Quotes About God, Page 3
James Prescott Joule [1818-1889], English Physicist
"It is evident that an acquaintance with natural laws means no less than an acquaintance with the mind of God therein expressed."
"Order is manifestly maintained in the universe...governed by the sovereign will of God"
Louis Pasteur [1822-1895], chemist and Microbiologist
"The more I study nature, the more I stand amazed at the work of the Creator."
"Science brings men nearer to God."
“The atmosphere in which we live swarms with the germs of those microscopic creatures, which are always ready to multiply in dead matter wherever it presents itself, and thus to fulfil the mission of destruction which is correlative to their life. And if God had not so arranged things that, under normal conditions of life and health, the laws governing the changes in tissues and fluids of animal’s bodies did not impede the proliferation of these microscopic creatures, we should always be vulnerable to their inroads.”
“In good philosophy, the word cause ought to be reserved to the single divine impulse that has formed the universe.”
Jean-Henri Fabre [1823-1915],
""Without Him, I understand nothing; without Him, all is darkness…Every period has its manias.
I regard Atheism as a mania. It is the malady of the age."
You could take my skin from me more easily than my faith in God."
Lord Kelvin[1824-1907], Mathematical Physicist
"With regard to the origin of life, science...positively affirms creative power."
"Overwhelmingly strong proofs of intelligent and benevolent design lie around us... the atheistic idea is so non-sensical that I cannot put it into words."
“The more thoroughly I conduct scientific research, the more I believe that science excludes atheism
“Do not be afraid of being free thinkers! If you think strongly enough you will be forced by science to the belief in God, which is the foundation of all religion. You will find science not antagonistic but helpful to religion.”
“...Creative Power is the only feasible answer to the origin of life from a scientific perspective.”
“Overpoweringly strong proofs of intelligent and benevolent design lie all around us; and if ever perplexities, whether metaphysical or scientific, turn us away from them for a time, they come back upon us with irresistible force, showing to us through Nature the influence of a free will, and teaching us that all living things depend on one ever-acting Creator and Ruler.”
“We feel that the power of investigating the laws established by the Creator for maintaining the harmony and permanence of His works is the noblest privilege which He has granted to our intellectual state. As the depth of our insight into the wonderful works of God increases, the stronger are our feelings of awe and veneration in contemplating them and in endeavoring to approach their Author.”
“Science can do little positively towards the objects of this society. But it can do something, and that something is vital and fundamental. It is to show that what we see in the world of dead matter and of life around us is not a result of the fortuitous concourse of atoms.”
Leo Tolstoy[1828-1910], Renowned Novelist
"God and the soul are known by me in the same way I know infinity: not by means of definitions but in quite another way...Just as I know assuredly that there is an infinity of numbers so do I know that there is a God"
Paul Cezanne [1839-1906], Post Impressionist Painter
“Let me repeat what I told you here: you must see in nature the cylinder, the sphere, the cone, all put into perspective, so that every side of the object, of a plane, recedes to a central point. The parallel lines at the horizon give the extension, that is a section of nature, or, if you prefer, of the spectacle which the Omnipotent Eternal God and Father spreads before our eyes.”
Pierre Auguste Renoir[1841-1919], Impressionist Painter
"I believe, therefore, without seeking to understand. I don't wish to give any name to God, to statues or to paintings. For Him is above everything that is known. Everything that is made for this purpose, is in my humble opinion, a fraud.”