"Throw away thy rod, throw away thy wrath; O my God, take the gentle path."

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"Throw away thy rod, throw away thy wrath; O my God, take the gentle path."

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

Samuel Butler, British Poet

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"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

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

Francis Bacon, English Philosopher

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

Mason Cooley, American Writer

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

Sophocles, Greek Poet

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"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

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"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

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"The devil divides the world between atheism and superstition."

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"In conversation, humor is worth more than wit and easiness more than knowledge."

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"Life is half spent before we know what it is."

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"A man of great memory without learning hath a rock and a spindle and no staff to spin."

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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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"The devil divides the world between atheism and superstition."

"There is an hour wherein a man might be happy all his life, could he find it."

"In conversation, humor is worth more than wit and easiness more than knowledge."

"Life is half spent before we know what it is."

"A man of great memory without learning hath a rock and a spindle and no staff to spin."

"War makes thieves and peace hangs them."

"Read as you taste fruit or savor wine, or enjoy friendship, love or life."

"Punishment is lame, but it comes."

"Prayer should be the key of the day and the lock of the night."

"Many kiss the hand they wish cut off."