Finding God Quotes

“A common mistake we make is that we look for God in places where we ourselves wish to find him, yet even in the physical reality this is a complete failure. For example, if you lost your car keys, you would not search where you want to search, you would search where you must in order to find them.”
― Criss Jami, Killosophy

“What writing teaches me, over and over, is that God is waiting to be found everywhere, in the darkest corners of our lives, the dead ends and bad neighborhoods we wake up in, and in the simplest, lightest, most singular and luminous moments. He's hiding, like a child, in quite obvious and visible places, because he wants to be found. The miracle is that he dwells in both.”
― Shauna Niequist, Cold Tangerines: Celebrating the Extraordinary Nature of Everyday Life

“God is here, right now, at our side. We can see him in this mist, in the ground we're walking on, even in my shoes. His angels keep watch while we sleep and help us in our work. In order to find God, you have only to look around.”
― Paulo Coelho, By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept

“You’ve been here the whole time!” I could see it clearly. 
 
The calm, glowing One smiled, and all of a sudden, I knew. It hadn’t been fear telling me not to get on the boat, scaring me away from the fun. It was Jesus trying to spare me the agony of this trip because . . . because He loves me? Yes, He loves me! 
 
And there I’d stood, as if I’d had my hand on His chest, pushing Him away. What was I doing? Seeing Him now, I realized we’d been stuck in this pose a long time. I hadn’t wanted Him to go in case I needed Him, but I hadn’t wanted Him to come inside and control me. 
 
Ever so patiently—suspended in time, but oh-so-very present—Jesus held out His hand and invited me to dance. 
 
“Yes,” I yielded, and something so much more peaceful than peace settled inside even though the storm still raged, and the circumstances hadn’t budged. “Let’s dance.” 
 
Embraced in His arms, I fell asleep—even in the midst of those crazy waves. ”
― Elizabeth Bristol, Mary Me: One Woman’s Incredible Adventure with God

“Listen to the murmur of water and you'll hear Mother Nature.
Listen to the stillness beneath, and there you'll find God.”
― Donald L. Hicks, Look into the stillness

“In order to have a spiritual life, you need not enter a seminary, or fast, or abstain, or take a vow of chastity. All you have to do is have faith and accept God. From then on, each of us becomes a part of His path. We become vehicles for His miracles.”
― Paulo Coelho, By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept

“One of the most challenging aspects for those who are seeking to find the God of their understanding for the first time is His formlessness. It can be difficult to believe in, and connect with, something that cannot be seen. Perhaps this is because although God is in all things He is felt and experienced on levels that relate directly to the condition of our own hearts.”
― Marta Mrotek, Miracle In Progress: A Handbook for Holistic Recovery

“As a matter of fact, it is not a question of God’s intentions towards us; but it is a question of whether we see Him through the crowds, whether or not we see Him and say, “If I may but only touch the hem of His garment...” And so it is not about our capacity for goodness; but it is about our being able to simply see His intentions of goodness for us.”
― C. JoyBell C.

“To follow God, one must be a little “out of their mind” (and “into their Spirit”).”
― Donald L. Hicks, Look into the stillness

“When you can see God in small things, you'll see God in all things.”
― Donald L. Hicks, Look into the stillness

“It’s all nonsense of course. You can find God in a thunderstorm, or in the smile of a child, or in the wilderness (I believe that Jesus himself tried that at one stage), or in a rain forest, or a puppy, or in a legend, or by just lying under the stars, or in a daydream, or in your lover’s eyes, or in music, or by believing in magic, or in a conversation with a bag lady, or by loving a Gypsy girl, or by stumbling upon a white buffalo, or by dancing around your bones on the edge of extinction.”
― Karl Wiggins, Wrong Planet - Searching for your Tribe

“Many will tell you “The Lord works in mysterious ways.” What they are really telling you is they don’t know the answer. The Lord does not work in mysterious ways. There is a purpose and beauty in all that God does and although many don’t notice it, it is there for those who know what to look for.
From: Revelations of 2012 Beyond Faith: Finding God in A Chaotic World”
― The Prophet of Life

“If you seek God, you will see Him. If you do not seek God, you will still see Him.”
― T.A. Cline

“Truth is in all our hearts. He who stands by his heart has God in him. Our conscience is what unites us with God.”
― Suzy Kassem, Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem

“How can you seek God if he's already here? It's like standing in the ocean and crying out, 'I want to get wet.' You want to get over the line to God. It turns out he was always there." Francisco's eyes began to gleam. "Grace comes to those who stop struggling. When it really sinks in that there's nothing you can do to find God, he suddenly appears. That's the deepest mystery, the only one that counts.”
― Deepak Chopra, Why Is God Laughing?: The Path to Joy and Spiritual Optimism

“I began realizing it was okay to just sit with Him instead of always reading and journaling prayers or hustling off to the next bible study. It was okay to just be still. It was possible to find Him in the immense stillness, the hidden parts of my heart. He was always there in my hiddenness.”
― Natalie Brenner, This Undeserved Life: Uncovering The Gifts of Grief and The Fullness of Life

“A lot of people walk into church to find God, but never did.

