"I have lived to thank God that all my prayers have not been answered." ― Jean Ingelow Topic(s): God More From Jean Ingelow "It is not reason which makes faith hard, but life." "A healthful hunger for a great idea is the beauty and blessedness of life." "Man is the miracle in nature. God Is the One Miracle to man." More In God "Men always talk about the most important things to perfect strangers. In the perfect stranger we perceive man himself; the image of a God is not disguised by resemblances to an uncle or doubts of wisdom of a mustache."― Gilbert K. Chesterton "I pray God may preserve your health and life many years."― Junipero Serra "God gave us our relatives; thank God we can choose our friends."― Ethel Watts Mumford