"Prayer opens the heart to God, and it is the means by which the soul, though empty, is filled by God."

God, Soul, Heart, Prayer

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"Prayer opens the heart to God, and it is the means by which the soul, though empty, is filled by God."

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

Samuel Butler, British Poet

God, Work

"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

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

Voltaire, French Writer

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

Voltaire, French Writer

God,

"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

"Charity never humiliated him who profited from it, nor ever bound him by the chains of gratitude, since it was not to him but to God that the gift was made."

Antoine de Saint-Exupery, French Novelist

God, Gratitude, Charity

"God's dice always have a lucky roll."

Sophocles, Greek Poet

God,

"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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"To live for a time close to great minds is the best kind of education."

Education

"You think that a wall as solid as the earth separates civilization from barbarism. I tell you the division is a thread, a sheet of glass. A touch here, a push there, and you bring back the reign of Saturn."

Civilization

"Civilization is a conspiracy. Modern life is the silent compact of comfortable folk to keep up pretences."

Life

"There may be Peace without Joy, and Joy without Peace, but the two combined make Happiness."

Happiness

"The charm of fishing is that it is the pursuit of what is elusive but attainable, a perpetual series of occasions for hope."

Hope

"The task of leadership is not to put greatness into humanity, but to elicit it, for the greatness is already there."

Leadership

"He disliked emotion, not because he felt lightly, but because he felt deeply."

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

"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."

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

"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."

"Charity never humiliated him who profited from it, nor ever bound him by the chains of gratitude, since it was not to him but to God that the gift was made."

"God's dice always have a lucky roll."

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

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"To live for a time close to great minds is the best kind of education."

"You think that a wall as solid as the earth separates civilization from barbarism. I tell you the division is a thread, a sheet of glass. A touch here, a push there, and you bring back the reign of Saturn."

"Civilization is a conspiracy. Modern life is the silent compact of comfortable folk to keep up pretences."

"There may be Peace without Joy, and Joy without Peace, but the two combined make Happiness."

"Peace is that state in which fear of any kind is unknown."

"Without humility there can be no humanity."

"The best prayers have often more groans than words."

"The charm of fishing is that it is the pursuit of what is elusive but attainable, a perpetual series of occasions for hope."

"The task of leadership is not to put greatness into humanity, but to elicit it, for the greatness is already there."

"He disliked emotion, not because he felt lightly, but because he felt deeply."