Famous quotes containing the words sovereign and/or grace:
“If we study nature attentively, alike in its great revolutions and in its minutest works, it is impossible not to admit enchantmentgiving the word its fullest meaning. Man can create no force; he can but use the only existing force, which includes all others, namely, Motionthe incomprehensible Breath of the sovereign maker of the universe.”
—Honoré De Balzac (17991850)
“Humans need justice in the here and now and grace in the thereafter. Justice in the here and now is possible only without freedom, and grace in the thereafter only through the freedom of God.”
—Friedrich Dürrenmatt (19211990)