Benevolent Universe Quotes

#1. Sometimes, we don't get what we want ... But this is a benevolent universe. And once in a while, we do.

Melody Beattie

#2. From a pragmatic point of view, the difference between living against a background of foreigness (an indifferent Universe) and one of intimacy (a benevolent Universe) means the difference between a general habit of wariness and one of trust.

William James

#3. If God is Trinity and Jesus is the face of God, then it is a benevolent universe. God is not someone to be afraid of, but is the Ground of Being and on our side.

Richard Rohr

#4. Apostasy occurs when a church leaves its historic moorings, abandons its historic confessional position, and degenerates into a state where either essential Christian truths are blatantly denied or the denial of such truths is widely tolerated.

R.C. Sproul

#5. Whether you have an Iphone, Android, Canon, Nikon, or Panasonic, it won't matter if you don't have it on you. My point is, bring your camera with you. At the very least have your phone. The quality of most phone cameras has improved drastically and will be better than nothing.

Eric Dahlin

#6. If you want to look you have to show. You know nothing, Jon Snow.

Anonymous

#7. The more I learn about the universe, the less convinced I am that there's any sort of benevolent force that has anything to do with it, at all.

Neil DeGrasse Tyson

#8. Pain and darkness have been our lot since the Fall of Man. But there must be some hope that we can rise to a higher level ... that consciousness can evolve to a plane more benevolent than its counterpoint of a universe hardwired to indifference.

Dan Simmons

#9. Man's greatness consists in his ability to do and the proper application of his powers to things needed to be done.

Frederick Douglass

#10. In a child's eyes, a mother is a goddess. She can be glorious or terrible, benevolent or filled with wrath, but she commands love either way. I am convinced that this is the greatest power in the universe.

N.K. Jemisin

#11. Each of us lives and works on a small part of the earth's surface, moves in a small circle, and of these acquaintances knows only a few intimately.

Walter Lippmann

#12. So the problem of Evil never really existed. To expect the universe to be benevolent was like imagining one could always win at a game of pure chance.

Arthur C. Clarke

#13. I want to work on things that aren't self-evident, to propose things that are radically different and game-changing.

Yves Behar

#14. A cold word from a cold man sends shivers throughout my body but my heart remains warm

Sonya Watson

#15. I believe it is customary in good society to take some slight refreshment at five o'clock.

Oscar Wilde

#16. Think of the universe as a benevolent parent. A child may want a tub of ice-cream and marshmallows, but a wise parent will give it fruits and vegetables instead. That is not what the child wants, but it is what the child needs.

Srikumar Rao

#17. Suffering is a short pain and a long joy.

Henry Suso

#18. If history is really relevant in today's world, the proposition doesn't command much respect. Perhaps the past is a different country, but if so no one much wants to travel there.

Elizabeth Janeway

#19. If any spirit created the universe, it is malevolent, not benevolent.

Quentin Smith

#20. Deception, machination and mendacity lie at the core of human intelligence, like worms coiled at the core of a apple

Mark Rowlands

#21. It would be very nice if there were a God who created the world and was a benevolent providence, and if there were a moral order in the universe and an after-life; but it is a very striking fact that all this is exactly as we are bound to wish it to be.

Sigmund Freud

#22. I've got about $30,000 in chips, not near enough.

Wilford Brimley

#23. The definition of success to me is not necessarily a price tag, not fame, but having a good life, and being able to say I did the right thing at the end of the day.

Jeremy Luke

#24. The moon now drew a faint light over their path, and, soon after, enabled them to distinguish some towers rising above the tops of the woods.

Ann Radcliffe

#25. I promise," he growled, "to kill only as many people as can reasonably be expected to help.

Sam Sykes