God Quote by Norman Mailer — Inspiring Words on Life, Love & Wisdom

“I am a great believer in the hereafter, in karma, in reincarnation. It does make sense. I believe that God is not just a law-giver, but a creative artist. The greatest of all. And what characterises artists is that they want to redo their work. Maybe it didn't come off perfectly, so they want to see it done again, and improved. Reincarnation is a way for God to improve his earlier works.”

“Boredom slays more of existence than war.”

“I wonder, said the Lord I wonder if I know the answer any more.”

“Writer’s block is only a failure of the ego.”

“Faction is that hybrid of documented fact and novelistic elaboration.”

“Any war that requires the suspension of reason as a necessity for support is a bad war.”

“Think outside the box? Indeed. But to add balance to that, one should not in the process forget what the inside of the box looks like as well. Those who are best at thinking outside the box do it not to puff themselves up, but to see how small they really are. As a contented fish in its fish tank appears to have a small, boring existence to us, imagine a larger, more perceptive kingdom (even by scientific taxonomy) to whom our contented existences may appear to be small and boring. This is where true creativity and massive perceptive abilities spawn a sense of intellectual humility; the kind which God adores.”

“God doesn't act like the Church. No, instead, the Church must act like God.”

“If God did not exist, He would have to be invented. But all nature cries aloud that he does exist: that there is a supreme intelligence, an immense power, an admirable order, and everything teaches us our own dependence on it.”

“Praise be to God, Who has so disposed matters that pleasant literary anecdotes may serve as an instrument for the polishing of wits and the cleansing of rust from our hearts.”

“Our intellect is not intended to be an end in itself, but only a means to the very mind of God.”