"Prayer should be short, without giving God Almighty reasons why he should grant this, or that; he knows best what is good for us."

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"Prayer should be short, without giving God Almighty reasons why he should grant this, or that; he knows best what is good for us."

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"I have only ever made one prayer to God, a very short one: O Lord, make my enemies ridiculous. And God granted it."

Voltaire, French Writer

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"Call it Nature, Fate, Fortune; all these are names of the one and selfsame God."

Seneca, Roman Philosopher

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"God is a metaphor for that which trancends all levels of intellectual thought. It's as simple as that."

Joseph Campbell, American Author

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"Sometimes I wonder why God ever trusts talent in the hands of women, they usually make such an infernal mess of it. I think He must do it as a sort of ghastly joke."

Willa Cather, American Author

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"I may be as bad as the worst, but, thank God, I am as good as the best."

Walt Whitman, American Poet

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"I say to mankind, Be not curious about God. For I, who am curious about each, am not curious about God - I hear and behold God in every object, yet understand God not in the least."

Walt Whitman, American Poet

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"I am as bad as the worst, but, thank God, I am as good as the best."

Walt Whitman, American Poet

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"God is the universal substance in existing things. He comprises all things. He is the fountain of all being. In Him exists everything that is."

Seneca, Roman Philosopher

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"It makes sense that there is no sense without God."

Edith Schaeffer, American Author

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"Remember, God provides the best camouflage several hours out of every 24."

David M. Shoup, American Soldier

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"They that are against superstition oftentimes run into it of the wrong side. If I wear all colors but black, then I am superstitious in not wearing black."

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"Of all actions of a man's life, his marriage does least concern other people, yet of all actions of our life tis most meddled with by other people."

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"Pleasure is nothing else but the intermission of pain."

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"It's not the drinking to be blamed, but the excess."

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"A king is a thing men have made for their own sakes, for quietness sake. Just as in a family one man is appointed to buy the meat."

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"In quoting of books, quote such authors as are usually read; others you may read for your own satisfaction, but not name them."

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"I have only ever made one prayer to God, a very short one: O Lord, make my enemies ridiculous. And God granted it."

"Call it Nature, Fate, Fortune; all these are names of the one and selfsame God."

"God is a metaphor for that which trancends all levels of intellectual thought. It's as simple as that."

"Sometimes I wonder why God ever trusts talent in the hands of women, they usually make such an infernal mess of it. I think He must do it as a sort of ghastly joke."

"I may be as bad as the worst, but, thank God, I am as good as the best."

"I say to mankind, Be not curious about God. For I, who am curious about each, am not curious about God - I hear and behold God in every object, yet understand God not in the least."

"I am as bad as the worst, but, thank God, I am as good as the best."

"God is the universal substance in existing things. He comprises all things. He is the fountain of all being. In Him exists everything that is."

"It makes sense that there is no sense without God."

"Remember, God provides the best camouflage several hours out of every 24."

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"Idolatry is in a man's own thought, not in the opinion of another."

"Philosophy is nothing but discretion."

"Tis not seasonable to call a man traitor, that has an army at his heels."

"The world cannot be governed without juggling."

"They that are against superstition oftentimes run into it of the wrong side. If I wear all colors but black, then I am superstitious in not wearing black."

"Of all actions of a man's life, his marriage does least concern other people, yet of all actions of our life tis most meddled with by other people."

"Pleasure is nothing else but the intermission of pain."

"It's not the drinking to be blamed, but the excess."

"A king is a thing men have made for their own sakes, for quietness sake. Just as in a family one man is appointed to buy the meat."

"In quoting of books, quote such authors as are usually read; others you may read for your own satisfaction, but not name them."