God as the Source (quotes)

God is the source…

  • Is the god the source, or is the god a human manner of conceiving of the force and energy that supports the world? Joseph Campbell
  • God is the source. Everything else is a resource. Tony Evans
  • Your physical body, which is form, reveals itself as essentially formless when you go deeper into it. It becomes a doorway into inner space. Although inner space has no form, it is intensely alive. That “empty space” is life in its fullness, the unmanifested Source out of which all manifestation flows. The traditional word for that Source is God. Eckhart Tolle
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…our divine source…

  • Above all am I convinced of the need, irrevocable and inescapable, of every human heart, for God. No matter how we try to escape, to lose ourselves in restless seeking, we cannot separate ourselves from our divine source. There is no substitute for God. A.J. Cronin
  • Divinity is intrinsic to all that exists, as well as to the awareness of that Reality. All that exists reflects the Divinity of its Source. Paradoxically, by surrendering life, one discovers Life. David R. Hawkins
  • Divinity is the Source of all Existence, including one’s own. David R. Hawkins
  • If humanity is rooted in, and draws source from Divine Life, then we will always have access to the fruit of the Divine Spirit. Doug Hammack
  • Primal people see the objects of this world not (or not only) as solid but as open windows to their divine source. Huston Smith
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…the source of all…

  • ALL THINGS, material and spiritual, originate from one source and are related as if they were one family. The past, present, and future are all contained in the life force. The universe emerged and developed from one source, and we evolved through the optimal process of unification and harmonization. Morihei Ueshiba
  • Everything is an avenue leading to the experience of Ultimate Reality. The divine communicates itself in all things. There are infinite ways to encounter the source. Ultimate Reality may be eperienced in virtually anything. There is no place, no activity that restricts the divine. It is everywhere.  Wayne Teasdale
  • Fountain of Love my source is in thee – Loving thy will my spirit is free – Beautiful day when all of us see – The hope of the world is Love! Peace Pilgrim
  • Humility can give everything to God. Everything comes from the source, everything returns to the source. Frederick Lenz
  • It is That which is the truly Existent. … It is the Source from which all that appears to exist derives that appearance. Plotinus
  • Krishna is God, the source of all that exists, the cause of all that is, was, or ever will be. George Harrison
  • The One is the first principle, from which everything else emanates. Plotinus
  • This Absolute is none of the things of which It is the Source; Its nature is that nothing can be affirmed of It not existence, not essence, not life-It transcends all these. Plotinus
  • We die on the day when our lives cease to be illumined by the steady radiance, renewed daily, of a wonder, the source of which is beyond all reason. Dag Hammarskjold
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…the source of creation…

  • We are here to awaken to the reality of our true identity – that we are sparks of the Eternal Imperishable Spirit, who is the source of all Creation and the very essence of our being. Shriram Sharma
  • When every moment, you experience yourself as the source of creation, not as a piece of creation, then you are realized. Jaggi Vasudev
  • When the very source of creation is within you, all the solutions are within you. The problems are just created by you. Jaggi Vasudev
  • You have the choice to be here as a speck of creation or as the very source of creation. Not exploring such a phenomenal possibility is a crime. Jaggi Vasudev
  • Ignoring the source of creation and trying to conduct your life yourself is a terribly egoistic and ignorant attitude towards life. Jaggi Vasudev
  • God is both manifest as the Totality and Allness of Creation and simultaneously unmanifest as the Godhead, the Infinite Potentiality and source or ‘void-ness’ prior to form. David R. Hawkins
  • The source of creation is within you. You can be just a piece of flesh, or you can be the Creator himself – this is the choice and potential you have. Jaggi Vasudev
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…the source of life…

