Alphonse de Lamartine Quotes

No one has probably helped me more with my narcissism than my dog.

Certainly it does make the greatest possible difference what we think about God; the knowledge of God is the very basis of religion.

Without knowledge of self there is no knowledge of God Our wisdom, in so far as it ought to be deemed true and solid Wisdom, consists almost entirely of two parts: the knowledge of God and of ourselves. But as these are connected together by many ties, it is not easy to determine which of the two precedes and gives birth to the other.

I think I know why you never married, Sarah." "Well, and I reckoned if I wanted something that'd come and go as he pleased, take me for granted, and ignore me when he chose, I'd get a cat. And if I wanted something I'd always have to be picking up after, getting into trouble, but slavishly devoted, I'd get a dog.

So first, your memory I'll jog, And say: A CAT IS NOT A DOG

O that men would know themselves to be men; and that he that glorieth would glory in the Lord.

Heavenly Father hears your prayers, He loves you. He knows your name. He loves you beyond your ability to comprehend.

Satisfy your demand for reason but always remember that charity is beyond reason, and God can be known through charity.

You can call it wisdom, or sanity, or health, or enlightenment. I use the word God as a short-cut. I am comfortable with the word God because I don't have the foggiest idea of what it means.

He who knows about depth knows about God.

God cannot be realized through intellect.

Dogs are here to remind us life really is a simple thing. You eat, sleep, take walks, and pee when you must. That's about all there is. They are quick to forgive trespasses and assume strangers will be kind.

Dogs act exactly the way we would act if we had no shame.

I would never sell my dog for a man. I'd sell the man.

God knows His own. It is well that He does, for sometimes it would be difficult for us to determine who are His!

Dog! When we first met on the highway of life, we came from the two poles of creation.... What can be the meaning of the obscure love for me that has sprung up in your heart?

Such short little lives our pets have to spend with us, and they spend most of it waiting for us to come home each day.

Buy a pup and your money will buy Love unflinching that cannot lie.

Dogs have given us their absolute all. We are the center of their universe. We are the focus of their love and faith and trust. They serve us in return for scraps. It is without a doubt the best deal man has ever made.

And I, a materialist who does not believe in the starry heaven promised to a human being, for this dog and for every dog I believe in heaven, yes, I believe in a heaven that I will never enter, but he waits for me wagging his big fan of a tail so I, soon to arrive, will feel welcomed.

There is no faith which has never yet been broken, except that of a truly faithful dog

Be patient. Your future will come to you and lie down at your feet like a dog who knows and loves you no matter what you are.

Despite our sins, we can say with Peter: Lord, you know everything, you know that I love you.

I love a dog. He does nothing for political reasons.

He who knows himself knows god.