The consciousness of our life in relation to God is the same as our senses in relation to the world, to objects. If we had no senses, we would know nothing of the world, of objects; if we had no consciousness of our life, we would know nothing of God.
There is only one way to honor God. It consists in fulfilling our obligations and acting in accord with the laws given us by reason. God exists—this, in my opinion, can mean nothing other than the fact that I, while preserving my free will, feel myself compelled to act according to the truth. That is God. In general, God is perceived by our heart, and to make this perception comprehensible to reason is, undoubtedly, difficult, if not altogether impossible. There is also the question of whether reason alone, without the heart, could ever reach God. It is only after the heart had perceived God that reason began searching for him.
— Lichtenberg
The idea of God, sublime and awful as it is, is the idea of our own spiritual nature, purified and enlarged to infinity. In ourselves are the elements of the Divinity.
— Channing
It is good to fear God, but it is even better to love him. And best of all is to resurrect him within yourself.
— Angelus Silesius
You can find God only within yourself.
— Angelus Silesius
A good servant certainly does not know all the details of the life of his master, but a lazy servant, without doing anything at all, tries to find out all he can about his master’s life and tastes in order to please him. Humans behave the same way towards God. What matters is that I recognize him as my master and know what he requires of me; but what he is and how he lives is something that I will never know because I am not his peer—I am the servant, not the master.
Everyone understands God in their own way, but his will is carried out equally by all.
