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Flannery O'Connor quotes about god

American Author March 25, 1925 – August 3, 1964

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When you leave a man alone with his Bible and the Holy Ghost inspires him, he's going to be a Catholic one way or another, even though he knows nothing about the visible church. His kind of Christianity may not be socially desirable, but will be real in the sight of God. Flannery O'Connor
He said when he went to sell a man a flue, he asked first about that man's wife's health and how his children were. He said he had a book that he kept thenames of his customers' families and what was wrong with them. A man's wife had cancer, he put her name down in the book and wrote 'cancer' after it and inquired about her every time he went to that man's hardware store until she died; then he scratched out the word 'cancer' and wrote 'dead' there. "And I say thank God when they're dead,"... Flannery O'Connor
You do not write the best you can for the sake of art, but for the sake of returning your talent increased to the invisible God to use or not use as he sees fit. Flannery O'Connor
When a book leaves your hands, it belongs to God. He may use it to save a few souls or to try a few others, but I think that for the writer to worry is to take over God's business. Flannery O'Connor
You don't serve God by saying: the Church is ineffective, I'll have none of it. Your pain at its lack of effectiveness is a sign of your nearness to God. We help overcome this lack of effectiveness simply by suffering on account of it. Flannery O'Connor
Flannery O'Connor quote: "Satisfy your demand for reason but always remember that..."
Satisfy your demand for reason but always remember that charity is beyond reason, and God can be known through charity. Flannery O'Connor
Flannery O'Connor quote: "Woman! do you ever look inside? Do you ever look inside and..."
Woman! do you ever look inside? Do you ever look inside and see what you are not? God! Flannery O'Connor

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