Miranda July Quotes

The question is not, "Why is there only one way to God?" but "Why is there even one way?"

Did I say the book of nature is a catechism? Yes, But, after it answers the first question with "God," nothing but questions follow.

Sometimes I wonder about the Creator of the Universe.

Mystery is a birthright of theology and faith, but you often do find religious people grasping for answers that shut things down and narrow what is possible.

Sometimes God answers our questions with questions.

Coincidence is God's way of remaining anonymous.

God may be in the details, but the goddess is in the questions. Once we begin to ask them, there's no turning back.

Why am I here? I'm not lucky. That's God.

From the Rabbis of the early Talmudic age I learned that there is never a last word on God. There's, you always continue to question. Even God himself could be questioned and you can keep arguing with one another and there will be no end to this conversation about the divine because no human expression of God can be ultimate.

Religious leaders and men of science have the same ideals; they want to understand and explain the universe of which they are part; they both earnestly desire to solve, if a solution be ever possible, that great riddle: Why are we here?

The God of Israel is sometimes a God who hides Himself, but never a God who absents Himself; sometimes in the dark, but never at a distance.

God might work on mysterious ways, but hell worked on efficient ones.

Logical thinking will not be enough to get answers to the questions that matter most in life. We need revelation from God.

Almost two thousand years, and no new god!

One cannot simply read the Bible, like other books. One must be prepared really to enquire of it. Only thus will it reveal itself. Only if we expect from it the ultimate answer, shall we receive it. That is because in the Bible God speaks to us. And one cannot simply think about God in one’s own strength, one has to inquire of him. Only if we seek him, will he answer us.

I think the probability of a supernatural creator existing is very very low.

What does God need with a starship?

Christ sometimes provokes a question so that He can be the answer.

Philosophers call God the great unknown The great misknown is more like it!

Being infinitely amazed, so do I give thanks to God, Who has been pleased to make me the first observer of marvelous things, unrevealed to bygone ages.

For so it is, O Lord my God, I measure it! But what it is I measure, I do not know.

Since God is, He is to be found in the questions as well as the answers.

It's not possible to search for God using the methods of a detective... There is no way. You can only wait till God's axe severs your roots: then you will understand that you are here only through a miracle, and you will remain fixed forever in wonderment and equilibrium.

I told you, God is not coy. He's more likely to hit you across the forehead with a two-by-four than whisper in your ear

If there were no God, it would have been necessary to invent him.