Some people walk out of church and actually found God.”
― Chidi Ejeagba

“The end is not near. The end is not here. What the world is experiencing is not the end of days but a transitional period. Humanity is experiencing growing pains.
From: Finding God In A Chaotic World”
― The Prophet of Life

“[Hurricane] Andrew tore trees apart; drove their shrieking limbs past our walls. All around us, it shoved huge deciduous behemoths flat to the earth, or tore them out by the roots.
"I have never been able to say “No” to wonder. Wherever God stood naked, I wanted to crawl into the middle and gawk. Plus, I’d already lost everything I had built or wanted to live for when we’d left San Diego, and my marriage had become a long, aching death. I had nothing left. I had to touch God again at all costs....
"... I ripped open the door, then had to shove my full weight into closing it behind me. Slamming and bucking against harsh unseen walls, waging war for every step, I crushed both hands into the railing, fought my way downstairs, past a pool already choked with roofing and with life torn apart. I bucked and strained my way out onto the street, deeper into the dark, vile heart of a hurricane. Gnashing hard into the storm, I leaned into winds that pummeled and slammed me about like a machete.
"Inching and lunging across the intersection, where all but one streetlight had crashed to the pavement, I crushed my way through as that last light sparked and whipped overhead. Winds like that can drive a grain of rice through a concrete wall, so I wrenched a stop sign out of a tree and held it before me as a shield, slamming my way backward through an intersection of shattered glass and metal, out onto a golf course, where I screeched Hallelujahs no one could hear.
"In that open field, that raging, shrieking fury slammed and wrenched the sign into my chest. For the first time in a long time, "I thanked God and prayed for survival.
"I fought my way back home. The sign heaved at my face, sliced my hands open, and blasted away into the night.
"There was no one left there but me, God, and His mighty, undeniable power."


- From "Entertaining Naked People”
― Edward Fahey, Entertaining Naked People

“Truth—something between fact and faith—leads to God.”
― A.D. Aliwat, In Limbo

“One’s truth leads to God.”
― A.D. Aliwat, In Limbo

“Father Polda had walked up from his little chapel in Steg, as was his nightly custom, to sit and talk with the men and their families, for it was mostly under the sun and the stars that he preached, or sought the God that he served.”
― Paul Gallico, Ludmila: A Story Of Liechtenstein

“Never settle on High Mountains for it is a height of a peak Fountain but rather grow towards into the never-ending Heavens above”
― Ben Jr Grey

“Never rely on rested hills for it is a leap on a step-forward but rather simplate a walk on a back-towards”
― Ben Jr Grey

“When the truth gets revealed to a human then he won't care about anything now,
When the soul shares its secret then he won't care about the body now,
When his heart becomes the court of God then he won't care about any other court now,
When he identified himself then he won't care about identifying anything else now,
When he and the beloved is in conversation then he won't care about conversing with others now,
When he got to know he and the beloved is together then he seeks not anyone else's togetherness now,
When love is ascendant on oneself then he won't care about the faith now,
When seeker through master sought the one which was once sought then he won't care about heaven now,
When the game between my Ego and Love ends than about the ego he won't care about now,
When Ego's head is slain then he won't care about the afterlife now,
When upon whose call I was here became his now belonging to someone else he won't care now,
When beloved thought becomes a part of life than thinking about someone else he won't care now,
Aiyaz, After one dies perform his last rights by burying, burning, or drowning in the water he won't care now,
When someone reaches in presence of God then he won't care about himself now.”
― Aiyaz Uddin, The Inward Journey

“If one is interested in spiritual seeing, takes pleasure from reading or hearing uplifting and truthful spiritual ideas, and desires peace, love, and happiness, then one is bound to find it. The very desire is proof that one is already on a clear spiritual path that can ultimately go nowhere else but to the Divine. With sincerity and wisdom, it can be all the more direct. ”
― Donna Goddard, The Love of Devotion

“Finding God in our joy is much harder than finding Him in our pain.”
― Allene vanOirschot

“Stop being a seeker and find yourself.”
― Bert McCoy, A Lil' Bert Can't Hurt: Words and Wisdom for Daily Life

“The Trinitarian life has always been self-giving, forgiving, abundant, nonviolent love.”
― Joseph Haward, Finding God

“Jesus heals our sin by bringing us into his presence, entering the community and “dragging” to himself all of humanity. He redeems “all things” through presence not expulsion, reconciliation not destruction, bringing peace through the offering of himself.”
― Joseph Haward, Finding God