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God is best known in not knowing him.
[Ger., Deus scitur melius nesciendo.]
God is best known in not knowing him.
[Ger., Deus scitur melius nesciendo.]
An honest God is the noblest work of man.
An honest God is the noblest work of man.
God grant me the courage not to give up what I think is right even though I think it is read more
God grant me the courage not to give up what I think is right even though I think it is hopeless.
I know God won't give me anything I can't handle;I just wish he didn't trust me so much.
I know God won't give me anything I can't handle;I just wish he didn't trust me so much.
Can a mortal ask questions which God finds unanswerable? Quite easily, I should think. All nonsense questions are unanswerable.
Can a mortal ask questions which God finds unanswerable? Quite easily, I should think. All nonsense questions are unanswerable.
If God did not exist it would be necessary to invent Him.
If God did not exist it would be necessary to invent Him.
Imagine the Creator as a low comedian, and at once the world becomes explicable.
Imagine the Creator as a low comedian, and at once the world becomes explicable.
The abdomen is the reason why man does not readily take himself to be a god.
The abdomen is the reason why man does not readily take himself to be a god.
God created man in His own image, says the Bible; philosophers reverse the process: they create God in theirs.
God created man in His own image, says the Bible; philosophers reverse the process: they create God in theirs.