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		My parents were Orthodox Jews but not very regular Orthodox Jews. I was bar mitzvahed and all that. But God was hardly ever mentioned in my family. Franklin D. Roosevelt was.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Nat Hentoff 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		It's weird because my parents don't really understand my business. I get fan mail all day long, but if a piece happens to get to their house, they're like, 'Oh, my God, you've got a fan! You have to write them back. You have to do it!' 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Idris Elba 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		When you receive God's love and encouragement, it will empower you to do more than you ever thought possible. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Victoria Osteen 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Surely God would not have created such a being as man, with an ability to grasp the infinite, to exist only for a day! No, no, man was made for immortality. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Abraham Lincoln 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		We crossed the Himalayas in less than two minutes, and then you realise, 'Oh My God, within an hour and a half, we have gone around the whole planet.' 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Kalpana Chawla 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I do feel like I have a direct connection with God for some reason; always have since I was a little kid - I would talk to God, talk to the sky. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Queen Latifah 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The only way to show a true respect for God is to act morally while ignoring God’s existence. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Karen Armstrong 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		Did you know what would happen next? Did you know and sit there like God, silent, remorseless, useless? 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Kage Baker 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Turning to God, Truth, Reality, simply means to let go, even fearfully at first, of our self-centered ideas. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Vernon Howard 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Oh, god, where's the fuckin' bottle, you fuckin' whore?! DID HE FUCK YOU WITH THIS TOO?! Yes- OH, SHUT UP!!! HE DID EVERYTHING TO YOU, OH, GOD!!!! 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Sam Kinison 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Our Yes towards life from the very beginning carries within it the Divine No which breaks forth from the antithesis and points away from what now was the thesis to the original and final synthesis. The No is not the last and highest truth, but the call from home which comes in answer to our asking for God in the world. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Karl Barth 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Hindus, in their capacity for love, are indeed hairless Christians, just as Muslims, in the way they see God in everything, are bearded Hindus, and Christians, in their devotion to God, are hat-wearing Muslims. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Yann Martel 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Reason tells us that creation never can be perfectly happy. So long as it is incomplete it must put up with imperfection and sorrow. It can only be perfect when it ceases to be creation, and is God. Do our prayers dare go so far? 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Rabindranath Tagore