God quotes

“God does not play dice with the universe; He plays an ineffable game of his own devising, which might be compared, from the perspective of any of the other players, to being involved in an obscure and complex version of poker in a pitch dark room, with blank cards, for infinite stakes, with a dealer who won't tell you the rules, and who smiles all the time.” Terry Pratchett

“Gods don't like people not doing much work. People who aren't busy all the time might start to think.” Terry Pratchett

“He says gods like to see an atheist around. Gives them something to aim at.” Terry Pratchett

“He was the sort of person who stood on mountaintops during thunderstorms in wet copper armour shouting "All the Gods are bastards."” Terry Pratchett

“In ancient times cats were worshipped as gods; they have not forgotten this.” Terry Pratchett

“Most gods throw dice, but Fate plays chess, and you don't find out til too late that he's been playing with two queens all along.” Terry Pratchett

“I am at peace with God. My conflict is with Man.” Charlie Chaplin

“I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use.” Galileo Galilei

“Mathematics is the language in which God has written the universe.” Galileo Galilei

“God is day and night, winter and summer, war and peace, surfeit and hunger.” Heraclitus

“To God everything is beautiful, good, and just; humans, however, think some things are unjust and others just.” Heraclitus

“ Having the fewest wants, I am nearest to the gods.” Socrates

“The hour of departure has arrived, and we go our ways - I to die, and you to live. Which is better God only knows.” Socrates

“The hour of departure has arrived, and we go our ways--I to die and you to live. Which is the better, only God knows.” Socrates

“Our lives are not in the lap of the gods, but in the lap of our cooks.” Lin Yutang

“Before God we are all equally wise - and equally foolish.” Albert Einstein

“We should take care not to make the intellect our god; it has, of course, powerful muscles, but no personality.” Albert Einstein

“Whoever undertakes to set himself up as a judge of Truth and Knowledge is shipwrecked by the laughter of the Gods.” Albert Einstein

“At any rate, I am convinced that He - God, does not play dice.” Albert Einstein

“As the poet said, 'Only God can make a tree' -- probably because it's so hard to figure out how to get the bark on.” Woody Allen

“How can I believe in God when just last week I got my tongue caught in the roller of an electric typewriter?” Woody Allen

“If it turns out that there is a God, I don't think that he's evil. But the worst that you can say about him is that basically he's an underachiever.” Woody Allen

“If only God would give me some clear sign! Like making a large deposit in my name in a Swiss bank.” Woody Allen

“Not only is there no God, but try getting a plumber on weekends.” Woody Allen

“To you I'm an atheist; to God, I'm the Loyal Opposition.” Woody Allen

“God made the Idiot for practice, and then He made the School Board.” Mark Twain

“It is by the goodness of God that in our country we have those three unspeakably precious things: freedom of speech, freedom of conscience, and the prudence never to practice either of them.” Mark Twain

“Man - a creature made at the end of the week's work when God was tired.” Mark Twain

“I try to give to the poor people for love what the rich could get for money. No, I wouldn't touch a leper for a thousand pounds; yet I willingly cure him for the love of God.” Mother Teresa

“Let us more and more insist on raising funds of love, of kindness, of understanding, of peace. Money will come if we seek first the Kingdom of God - the rest will be given.” Mother Teresa