"God is an unutterable sigh, planted in the depths of the soul."

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"God is an unutterable sigh, planted in the depths of the soul."

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"God was satisfied with his own work, and that is fatal."

Samuel Butler, British Poet

God, Work

"To know God better is only to realize how impossible it is that we should ever know him at all. I know not which is more childish to deny him, or define him."

Samuel Butler, British Poet

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"An omnipotent God is the only being with no reason to lie."

Mason Cooley, American Writer

God, Lie, Being, Reason

"Small amounts of philosophy lead to atheism, but larger amounts bring us back to God."

Francis Bacon, English Philosopher

God, Atheism, Philosophy

"The gods are watching, but idly, yawning."

Mason Cooley, American Writer

God, Gods

"God is not on the side of the big battalions, but on the side of those who shoot best."

Voltaire, French Writer

God,

"Reason is God's crowning gift to man."

Sophocles, Greek Poet

God, Man, Reason

"If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent Him."

Voltaire, French Writer

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"The reader becomes God, for all textual purposes. I see your eyes glazing over, so I'll hush."

David Foster Wallace, American Writer

God, Eyes

"It is quite true, as some poets said, that the God who created man must have had a sinister sense of humor, creating him a reasonable being, yet forcing him to take this ridiculous posture, and driving him with blind craving for this ridiculous performance."

David Herbert Lawrence, English Writer

God, Humor, Performance, Being

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"Courage consists not in blindly overlooking danger, but in seeing it, and conquering it."

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"The more sand that has escaped from the hourglass of our life, the clearer we should see through it."

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"Do not wait for extraordinary circumstances to do good action; try to use ordinary situations."

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"Woman and men of retiring timidity are cowardly only in dangers which affect themselves, but the first to rescue when others are in danger."

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"We learn our virtues from our friends who love us; our faults from the enemy who hates us. We cannot easily discover our real character from a friend. He is a mirror, on which the warmth of our breath impedes the clearness of the reflection."

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"God was satisfied with his own work, and that is fatal."

"To know God better is only to realize how impossible it is that we should ever know him at all. I know not which is more childish to deny him, or define him."

"An omnipotent God is the only being with no reason to lie."

"Small amounts of philosophy lead to atheism, but larger amounts bring us back to God."

"The gods are watching, but idly, yawning."

"God is not on the side of the big battalions, but on the side of those who shoot best."

"Reason is God's crowning gift to man."

"If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent Him."

"The reader becomes God, for all textual purposes. I see your eyes glazing over, so I'll hush."

"It is quite true, as some poets said, that the God who created man must have had a sinister sense of humor, creating him a reasonable being, yet forcing him to take this ridiculous posture, and driving him with blind craving for this ridiculous performance."

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"Every man has a rainy corner of his life whence comes foul weather which follows him."

"Men, like bullets, go farthest when they are smoothest."

"You prove your worth with your actions, not with your mouth."

"Our birthdays are feathers in the broad wing of time."

"I have made as much out of myself as could be made of the stuff, and no man should require more."

"Courage consists not in blindly overlooking danger, but in seeing it, and conquering it."

"The more sand that has escaped from the hourglass of our life, the clearer we should see through it."

"Do not wait for extraordinary circumstances to do good action; try to use ordinary situations."

"Woman and men of retiring timidity are cowardly only in dangers which affect themselves, but the first to rescue when others are in danger."

"We learn our virtues from our friends who love us; our faults from the enemy who hates us. We cannot easily discover our real character from a friend. He is a mirror, on which the warmth of our breath impedes the clearness of the reflection."