Samuel Butler Quotes
Be virtuous and you will be vicious. Belief like any other moving body follows the path of least resistance. Books are like imprisoned souls till someone takes them down from a shelf and frees them. Brigands demand your money or your life; women require both. Christ and The Church: If he were to apply for a divorce on the grounds of cruelty, adultery and desertion, he would probably get one. Christ was only crucified once and for a few hours. Think of the hundreds of thousands whom Christ has been crucifying in a quiet way ever since. Christ: I dislike him very much. Still, I can stand him. What I cannot stand is the wretched band of people whose profession is to hoodwink us about him. Death is only a larger kind of going abroad. Do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Let the day's own trouble be sufficient for the day. Don't learn to do, but learn in doing. Let your falls not be on a prepared ground, but let them be bona fide falls in the rough and tumble of the world. Every man's work, whether it be literature, or music or pictures or architecture or anything else, is always a portrait of himself. Evil is like water, it abounds, is cheap, soon fouls, but runs itself clear of taint. Faith - you can do very little with it, but you can do nothing without it. Fear is static that prevents me from hearing myself. For truth is precious and divine, too rich a pearl for carnal swine. Friendship is like money, easier made than kept. From a worldly point of view, there is no mistake so great as that of being always right. God and the Devil are an effort after specialization and the division of labor. God as now generally conceived of is only the last witch. God cannot alter the past, though historians can.
Web Toolbar by Wibiya 