Quotes about Origin

A tree is only as good as the seed it is stems from.

The first question which should rightly be asked is: Why is there something rather than nothing?

The origin of the Christian faith is therefore inexplicable unless Jesus really rose from the dead.

For you are to observe, that Body begins not from itself, nor is any Thing of itself, but is all that it is, whether pure or impure, has all that it has, whether of Light or Darkness, and works all that it works, whether of Good or Evil, merely from Spirit.

God's goodness is the root of all goodness; and our goodness, if we have any, springs out of His goodness.

The Scriptures sprang out of God.

All things are from God; and above all, reason and imagination and the great gifts of the mind. They are good in themselves; and we must not altogether forget their origin even in their perversion.

The world's creation has a beginning from the world's point of view, not from God's.

I asked the whole frame of the world about my God; and he answered, I am not He, but He made me.

The idea of the divine-human friendship originated with God. Had not God said first 'Ye are my friends?' (John 15:14)

The higher state to which [America] seeks the allegiance of all mankind is not of human, but of divine origin. She cherishes no purpose save to merit the favor of Almighty God.

I certainly believe that God did create the world, yeah, absolutely I believe that.