Prince Quotes

Religion can be one of the greatest impediments to finding God.

For most of my life I didn't believe in God. Who had time?

Miracles are supposed to point us to Him, but we can get to God without miracles. It is God himself we should long for rather than for the miracles that point to him. To get caught up in wanting miracles is a bit like thinking the destination of a road trip is the highway you're supposed to take.

My relationship with God has gotten so much stronger. He's always had his hand on me. He always guided me. I didn't always go where he wanted me to go. But He always had me. Now that I'm actually listening and being obedient, life is so much better.

If it is true that we have a personal relationship with God, then that's enough for me.

All around me insisted that my doubts proved only my own ignorance and sinfulness; that they knew by experience they would soon give place to true knowledge, and an advance in religion; and I felt something like indecision.

Faith is an act of a finite being who is grasped by, and turned to, the infinite.

In the periods of my life when I've had least contact with the Church, I've always assumed a belief in God is a solid thing, but clearly it's a relationship; it has good days and bad days.

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

You can educate yourself right out of a relationship with God.

The first real unhappiness I remember to have felt was when some one told me, one day, that I did not love God. I insisted, almost tearfully, that I did; but I was told that if I did truly love Him I should always be good. I knew I was not that, and the feeling of sudden orphanage came over me like a bewildering cloud.

Believing in God is a very intense inner struggle of mine. It's something I worry about a lot, but which I don't have the answer to.

I spend a lot of time balancing between faith and disbelief.

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

I believe that God knows what each of us wants and needs. It's not necessary for us to make it to church on Sunday to reach Him. You can find Him anyplace. And if that sounds heretical, my source is pretty good: Matthew, Five to Seven, The Sermon on the Mount.

Religion has stayed with me even though I rebelled.

Over the years, my relationship with God has changed my life for the better - it's grown me up, given me a sense of purpose, and grounded me in my identity.

Your soul is between you and God.

I was raised as a Christian but the transaction has to be made by yourself - you and God - at some point.

The soul... may have many symbols with which it reaches toward God.

Man tells his aspiration in his God; but in his demon he shows his depth of experience.

My relationship with God has gotten better and stronger for the simple fact that I understand it a lot better. You know, to me, God's my best friend.

I have a much wider, freer view about spirituality. I feel that people need to pursue it on their own, personally. You know, let it be theirs - a personal relationship with their soul, or their God, or with their church.

I use God in my songs a lot but I don't have a relationship. I don't know what that means.

The Christian must trust in a withdrawing God.