Faith - you can do very little with it, but you can do nothing without it.

Quote by Samuel Butler

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There is nothing so unthinkable as thought, unless it be the entire absence of thought.

There is nothing so unthinkable as thought, unless it be the entire absence of thought.

It is not he who gains the exact point in dispute who scores most in...

It is not he who gains the exact point in dispute who scores most in...

He has spent his life best who has enjoyed it most. God will take care...

He has spent his life best who has enjoyed it most. God will take care...

If I die prematurely I shall be saved from being bored to death at my...

If I die prematurely I shall be saved from being bored to death at my...

The man who takes time to explain his mistakes has little time left for anything...

The man who takes time to explain his mistakes has little time left for anything...

Opinions have vested interests just as men have.

Opinions have vested interests just as men have.

Oaths are but words, and words but wind.

Oaths are but words, and words but wind.

A sense of humor keen enough to show a man his own absurdities will keep...

A sense of humor keen enough to show a man his own absurdities will keep...

God was satisfied with his own work, and that is fatal.

God was satisfied with his own work, and that is fatal.

Books are like imprisoned souls till someone takes them down from a shelf and frees...

Books are like imprisoned souls till someone takes them down from a shelf and frees...

Some men love truth so much that they seem to be in continual fear lest...

Some men love truth so much that they seem to be in continual fear lest...

They say the test of literary power is whether a man can write an inscription....

They say the test of literary power is whether a man can write an inscription....

Neither irony or sarcasm is argument.

Neither irony or sarcasm is argument.

If you follow reason far enough it always leads to conclusions that are contrary to...

If you follow reason far enough it always leads to conclusions that are contrary to...

God as now generally conceived of is only the last witch.

God as now generally conceived of is only the last witch.

Let us eat and drink neither forgetting death unduly nor remembering it. The Lord hath...

Let us eat and drink neither forgetting death unduly nor remembering it. The Lord hath...

God cannot alter the past, that is why he is obliged to connive at the...

God cannot alter the past, that is why he is obliged to connive at the...

It is our less conscious thoughts and our less conscious actions which mainly mould our...

It is our less conscious thoughts and our less conscious actions which mainly mould our...

I did not want to be a tree, a flower or a wave. In a...

I did not want to be a tree, a flower or a wave. In a...

Want of foresight, unwillingness to act when action would be simple and effective, lack of...

Want of foresight, unwillingness to act when action would be simple and effective, lack of...

The moral sense, or conscience, is as much a part of man as his leg...

The moral sense, or conscience, is as much a part of man as his leg...

If you have the opportunity to play this game of life you need to appreciate...

If you have the opportunity to play this game of life you need to appreciate...