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Forgive, O Lord, my little jokes on Thee And I'll forgive Thy great big one on me.
Forgive, O Lord, my little jokes on Thee And I'll forgive Thy great big one on me.
Try thyself first, and after call in God. For to the worker God himself lends aid.
Try thyself first, and after call in God. For to the worker God himself lends aid.
But the gods are dead--
Ay, Zeus is dead, and all the gods but Doubt,
And doubt read more
But the gods are dead--
Ay, Zeus is dead, and all the gods but Doubt,
And doubt is brother devil to Despair!
I don't try to imagine a God; it suffices to stand in awe of the structure of the world, insofar read more
I don't try to imagine a God; it suffices to stand in awe of the structure of the world, insofar as it allows our inadequate senses to appreciate it
God never made His work for man to mend.
God never made His work for man to mend.
God is day and night, winter and summer, war and peace, surfeit and hunger.
God is day and night, winter and summer, war and peace, surfeit and hunger.
God is like a skilful Geometrician.
God is like a skilful Geometrician.
God, who foresaw your tribulation, has specially armed you to go through it, not without pain but without stain
God, who foresaw your tribulation, has specially armed you to go through it, not without pain but without stain
There cannot be a God because if there were one, I could not believe that I was not He.
There cannot be a God because if there were one, I could not believe that I was not He.