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"God tempers the wind to the shorn lamb."
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"Religions do a useful thing: they narrow God to the limits of man. Philosophy replies by doing a necessary thing: it elevates man to the plane of God."
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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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"Nothing is so perfectly amusing as a total change of ideas."
Change
"God tempers the wind to the shorn lamb."
God
"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
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