Man Seeks God Quotes

“A confused mind is one that is open to the possibility of change.”
― Eric Weiner, Man Seeks God: My Flirtations with the Divine

“God is not an exclamation point. He is, at his best, a semicolon, connecting people, and generating what Aldous Huxley called “human grace.” Somewhere along the way, we’ve lost sight of this.”
― Eric Weiner, Man Seeks God: My Flirtations with the Divine

“Believing in everything looks a lot like believing in nothing.”
― Eric Weiner, Man Seeks God: My Flirtations with the Divine

“The act of underlining always contains an element of self-recognition.”
― Eric Weiner, Man Seeks God: My Flirtations with the Divine

“Depression, contrary to what we normally believe, is not sadness but an inability to fully feel sadness. Depression is sorrow denied.”
― Eric Weiner, Man Seeks God: My Flirtations with the Divine

“Saying grace before a meal. Watching our breath. Repeating the ninety-nine names of Allah. Whirling like a dervish. Prayer. They all have one objective: to get us to pause just long enough to realize that life, your life, is a freaking miracle. The least you can do is pay attention.”
― Eric Weiner, Man Seeks God: My Flirtations with the Divine

“A mystery is not a puzzle waiting to be solved, but rather something for which there is no human solution. Mystery's offspring is not frustration but awe, and that sense of awe grows in tandem with knowledge.”
― Eric Weiner, Man Seeks God: My Flirtations with the Divine

“I read, and underline, anything I can get my hands on, but I have a particular weakness for self-help books. I love these books, though I dislike the term "self-help." For one thing, it's not accurate. You're not helping yourself. The person who wrote the book is helping you. The only book that can accurately be called self-help is the one you write yourself. The other problem, of course, with self-help books is that they broadcast weakness, and thus invite judgement. That's why my wife insists I keep my sizable collection hidden in the basement, lest dinner guests suspect she is married to a self in need of help.”
― Eric Weiner, Man Seeks God: My Flirtations with the Divine

“Compassion arises spontaneously from wisdom.”
― Eric Weiner, Man Seeks God: My Flirtations with the Divine

“Normally, we think of the religious as people who care more, not less than the rest of us. This is not true, not exactly. The truly religious care more deeply about fewer things and do't give a hoot about the rest.”
― Eric Weiner, Man Seeks God: My Flirtations with the Divine

“Ancestry is not destiny,”
― Eric Weiner, Man Seeks God: My Flirtations with the Divine

“God”
― Eric Weiner, Man Seeks God: My Flirtations with the Divine

“Tuhan bukanlah kunci mobil yang hilang atau pintu keluar di New Jersey Turnpike. Dia bukanlah tujuan. Dia lebih dekat daripada urat leher kita, seperti dikatakan Muslim. Dalam pengertian tersebut, semua pencarian spiritual bisa dikatakan perjalanan pulang-pergi. Kita berpergian untuk menyadari bahwa sebenarnya tidak ada tempat yang dituju. Kita berputar, seperti darwis, untuk kembali ke titik awal. Titiknya tetap sama, namun diri kita telah berubah. Tujuan berputar--begitu pula berdoa, bermeditasi, berpuasa, merenung, dan setiap teknik spiritual lain yang ada--adalah menghasilkan perubahan kecil dalam orientasi kita.”
― Eric Weiner, Man Seeks God: My Flirtations with the Divine

“To say you know God because you are religious is like saying you have dined well because you read the menu.”
― Eric Weiner, Man Seeks God: My Flirtations with the Divine