy as well as horrible gas. I swear to God that the early recording sessions of Pink Floyd always smelled like a strange mixture of rotten eggs, rancid cabbage, and crap.“

—  Syd Barrett English musician 1946 - 2006

Nick Mason, Billboard (1972)

„How wretched are those in the sight of God who disobey Him.“

—  Abu Bakr First Muslim Caliph and a companion of Muhammad 573 - 634

Abdul Jaleel Qureshi, Hazrat Abu Bakr Nay Farmaya (Ferozesons, 2011), p.64)

„God is only where you let Him in.“

—  Menachem Mendel of Kotzk Polish rabbi 1787 - 1859

As quoted in Innerspace : Introduction to Kabbalah, Meditation and Prophecy‎ (1990), by Aryeh Kaplan, p. 160; This expression is said to have originated when he was five years old and asked his father "Where is God?" to which his father answered: "God is everywhere!" Rebbe then responded "No, I think God is only where you let Him in."
Variants:
Where is God to be found? In the place where He is given entry.
As quoted in The Sayings of Menahem Mendel of Kotsk (1995) by Simcha Raz and Edward Levin, p. 10
God is where you let Him in.
As quoted in Everyday Kabbalah: A Practical Guide to Jewish Meditation, Healing, and Personal Growth (1998)

„Jealousy has no power over me,
Nor do I envy a god his work,
And I do not burn to rule.
Such things have no
Fascination for my eyes.“

—  Archilochus Ancient Greek lyric poet -680 - -645 BC

Fragments
Variant: The affairs of gold-laden Gyges do not interest me
zealousy of the gods has never seized me nor anger
at their deeds. But I have no love for great tyranny
for its deeds are very far from my eyes.
Context: These golden matters
Of Gyges and his treasuries
Are no concern of mine.
Jealousy has no power over me,
Nor do I envy a god his work,
And I do not burn to rule.
Such things have no
Fascination for my eyes.

„If evils increase, the devotion of the People of God should also increase.“

—  Pope Paul VI 262nd Pope of the Catholic Church 1897 - 1978

CHRISTI MATRI

„I have a testimony this day in my conscience, before God, however the world rage.“

—  John Knox Scottish clergyman, writer and historian 1514 - 1572

"Last Will and Testament" (May 1572); published in John Knox and John Knox's House (1905) by Charles John Guthrie
Context: None have I corrupted. None have I defrauded. Merchandise have I not made — to God's glory I write — of the glorious Evangel of Jesus Christ; but, according to the measure of the grace granted unto me, I have divided the Sermon of Truth in just parts, beating down the rebellion of the proud against God, and raising up the consciences troubled with the knowledge of their sins, by declaring Jesus Christ, the strength of His Death, and the mighty operation of His Resurrection, in the hearts of the Faithful. Of this, I say, I have a testimony this day in my conscience, before God, however the world rage.

„Man is the most insane species. He worships an invisible God and destroys a visible Nature. Unaware that this Nature he’s destroying is this God he’s worshiping.“

—  Hubert Reeves Canadian astrophysicist and popularizer of science 1932

„If I am going to be drowned — if I am going to be drowned — if I am going to be drowned, why, in the name of the seven mad gods, who rule the sea, was I allowed to come thus far and contemplate sand and trees?“

—  Stephen Crane, book The Open Boat

Pt. VI
The Open Boat (1894)
Source: The Open Boat and Other Stories