Top 1200 Divine Purpose Quotes & Sayings - Page 17

What is there of the divine in a load of brick? What ... in a barber shop? ... Much. All.

The circle of divine love has not remained closed.

You take my imperfections and you love them divine.

Men live a moral life, either from regard to the Diving Being, or from regard to the opinion of the people in the world; and when a moral life is practised out of regard to the Divine Being, it is a spiritual life. Both appear alike in their outward form; but in their inward, they are completely different. The one saves a man, but the other does not; for he that leads a moral life out of regard to the Divine Being is led by him, but he who does so from regard to the opinion of people in the world is led by himself.

The divine essence itself is love and wisdom.

The Right Divine of Kings to govern wrong.

The question that faces every man born into this world is not what should be his purpose, which he should set about to achieve, but just what to do with life? The answer, that he should order his life so that he can find the greatest happiness in it, is more a practical question, similar to that of how a man should spend his weekend, then a metaphysical proposition as to what is the mystic purpose of his life in the scheme of the universe.

To gnaw on is human, towards digest, divine.

Only in the heart can one experience the divine presence of truth.

Mozart is a human incarnation of the divine force of creation.

Melodic invention is one of the surest signs of a divine gift.

The divine harbinger of summer - warm rain.

Religion is the recognition of all our duties as divine commands.

We are human in expression, but divine in creation and limitless in potentiality.

The pursuit of mathematics is a divine madness of the human spirit.

I think that we all carry the divine within us.

There is no God any more divine than Yourself.

Courage to be who you are is the cousin of loving the Divine, yourself and others.

A cat is only technically an animal, being divine.

Remember even when alone, that the divine is everywhere.

Money can't heal your heart. Money can't give you purpose. I don't want arms and legs, I want purpose. I don't want arms and legs, I want peace. I don't want arms and legs, I want to be a miracle for someone else.

Enthusiasm is the height of man; it is the passing from the human to the divine.

Divine love is the sublime boss of the universe.

I am in you and you in me, mutual in divine love.

Most of the history is a divine work of fiction.

No more was seen the human form divine.

Everybody has to solve that "meaning of life" and purpose question for themselves. Everybody does it their own way. I think you have to be thoughtful about the way that you're doing it. So I describe it as purpose. If you can think about leading a purposeful life - not just an accumulation but you actually make the world a better place - then I think in the grand scheme of the universe, that that explains our existence. If not, we're just passing through. We're grains of sand and we're blowing in the breeze.

Christ is in all, meaning that the divine spark is in all things.

Two human loves make one divine.

The soul has this proof of divinity: that divine things delight it.

Because faithfulness is not a human question, but a divine one.

It is in giving that I connect with others, with the world and with the divine.

The soul in sleep gives proof of its divine nature.

We have focused on the miracle-thing and I think we often overlook the message of Hanukkah. To me, the core of the holiday is the cleaning of the temple.... The accomplishment was in restoring the temple to the purpose for which it was built. Now think of the temple as a symbol. Perhaps it represents my life. The world has tried to use me for its own (perhaps good, but none-the-less extrinsic) purposes. But now I can rededicate myself to my own original purpose.

Painting for me is like a fabric, all of a piece and uniform, with one set of threads as the representational, esthetic element, and the cross-threads as the technical, architectural, or abstract element. These threads are interdependent and complementary, and if one set is lacking the fabric does not exist. A picture with no representational purpose is to my mind always an incomplete technical exercise, for the only purpose of any picture is to achieve representation.

Turn all things to honey; this is the law of divine living.

I always believe that it is destiny and divine intervention that are with me.

The purity of youth will usher in the Divine Wind.

All the arts come from God and are to be respected as divine inventions

Wine is like the incarnation--it is both divine and human

World is a divine play. At the beginning and at the end, we are the same.

Ideas are infinite, original, and lively divine thoughts.

Simplicity, then, is getting in touch with the divine center

Every child you encounter is a divine appointment.

If you see with innocent eyes, everything is divine.

What was God doing before the divine creation?

Marriage has for women many equivalents of joining a mass movement. It offers them a new purpose in life, a new future and a new identity (a new name). The boredom of spinsters and of women who can no longer find joy and fulfillment in marriage stems from an awareness of a barren, spoiled life. By embracing a holy cause and dedicating their energies and substance to its advancement, they find a new life full of purpose and meaning.

Love is amazing, so divine, demands my soul, my life, my all.

You believe God is not there, but He is, Hidden in the secret of the divine mystery

Creative people have to be fed from the divine source.

A good joke is the closest thing we have to divine revelation.

The actor's job is to divine and embody the truth, and find it.

So the horns of the stag are sharp to offend his adversary, but are branched for the purpose of parrying or receiving the thrusts of horns similar to his own, and have therefore been formed for the purpose of combating other stags for the exclusive possession of the females; who are observed, like the ladies in the times of chivalry, to attend to the car of the victor. The final cause of this contest amongst the males seems to be, that the strongest and most active animal should propagate the species, which should thence become improved.

This is the state of all creatures, whether men or angels; as they make not themselves, so they enjoy nothing from themselves; if they are great, it must be only as great receivers of the gifts of God; their power can only be so much of the divine power acting in them; their wisdom can be only so much of the divine wisdom shining within them; and their light and glory, only so much of the light and glory of God shining upon them.

How charming is divine philosophy! Not harsh and crabb

The universe is a Divine thought that has taken form.

He who remains unmarried impairs the divine image.

A life of kindness is the primary meaning of divine worship.

Magnify the divine mystery and the holiness of mankind.

It is a good divine that follows his own instructions.