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God hears no more than the heart speaks; and if the heart be dumb, God will certainly be deaf.
God hears no more than the heart speaks; and if the heart be dumb, God will certainly be deaf.
To speak of God, to think of God, is in every respect to show what one is made of. I read more
To speak of God, to think of God, is in every respect to show what one is made of. I have always wagered against God and I regard the little that I have won in this world as simply the outcome of this bet. However paltry may have been the stake (my life) I am conscious of having won to the full. Everything that is doddering, squint-eyed, vile, polluted and grotesque is summoned up for me in that one word: God!
Gods are fragile things; they may be killed by a whiff of science or a dose of common sense.
Gods are fragile things; they may be killed by a whiff of science or a dose of common sense.
If the Lord Almighty had consulted me before embarking upon Creation, I should have recommended something simpler.
If the Lord Almighty had consulted me before embarking upon Creation, I should have recommended something simpler.
Religion is the idol of the mob; it adores everything it does not understand.
Religion is the idol of the mob; it adores everything it does not understand.
What men usually ask for when they pray to God is, that two and two may not make four.
What men usually ask for when they pray to God is, that two and two may not make four.
How many observe Christ's birthday! How few, his precepts! O! 'tis easier to keep holidays than commandments.
How many observe Christ's birthday! How few, his precepts! O! 'tis easier to keep holidays than commandments.
You can safely assume that you've created God in your own image when it turns out that God hates all read more
You can safely assume that you've created God in your own image when it turns out that God hates all the same people you do.
God has been so lavish in his gifts that you can lose some priceless ones, the equivalent of whole kingdoms, read more
God has been so lavish in his gifts that you can lose some priceless ones, the equivalent of whole kingdoms, and still be indecently rich,.