Harold Kushner Quotes

I just hope people see that if God can do something beautiful with my broken pieces, then God truly has a plan for each and everyone of us.

It is an item of faith that we are children of God; there is plenty of experience in us against it. The faith that surmounts this evidence and is able to warm itself at the fire of God's love, instead of having to steal love and self-acceptance from other sources, is actually the root of holiness: It is a fatal mistake to think of holiness as a possession which we have distinct from our faith... Faith is the very highest form of our dependence on God.

The main object of religion is not to get a man into heaven, but to get heaven into him.

I am trying to get closer to God.

He who has learned to pray has learned the greatest secret of a holy and happy life.

I know that when I pray, something wonderful happens. Not just to the person or persons for whom I'm praying, but also something wonderful happens to me. I'm grateful that I'm heard.

I have loved Jesus my whole life, and it has been such a privilege for me. To be able to marry my work and God together has been such a blessing.

Spirituality was the main issue. Connection with God was the main issue.

Whatever it is that can help to bring God close is something to be revered.

Thou hast created us for Thyself, and our heart is not quiet until it rests in Thee.

Happiness is a great power of holiness. Thus, kind words, by their power of producing happiness, have also a power of producing holiness, and so of winning men to God.

Falling in love with God is the most important thing a person can do.

If we really want to achieve true prayer, we must turn our backs upon everything temporal, everything external, everything that is not divine.

Your daily life is your temple and your religion. When you enter into it take with you your all.

From childhood on I have had the dream of life lived as a sacrament... the dream implied taking life ritually as something holy.

Silence is the pause in me when I am near to God.

I tend to place my own value in spirituality rather than religiosity.

You seek the heights of manhood when you seek the depths of God.

I know that life is really finding the right relationship between yourself and God.

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.

Me and God has a good relationship.

God put me on this earth to bring souls back to the Kingdom of God. You don't need to pray ten times a day - you just need hope. My music is going to stop war; it's the healing music. I see myself in Brazil, in Syria, in Darfur, and places where they really need hope.

I want to get to know God.

I do want to live my life in the right way and live my life close to God.

A vague religion—all about feeling God in nature, and so on—is so attractive. It is all thrills and no work; like watching the waves from the beach. But you will not get to Newfoundland by studying the Atlantic, and you will not get eternal life by simply feeling the presence of God in Flowers or music.