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"God tempers the wind to the shorn lamb."
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"I know nothing of God or the Devil. I have never seen a vision nor learned a secret that would damn or save my soul."
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"I gave in, and admitted that God was God."
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"God, our genes, our environment, or some stupid programmer keying in code at an ancient terminal - there's no way free will can ever exist if we as individuals are the result of some external cause."
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"What I did was take the Jesus of the Gospels, the Son of God, the Son of the Virgin Mary, and sought to make Him utterly believable, a vital breathing character."
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"There are two kinds of people: those who say to God, "Thy will be done," and those to whom God says, "All right, then, have it your way.""
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"Without the Mind, there is no God. Without you, there is no God."
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"I read the book of Job last night, I don't think God comes out well in it."
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"God was satisfied with his own work, and that is fatal."
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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."
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"I sometimes think that God in creating man somewhat overestimated his ability."
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"Nothing is so perfectly amusing as a total change of ideas."
Change
"Respect for ourselves guides our morals, respect for others guides our manners."
Society
"It is a great pity but tis certain from every day's observation of man, that he may be set on fire like a candle, at either end provided there is a sufficient wick standing out."
Life
"I once asked a hermit in Italy how he could venture to live alone, in a single cottage, on the top of a mountain, a mile from any habitation? He replied, that Providence was his next-door neighbor."
Life
"Sciences may be learned by rote, but wisdom not."
Wisdom
"A dwarf who brings a standard along with him to measure his own size, take my word, is a dwarf in more articles than one."
Life
"For every ten jokes you acquire a hundred enemies."
Enemy
"An English man does not travel to see English men."
Man
"The most accomplished way of using books is to serve them as some people do lords; learn their titles and then brag of their acquaintance."
People
"Alas! if the principles of contentment are not within us, the height of station and worldly grandeur will as soon add a cubit to a man's stature as to his happiness."
Happiness
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