William Barclay Quotes

God is not a hypothesis derived from logical assumptions, but an immediate insight, self-evident as light. He is not something to be sought in the darkness with the light of reason. He is the light.

Always, everywhere God is present, and always He seeks to discover Himself to each one

If God is in everything, why shouldn't you taste Him when you eat?

God is not external to anyone, but is present with all things, though they are ignorant that he is so.

We're immersed in the spirit of God all the time. We just don't notice.

Christians believe that God is everywhere and is involved in our lives at every moment, whether we publicly acknowledge God or not.

People see God every day, they just don't recognize him.

The realm of immediate or personal knowledge is a narrow circle in which these bodies move; the realm of knowledge derived through faith is as wide as the universe, and old as eternity.

I say to mankind, Be not curious about God. For I, who am curious about each, am not curious about God - I hear and behold God in every object, yet understand God not in the least.

The Lord is in everything that's in creation. So, when you look at a tree, it's really a reflection of God. You see it in other people - that's him too, you know?

Living becomes an awesome business when you realize that you spend every moment of your life in the sight and company of an omniscient, omnipresent Creator.

In the end, there's still the Word, everywhere... In Heaven and it's Angels, the Earth and Stars, even in the darkest part of the Human Soul It was there where it burned brightest. And for a moment, I was blinded.

God is nearer to me than I am to myself; He is just as near to wood and stone, but they do not know it.

It is not possible that you could ever find yourself anywhere where God was not fully present, fully active, able and willing to set you free.

In that process of coming to know that which we name as divine, the God who is love is slowly transformed into the love that is God. Let me repeat that...We breathe love in, and we breathe love out. It is omnipresent, omniscient, omnipotent. It is never exhausted, always expanding. When I try to describe this reality, words fail me; so I simply utter the name God. That name, however, is no longer for me the name of a being.

Seeing a cat loving her kittens stand and pray. God has become manifest there; literally believe this. Repeat "I am Thine, I am Thine", for we can see God everywhere. Do not seek for Him, just see Him.

The highest condition of the religious sentiment is when. . . the worshiper not only sees God everywhere, but sees nothing which is not full of God.

There is no place where God is not.

He finally understood that God's presence was everywhere, at all times, and was experienced by everyone at one time or another.

I didn't grow up in church. I had no concept of God - existence, I - the name Jesus was synonymous with tooth fairy and Santa Claus.

The knowledge of the omnipresence of God also means respect for the lives even of those who may be called opponents.

There isn't a certain time we should set aside to talk about God. God is part of our every waking moment

We may ignore, but we can nowhere evade the presence of God. The world is crowded with Him. He walks everywhere incognito.

Of all treasures of knowledge, the most vital is the knowledge of God, his existence, powers, love, and promises.