One must be a god to be able to tell successes from failures without making a mistake.
God created man and, finding him not sufficiently alone, gave him a companion to make him feel his solitude more keenly.
There are many similarities between Sai Baba and me. He believed there is only one God, and so do I. He loved Sufi music; so do I.
Sufi music talks about connecting people. It talks about connecting hearts and connecting man with God. Everything that talks about connection is Sufi.
When the writing is going really well, whole days and weeks go by, and I suddenly realise I have all these unpaid bills and, my God, I haven't unpacked, and the suitcase has been sitting there for three weeks.
The wisdom of God is so great that He also knows exactly what I would think and do under every possible circumstance and situation, and he placed me in that state of life and situation best suited for my salvation.
On Sunday morning, I'm not nervous... I can't wait to tell what God wants me to say.
One of the things I associate with God is a sunrise. How many sunrises have you missed over the years, and God created that?
The essence of religion is the knowledge of God which is eternal life. That and nothing less than that is religion. Everything else is on the surface, is superfluous save for the needs of men.
I consider wisdom supernatural because it isn't taught by men - it's a gift from God.
The question of whether there exists a supernatural creator, a God, is one of the most important that we have to answer. I think that it is a scientific question. My answer is no.
I give thanks to God and to all the people in the U.K. who have supported me over the years.
The law of God, and also the way to life, is written in our hearts: It lieth in no man's supposition and knowing, nor in any historical opinion, but in a good will and well-doing.
A humble knowledge of thyself is a surer way to God than a deep search after learning.
And if, happy in the lot of no created thing, he withdraws into the center of his own unity, his spirit, made one with God, in the solitary darkness of God, who is set above all things, shall surpass them all.
The gracious, eternal God permits the spirit to green and bloom and to bring forth the most marvelous fruit, surpassing anything a tongue can express and a heart conceive.
What surprises me most about God is that the creator of the universe should want a relationship with me.
I think God surrounds us, in all different manifestations of the energy.
The camera relieves us of the burden of memory. It surveys us like God, and it surveys for us. Yet no other god has been so cynical, for the camera records in order to forget.
I've survived inattention. I hope to God I survive attention.
