Laura Riding Quotes

God - but a word invoked to explain the world.

The name of this infinite and inexhaustible depth and ground of all being is God.

God is a challenge because there is no proof of his existence and therefore the search must continue.

What is the origin of God?

I will never come around to the idea of an anthropomorphic God. I'm also uncomfortable with the word 'God'... I'm agnostic about the answer and I'm agnostic about the question.

As human beings, we anthropomorphize way too much. God's not a person. God, for me, is a power that lies outside the definition of time and space.

I say God is the ultimate.

Is there a God? There is, but we don't know where. Or who. And, indeed, why.

God is our name for the last generalization to which we can arrive.

Understanding God is not attained by calling into session all arguments for and against Him, in order to debate whether He is a reality or a figment of the mind. God cannot be sensed as a second thought, as an explanation of the origin of the universe. He is either the first and the last, or just another concept.

A god who is both self-sufficient and content to remain so could not interest us enough to raise the question of his existence.

As set forth by theologians, the idea of 'God' is an argument that assumes its own conclusions, and proves nothing.

I believe that the question of the existence of God is an impenetrable mystery and beyond human comprehension.

I believe that God is very real. I believe that I live my life every day inside the reality of this God. I call this God by different words. I describe God as the source of life and the source of love and the ground of being.

The whole question of God and what God is, and whether it's a blond guy with a beard, I don't know... I don't know that. Do I believe that there's something greater at work than the sum of humanity? Yeah, I think so.

God is the universal substance in existing things. He comprises all things. He is the fountain of all being. In Him exists everything that is.

Basically, it comes down to this: do you believe in God, or don't you believe in God.

If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent Him.

I use a lot of different words for God - infinite intelligence, primordial, perfection or universal creativity. All of these, to me, are God. And 'God' is a word, I think, that some people feel uncomfortable with, so they can use another word, you know? It's the great mystery.

The Bible God I deny; the Christian God I disbelieve in; but I am not rash enough to say there is no God as long as you tell me you are unprepared to define God to me.

I'm not a religious freak, but I do believe that there is a higher power.

I'm not religious, but I feel like there has to be a higher power up there.

"God" is just a name to refer to something that is beyond all limitations.

What is the difference between the Christian God, and the gods of the other religions?" He simply, yet profoundly answered, "The main difference is this: The God of Christianity exists.

What is a god? A god is a personification of a motivating power of a value system that functions in human life and in the universe.