James Joyce. Portrait of the artist in his youth (№ 22279)

God the name of God, just as his name was Steven. Dieu - so will God in French, and so too is the name of God, and when anyone prayed to God and said Dieu, God knows what it is praying the Frenchman. But although God has different names in different languages and God understands everything I say to people who pray differently in their languages, still God always remains God, and his real name is God.