Man thinks, God directs.
[Lat., Homo cogitat, Deu indicat.]

Man thinks, God directs.
[Lat., Homo cogitat, Deu indicat.]

God is an unutterable sigh, planted in the depths of the soul.

God is an unutterable sigh, planted in the depths of the soul.

I don't say what God is, but a name That somehow answers us when we are driven To feel and read more

I don't say what God is, but a name That somehow answers us when we are driven To feel and think how little we have to do With what we are.

Prayer is not asking. It is a longing of the soul. It is daily admission of one's weakness. It is read more

Prayer is not asking. It is a longing of the soul. It is daily admission of one's weakness. It is better in prayer to have a heart without words than words without a heart.

God answers sharp and sudden on some prayers,
And thrusts the thing we have prayed for in our face,
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God answers sharp and sudden on some prayers,
And thrusts the thing we have prayed for in our face,
A gauntlet with a gift in 't.

God sleeps in the minerals, awakens in plants, walks in animals, and thinks in man.

God sleeps in the minerals, awakens in plants, walks in animals, and thinks in man.

God is clever, but not dishonest.

God is clever, but not dishonest.

I want to know how God created this world. I am not interested in this or that phenomenon, in the read more

I want to know how God created this world. I am not interested in this or that phenomenon, in the spectrum of this or that element. I want to know His thoughts; the rest are details.

And from the prayer of Want, and plaint of Woe,
O never, never turn away their ear!
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And from the prayer of Want, and plaint of Woe,
O never, never turn away their ear!
Forlorn, in this bleak wilderness below,
Ah! what were man, should Heaven refuse to hear!