  • God is the source of life and light and joy to the universe. Like rays of light from the sun, like the streams of living water bursting from a living spring, blessings flow out from Him to all His creatures. And wherever the life of God is in the hearts of men, it will flow out to others in love and blessing. Ellen G. White
  • God is the source of Light and Life and yet He is above and beyond all these. God is conscience. Mahatma Gandhi
  • I now believe that the universe was brought into existence by an infinite Intelligence. I believe that this universe’s intricate laws manifest what scientists have called the Mind of God. I believe that life and reproduction originate in a divine Source. Why do I believe this, given that I expounded and defended atheism for more than a half century? The short answer is this: this is the world picture, as I see it, that has emerged from modern science. Antony Flew
  • I sometimes say animals are closer to God than humans. They are closer to the source. The humans are more lost in the mind forms. Being is more obscured to the human because of the overlay of ego and mental formation. Eckhart Tolle
  • If we strive for happiness, it’s going to be elusive because things constantly happen with human beings that disrupt that happiness. But if you focus on euphoros, the Greek word for “the bearer of goodness,” you will be inhabited by the divine source of life. Agapi Stassinopoulos
  • Intimacy with God is my life source. Bill Johnson
  • It is said that the Christian mystic Theresa of Avila found difficulty at first in reconciling the vastness of the life of the spirit with the mundane tasks of her Carmelite convent: the washing of pots, the sweeping of floors, the folding of laundry. At some point of grace, the mundane became for her a sort of prayer, a way she could experience her ever-present connection to the divine pattern which is the source of life. She began then to see the face of God in the folded sheets. Rachel Naomi Remen
  • Life has come from a very beautiful source. If you remain in touch with that source, everything about you will be beautiful. Jaggi Vasudev
  • Men seek the causes for death but no one seeks the Divine source of life. Sathya Sai Baba
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…the source of existence…

  • The all-pervading energy source of existence or Shakti manifests itself as creation. Shakti is the divine mother who gives birth to and nurtures the newborn-whether it is a newborn babies a brand new relationship, a fresh idea, or a magical manifestation. Although Shakti is beyond the boundaries of gender, form or color, we call It Mother because of its mothering and creative qualities. Deepak Chopra
  • You create your life through the inner power of your being, whose source is within you and yet beyond the selves that you know. Use those creative abilities with understanding abandon. Honor yourselves and move through the godliness of your being. Jane Roberts
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…from which we all came…

  • Each one of us is Divine. We’ve come from a great Divine source. We are each of us a spark of the Divine. That spark could not demonstrate itself at the dense, physical level, so it reflects itself at the soul level. Benjamin Crème
  • I think if all men knew and understood who they are, and were aware of the divine source from whence they came, they would have feelings of kindness and kinship for each other that would change their whole way of living and bring peace on earth. Joseph Fielding Smith
  • Man is ever searching for the source whence he has come, searching for the life which is upwelling within him, immortal, nay, eternal and divine; and every religion is the answer from the Universal Spirit to the seeking spirits of men that came forth from Him. Annie Besant
  • Man is in part divine, A troubled stream from a pure source. Lord Byron
  • Now we are no longer separated from our source, and behold we are the source and the source is us. We are so intimately united with It, we cannot by any means be separated from It, for we are It. Abraham Abulafia (13th century)
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…the source that is consciousness…

  • There is only one I actually. That I is Consciousness. When you follow the personal I to the source, it turns into the universal I, which is Consciousness. Begin to catch yourself. begin to realize your divine nature. You do this by keeping quiet. The fastest way to realization is to keep quiet. Robert Adams
  • To become more conscious is the greatest gift anyone can give to the world; moreover, in a ripple effect, the gift comes back to its source. David R. Hawkins
  • The unbroken realization that you are indivisible from the universe, from universal consciousness, from the source of everything – that you are that source, that there is no other, no second, nothing that is not part of that unity, except as transitory illusion. If you could maintain that realization at all times, through waking and sleeping states of consciousness, across the threshold of death itself, what would you be? Daniel Pinchbeck
  • Our essential nature is pure consciousness, the infinite source of everything that exists in the physical world. Deepak Chopra
  • Human beings are made of body, mind and spirit. Of these, spirit is primary, for it connects us to the source of everything, the eternal field of consciousness. Deepak Chopra
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…the source of all possibility and potentiality…

  • Once upon a timeless now, there existed the mysterious source of all that is. The source was an infinite nothing, pregnant with the possibility for everything . . . the possibility of quarks and galaxies, inanimate matter and sentient life, unconscious nature and conscious reflection . . . the possibility of seeing and feeling, of fearing and hoping, of thinking and loving . . . the possibility of beautiful art and terrible cruelty, of justice and genocide, of lies and wisdom . . . the possibility for you and me . . . the possibility for this moment right now. Tim Freke
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…the source of all energy…

  • The BEST representation of Source Energy that you will ever find in your physical format is inexpressible. It’s that feeling of love and appreciation that just WELLS up within you, that is so sensational that you can hardly find words for it. That’s the true ESSENCE of who you are. Esther Hicks
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…the source of love…

