Beauty is indeed a good gift of God; but that the good may not think it a great good, God dispenses it even to the wicked.- Saint Augustine
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Beauty is indeed a good gift of God; but that the good may not think it a great good, God dispenses it even to the wicked. - Saint Augustine
God is good, but never dance in a small boat. - Irish Saying
God himself took a day to rest in, and a good man's grave is his Sabbath. - John Donne
No man can be called friendless who has God and the companionship of good books. - Elizabeth Barrett Browning
No man can be called friendless who has God and the companionship of good books. - Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Everyone is as God made him, and often a good deal worse. - Miguel de Cervantes
And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men. - Luke 2:13-14
The third major characteristic of God - "infinitude" - is the catchall, the universal modifier of Christian theology. God is not merely a being; he is infinite being. God is not merely good; he is infinite goodness. God is not merely wise; he is infinite wisdom. And so on down the list. God is exaggeration run amuck. - George H. Smith, Atheism: The Case Against God
Our prayers should be for blessings in general, for God knows best what is good for us. - Socrates
Suppose the world were only one of God's jokes, would you work any the less to make it a good joke instead of a bad one? - George Bernard Shaw