Marilynne Robinson Quotes

If I were to pray in Arabic, I'd pray to Allah. If I were to pray in English, I'd pray to God.

Being made in the image of God, man was the crown of creation.

Religion is man's attempt to bind himself back to a relationship with God.

I think, if you can prove the existence of God, it can only be proven through love.

I'm constantly reading books on God or the absence of God and atheism.

If I am capable of grasping God objectively, I do not believe, but precisely because I cannot do this I must believe.

Humanity was created in the image of God; our love is a reflection of his.

Let me say that I consider myself a deep believer in the reality of God. I might define God quite differently from the way some people in the Christian faith would do so, but I do not doubt the reality of that experience.

I'm not sure about anything as far as religion and spirituality go.

Isn't it amazing that we are all made in God's image, and yet there is so much diversity among his people?

Religions do a useful thing: they narrow God to the limits of man. Philosophy replies by doing a necessary thing: it elevates man to the plane of God.

My message is that God is a good God.

Why do people stick with their God? That’s what they have.

Freedom of worship is of no use to a man who has lost his God.

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.

One of the things that doesn't come up as much as it should, especially in literary fiction, is this idea of faith and God... I feel like those are things that should be wrestled with... because they are such an integral part of our community on every level.

I'm a believer. I don't go to church. I don't belong to any particular religion, but I do believe in God. I couldn't write what I write about and be creative without a certain form of belief.

God is bigger than people think.

It is the heart which perceives God and not the reason. That is what faith is: God perceived by the heart, not by the reason.

I'm very passionate about philosophy and religion.

It is easy to understand God as long as you don't try to explain him.

Religion has been an important part of my understanding, my inquiry into what it means to be human.

I know God is real.

I believe in God. It's a big part of my life. You can bring it up and talk about it without being 'Christian Rocker.'

I speak to God every day.