  • Life is nothing but the expansion of love. We can cultivate divine love by entering into the Source. The Source is God, who is all Love. Sri Chinmoy
  • Life never ceases. Life is an overflowing source, and death is only an obscure effect of illusions. Andre Luiz Moreira
  • Love has its source in God, for love is the very essence of His being. Kay Arthur
  • The source of your mind is love and whatever you do to go to that source, is spiritual practice. Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
  • You are a creature of Divine Love connected at all times to Source. Divine Love is when you see God in everyone and everything you encounter. Wayne Dyer
  • In the heart of a human being,
    emptiness becomes love.
    When we touch that Source,
    instantly the love is present.
    Literally, the divine becomes human
    and the human becomes divine.
    Adyashanti
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…the source of joy and well-being…

  • In fact, everything that emanates from source emanates from a source of well-being. When we take on this ego consciousness, when we take on hate rather than love in our hearts, we create all of this divisiveness, and we create all of the problems, the struggles, the difficulties, the diseases, the poverty. Wayne Dyer
  • It is the Divine Presence that gives value to life. This Presence is the source of all peace, all joy, all security. Find this Presence in yourself and all your difficulties will disappear. Mirra Alfassa
  • Spirit is the source of peace. It is the source of joy. It is not a duality of happiness and unhappiness, but singular joy. Nirmala Srivastava
  • The very life within you is longing to be joyful because joyfulness is the nature of the source of creation. Jaggi Vasudev
  • We will never be happy until we make God the source of our fulfillment and the answer to our longings. He is the only one who should have power over our souls. Stormie Omartian
  • Whatever is at the center of our life will be the source of our security, guidance, wisdom, and power.Life just has to go on! Rick Warren
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…the source of reason…

  • There is a difficulty about disagreeing with God. He is the source from which all your reasoning power comes: you could not be right and he wrong any more than a stream can rise higher than its own source. When you are arguing against Him you are arguing against the very power that makes you able to argue at all: it is like cutting off the branch you are sitting on. C. S. Lewis
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…the source of wisdom, truth and virtue…

  • The source of wisdom and power, of love and beauty, is within ourselves, but not within our egos. It is within our consciousness. Indeed, its presence provides us with a conscious contrast which enables us to speak of the ego as if it were something different and apart: it is the true Self whereas the ego is only an illusion of the mind. Paul Brunton
  • There will come into every life moments of despair and the need for direction from a divine source-even an unspoken plea for help. Thomas S. Monson
  • A process for discernment: God is my ultimate source of truth and wisdom, and dwells forever at the center of my being. Therefore, any thought, emotion, or action that takes me further from my center can be neither truthful, nor wise. Bill Crawford
  • All revealed truths derive from the same divine source and are to be believed with the same faith. Pope Francis
  • Although all spiritual teachings originate from the same Source, once they become verbalized and written down they are obviously no more than a collection of words-and a word is nothing more than a signpost. Eckhart Tolle
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…the source of our power and strength…

  • A different image of God changes our spiritual lives profoundly. If we think of God as nutrient and energy, as the source from which we draw life and strength, it changes our spiritual instincts. If God were the substrate from which we draw being, then Divine Life is always present in us, and we are always present in God. If this was our view of God, it would mean we always have access to the Divine. It would mean we are as inseparable from God as a tree is from the soil. Like the tree, Divine Life is always there, always surrounding and sustaining us. Doug Hammack
  • Prayer is the link between God’s inexhaustible resources and people’s needs…God is the source of power, but we are the instrument He uses to link the two together. Charles Stanley
  • A child does not try to know the mother, it simply has faith in her. In the same way, having faith in the Divine is the source of the greatest strength. Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
  • Everywhere one and whole, It is at rest throughout. But, … in Its very non-action It magnificently operates and in Its very self-being It produces everything by Its Power . Plotinus
  • For god is nothing other than the eternally creative source of our relational power, our common strength, a god whose movement is to empower, bringing us into our own together, a god whose name in history is love. Carter Heyward
  • God is the ultimate source of all power. All human power is therefore derived, limited, unstable and transient. Os Guinness
  • The lesson which life repeats and constantly enforces is ‘look under foot.’ You are always nearer the divine and the true sources of your power than you think. John Burroughs
  • The source of my power and strength is God, and I know it, without a shadow of a doubt. Derek Fisher
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…the source of all timeless principles…

  • I believe that God is the source of all the universal, timeless principles. And to Him, I give all the credit and the glory. However, to a person who is not religious, I believe they can live to the highest level of their conscience and develop spiritual intelligence that surpasses most people, including many religious people, who profess but do not practice. Stephen Covey
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…the source of creativity…

