Bahaullah Quotes

If we don't have God in our life, we're considered dead.

I respect religion in general. I respect a lot, but I don't follow any religion. You know, I just follow my personal connection with God. For me, God is inside my heart and is inside everyone's heart.

One of the values of centering prayer is that you are not thinking about God during the time of centering prayer so you are giving God a chance to manifest. In centering prayer there are moments of peace that give the psyche a chance to realize that God may not be so bad after all. God has a chance to be himself for a change.

Religion is the possibility of the removal of every ground of confidence except confidence in God alone.

Falling in love with God is the most important thing a person can do.

I have gone through a period of seeking to understand what or how strong or what are the connections I have to God.

I talk to God every day. He's very real for me.

A vague religion—all about feeling God in nature, and so on—is so attractive. It is all thrills and no work; like watching the waves from the beach. But you will not get to Newfoundland by studying the Atlantic, and you will not get eternal life by simply feeling the presence of God in Flowers or music.

I don't spend that much time being introspective, believe it or not. All I know is that I grew up not questioning God because that's how you are. God was there like the birds and the wind.

We can no more do without spirituality than we can do without food, shelter, or clothing.

Pray till prayer makes you forget your own wish, and leave it or merge it in God's will.

A religion without mystery must be a religion without God.

The main object of religion is not to get a man into heaven, but to get heaven into him.

I say three prayers every night to make sure that God knows I thank him so much.

Twelve-step promotes spirituality, not religion. It gives a practical, day-to-day spirituality that tells me what I can and cannot control. There is room to be imperfect and to be someone who struggles to find God.

I had this idea that the coolest thing that could happen to you was talking with God. My father was always talking about God, and I idolized my father, so I'd spend hours trying to have mental telepathy with God.

I'm not a big fan of religion for that reason. But I am a true believer in God, and I have great faith, and I think that a spiritual connection with something is a really important part of our experience. That doesn't necessarily have anything to do with the church.

Prayer does not change God, but it changes him who prays.

I think there is a longing in everyone for a personal relationship with God.

By turning your eyes on God in meditation, your whole soul will be filled with God. Begin all your prayers in the presence of God.

In spiritual things, it is God who performs all things for you. Rest in Him, then.

Spirituality was the main issue. Connection with God was the main issue.

My dear child, you must believe in God despite what the clergy tells you.

People just overshoot trying to find God. They're going outside and trying everything. They don't realize that it's right inside themselves.

Your God is ever beside you - indeed, He is even within you.