You may be ignorant of His presence at the time, but that doesn't mean He doesn't exist. If you look, you will find that He was there all along. You can know that God exists.

My parents were both very intellectually honest, straightforward, and for them, faith meant that you were fully engaged.

Sometimes, as practice for trying to convince myself that God exists, I try to convince my shadow that the sun exists.

We are Godseekers all, though some be churchgoing believers and others pilgrims to an unknown shrine.

But he wasn't talking to me,' protested Anne. 'He was talking to God and he didn't seem to be very much interested in it, either. I think he thought God was too far off to make it worth while.

I think there are two kinds of TRUE THINGS-- true things that ARE, and true things that ARE NOT, but MIGHT be.

We all come back to God in these days of soul-sifting, said Gertrude to John Meredith. There have been many days in the past when I didn't believe in God—not as God—only as the impersonal Great First Cause of the scientists. I believe in Him now—I have to—there's nothing else to fall back on but God—humbly, starkly, unconditionally.

The sad pattern of lack of trust in God has persisted since the Creation.

The mystic experience is man's turning toward God; the prophetic act is God's turning toward man. The former is first of all an event in the life of man, contingent on the aspiration and initiative of man; the latter is first of all an event in the life of God, contingent on the pathos and initiative of God. From the mystic experience we may gain an insight of man into the life of God; from the prophetic act we learn of an insight of God into the life of man.

Grace is God's acceptance of us. Faith is our acceptance of God accepting us.

God does not look for success as the world understands it. He looks for faithfulness. "Who is that faithful servant?" Success is accomplishing faithfully the task allotted to you by the Lord.

Only he who believes is obedient, and only he who is obedient believes.