  • Any method to heighten the presence of that which is the source of creation within you, is yoga. Jaggi Vasudev
  • Art really has its source in the transcendent, the unmanifest field of pure consciousness, which is the non-changing, immortal field of all possibilities…When the awareness of the artist is in tune with this center of infinite creativity, his piece of art breathes fullness of life, nourishes the creator, the artist, and inspires his admirers with waves of bliss. Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
  • Bless us, divine number, who generated gods and men. Number contains the root and source of eternally flowing creation. Pythagoras
  • Creative people have to be fed from the divine source. I have to get fed. I had to get filled up in order to pour out. Johnny Cash
  • Creativity comes from the spiritual realm, the collective consciousness. And the mind is in a different realm than the molecules of the brain. The brain is a receiver, not a source. Candace Pert
  • God is the source of all creativity. You can be creative only when you are EN RAPPORT with God. Rajneesh
  • I’m only the instrument through which one particular art is expressed. Poetry flows through me but it originates in the wellspring of creation that is the source of us all. When you strike out at someone else’s achievement you are attacking your own share of a great gift. Morgan Llywelyn
  • The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science. Albert Einstein
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…the source of unity…

  • Spirituality is much wider than any particular religion, and in the larger ideas of it that are now coming on us even the greatest religion becomes no more than a broad sect or branch of the one universal religion, by which we shall understand in the future man’s seeking for the eternal, the divine, the greater self, the source of unity and his attempt to arrive at some equation, some increasing approximation of the values of human life with the eternal and the divine values. Sri Aurobindo
  • Your awareness has its source in unity. Instead of seeking outside yourself, go to the source to realize who you are. Deepak Chopra
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…the source of all we could ever need

  • God is an inexhaustible source of all we need. Our unbelief is discovered in how little we avail ourselves of this infinite fountain. Paul Washer
  • God is the source of my supply. His riches flow to me freely, copiously, and abundantly. All my financial and other needs are met at every moment of time and point of space; there is always a divine surplus. Joseph Murphy
  • God is the Source of real love, joy, peace, wisdom and everything else we all need to be the people He has created us to be. Joyce Meyer
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To fill ourselves up, we need to connect to the source that is God

  • But if we see ourselves as connected to God, or as reconnecting to our Source through meditation, then we can attract anything we want into our lives. Wayne Dyer
  • By being peaceful, quiet, and receptive, you pattern yourself in the image of God, and you regain the power of your Source. Wayne Dyer
  • Dormant forces come alive when you put your attention on what you intend to manifest and when you stay connected to your source of well-being, your source of kindness, and your source that excludes no one. Wayne Dyer
  • Meditation is to dive all the way within, beyond thought, to the source of thought and pure consciousness. It enlarges the container, every time you transcend. When you come out, you come out refreshed, filled with energy and enthusiasm for life. David Lynch
  • Once you have access to the source of creation within you, your health and wellbeing will naturally be taken care of. Jaggi Vasudev
  • So many of us have separated ourselves from our source and have lived on ego consciousness. Wayne Dyer
  • So, you have to contemplate yourself surrounded by the conditions you wish to produce and know you can attract divine energy to help you. Dormant forces come alive when you put your attention on what you intend to manifest and when you stay connected to your source of well-being, your source of kindness, and your source that excludes no one. Wayne Dyer
  • The cosmos is evolving toward greater self-reflection, allowing us to open the eye of Spirit and see our source. Alex Grey
  • The divine within you is stronger than anything that is without you. Therefore, be not afraid of anything. Rely on your own Inner Self, the Divinity within you. Tap the source through looking within. Improve yourself. Build your character. Purify the heart. Develop the divine virtues. Eradicate evil traits. Conquer all that is base in you. Endeavor to attain all that is worthy and noble. Make the lower nature the servant of the higher through discipline, Tapas, self-restraint and meditation. This is the beginning of your freedom. Sivananda
  • The more we invest in our spirituality, the more consistently we can elevate our consciousness and connect to the spiritual source of everything good. Yehuda Berg
  • The primary purpose of meditation is to become conscious of, and familiar with, our inner life. The ultimate purpose is to reach the source of life and consciousness. Nisargadatta Maharaj
  • You are always connected to Source. Wherever you are, wherever you go, you are always connected to Divine Wisdom, Divine Intelligence, and Divine Love. Neale Donald Walsch