Favorite Quotations ~  Divinity, Divine Million Little Pieces

"I'm working my way toward divinity." ~ Bette Midler

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We consider bibles and religions divine I do not say they are not divine. I say they have all grown out of you, and may grow out of you still. It is not they who give the life, it is you who give the life. ~ Walt Whitman

The true work of art is but a shadow of the divine perfection. ~ Michelangelo

What we usually call human evolution is the awakening of the divine nature within us. ~ Peace Pilgrim

Human things must be known to be loved: but Divine things must be loved to be known. ~ Blaise Pascal

Just a tender sense of my own process, that holds something of my connection with the divine. ~ Percy Bysshe Shelley

Just turn toward God. That’s all. Adjust your attention upward. Steer your heart’s movement towards That which is Divine. That is enough. ~ Marsha Sinetar

Christian faith is a grand cathedral, with divinely pictured windows. Standing without, you can see no glory, nor can imagine any, but standing within, every ray of light reveals a harmony of unspeakable splendors. ~ Nathaniel Hawthorne

Just like a sunbeam can't separate itself from the sun, and a wave can't separate itself from the ocean, we can't separate ourselves from one another. We are all part of a vast sea of love, one indivisible divine mind. ~ Marianne Williamson

Courage, I discovered, can be a fragile, vulnerable thing, a quiet moment. It can be a deep look into our souls, a stillness with our divinity. ~ Katharine Martin

It is marvellous that we are / the only species that creates / gratuitous forms. / To create is divine, to reproduce / is human. ~ Man Ray

Discover your divinity, find your unique talent, serve humanity with it. ~ Deepak Chopra

Reason is our soul's left hand, Faith her right, By these we reach divinity. ~ John Donne

There is no repose for the mind except in the absolute; for feeling, except in the infinite; for the soul, except in the divine. ~ Henri-Frédéric Amiel

There is surely a piece of divinity in us, something that was before the elements, and owes no homage to the sun. ~ Thomas Browne