„Far or forgot to me is near;Shadow and sunlight are the same;The vanished gods to me appear;And one to me are shame and fame.“

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

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„I am as sure as I live that nothing is so near to me as God. God is nearer to me than I am to myself; my existence depends on the nearness and the presence of God.“
— Meister Eckhart
„I walk away from him. It's enormously pleasing to me, this walking away. It's like being able to make people appear and vanish, at will.“
— Margaret Atwood
„The eye with which I see God is the same with which God sees me. My eye and God's eye is one eye, and one sight, and one knowledge, and one love.“
— Meister Eckhart
„One of the Arsenal players came up to me afterwards and said it had been an honor to be on the same pitch as me. I thought, My God, that is a great thing to say when your team has just lost.“
— Lionel Messi
„If Germany, my beloved fatherland, of whom you know I am proud, will not accept me, then must I, in the name of God, again make France or England richer by one capable German; — and to the shame of the German nation.“
— Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
„You make me thank god for every mistake I ever made, Because each one led me down the path that brought me to you.“
— Pablo Neruda