E. M. Forster Quotes

We all have our prayer-wheels which we set up on the steppes. The indifferent winds come and carry most of them away to gasp out their little lives in the desert, for few reach heaven.

Never undertake anything unless you have the heart to ask Heaven's blessing on your undertaking.

Our Father in heaven, Reveal who you are. Set the world right; Do what's best - As above, so below. Keep us alive with three square meals. Keep us forgiven with you and forgiving others. Keep us safe from ourselves and the Devil. You're in charge!

Not everyone who is enlightened by an angel knows that he is enlightened by him.

Men, even the elect, have too many infirmities to come to Christ without help from heaven; inviting will not do.

God always works with workers and moves with movers, but He does not sit with sitters.

The stars, that in their courses roll, Have much instruction given; But Thy good Word informs my soul How I may climb to Heaven.

God is giving a plan I think to me that is not really a plan. The problem is that I think the plan that the Lord would have us follow is hard for people to understand. Because of my track record with you who have been here for a long time. Because of my track record with you, I beg of you to help me get this message out, and I beg of you to pray for clarity on my part.

God turns His back on those who quarrel among themselves.

Heaven sends us misfortunes as a moral tonic.

We speak, but it is God who teaches.

Inspiration: A peculiar effect of divine flatulence emitted by the Holy Spirit which hisses into the ears of a few chosen of God.

Do you need strength? Peace? Wisdom? Direction? Discipline? Ask for it! God will hear you.

It's good to let God pick a man for you. We don't do so well when we pick them ourselves. They end up lipsticks in a drawer, all those wrong colors you thought looked so good in the package.

Heaven is author of the virtue that is in me

If you want to hear God's voice clearly and you are uncertain, then remain in His presence until He changes this uncertainty. Often much can happen during this waiting for the Lord. Sometimes, He changes pride into humility; doubt into faith and peace; sometimes lust into purity. The Lord can and will do it.

I was constantly around all those religious images and to me, angels exist. I feel we were definitely guided and helped and I'm always referring to them in my work.

I am satisfied that when the Almighty wants me to do or not do any particular thing, He finds a way of letting me know it

I’ve discovered that if I don’t take the first step, God generally won’t reveal the next step.

When you acknowledge God, He will go before you and make the crooked places straight.

God is teaching you a Lesson of Victory.

Let all the 'free-will' in the world do all it can with all its strength; it will never give rise to a single instance of ability to avoid being hardened if God does not give the Spirit, or of meriting mercy if it is left to its own strength.

When life becomes painful, it means God is saying, “I have a better plan for you

God keeps the entire Universe in order, and still finds time to take a personal interest in you and me.