Henry David Thoreau Quotes

I can find God in nature, in animals, in birds and the environment.

I believe in evolution. But I also believe, when I hike the Grand Canyon and see it at sunset, that the hand of God is there also.

I said to the almond tree, 'Friend, speak to me of God,' and the almond tree blossomed.

The groves were God's first temples.

We mustn't reserve communing with God just for morning and evening prayers, or for weekly worship service, or for when we feel burdened. The goal is to realize that every moment of our lives is a meditation. Allow yourself to marvel at the wonder of God's work all around us. Throughout your day, let the sun, a tree, a piece of fruit remind you that everything you could ever want has been provided and can be found right here on earth.

Nature is the living, visible garment of God.

Nature is all the body of God we mortals will ever see.

The more I study nature, the more I stand amazed at the work of the Creator. Science brings men nearer to God.

I'm not afraid to talk about God and it's something I have a faith in. But I feel his presence more in those really profound, quiet moments of solitude. I can't seem to get those as much around here in Nashville, so I go to seek them out. Iceland is probably the closest I ever felt to it. That place did a lot for my soul.

Nature is too thin a screen; the glory of the omnipresent God bursts through everywhere

How anyone cannot see that Nature is God is amazing to me: that they'd rather worship something that can only exist, really, in their own minds.

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.

Lo! The poor Indian, whose untutored mind sees God in clouds, or hears him in the wind.

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.

Everything the human being heard from the beginning, saw with its eyes, looked upon and touched with its hands was a living word; for God was the word.

Prayer is the most concrete way to make our home in God.

I never go to temples, but when I see a child, I see God in them.

I believe that there is God in all of us.

Even Helen Keller, who was born blind and deaf, could see God. No doubt, in her silent darkness, every fragrant flower, every ray of the warm sun, every taste that touched her tongue told her that there was a God who created all things. Jodie Foster shouldn't therefore be surprised that people are surprised that she's an atheist.

Where there is devotional music, God is always at hand with His gracious presence.

Honestly, I'm not a big person in terms of religion, but I really believe in nature. I feel like anytime you see anything beautiful in nature that's the closest I'm ever going to get to God or a sense of a higher power.

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

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

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.

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.