I have been looking for god for fifty years and I think if he had existed I should have discovered him

Quote by Thomas Hardy

Topics: God Quotes

Had other aims than my delight.

Had other aims than my delight.

A woman would rather visit her own grave than the place where she has been...

A woman would rather visit her own grave than the place where she has been...

Do not do an immoral thing for moral reasons.

Do not do an immoral thing for moral reasons.

The value of old age depends upon the person who reaches it. To some men...

The value of old age depends upon the person who reaches it. To some men...

Fear is the mother of foresight.

Fear is the mother of foresight.

A lover without indiscretion is no lover at all.

A lover without indiscretion is no lover at all.

Of course poets have morals and manners of their own, and custom is no argument...

Of course poets have morals and manners of their own, and custom is no argument...

Poetry is emotion put into measure. The emotion must come by nature, but the measure...

Poetry is emotion put into measure. The emotion must come by nature, but the measure...

Some folk want their luck buttered.

Some folk want their luck buttered.

My opinion is that a poet should express the emotion of all the ages and...

My opinion is that a poet should express the emotion of all the ages and...

No one can read with profit that which he cannot learn to read with pleasure.

No one can read with profit that which he cannot learn to read with pleasure.

A love without indiscretion is no lover at all.

A love without indiscretion is no lover at all.

Cruelty is the law pervading all nature and society; and we can't get out of...

Cruelty is the law pervading all nature and society; and we can't get out of...

I am the family face; flesh perishes, I live on.

I am the family face; flesh perishes, I live on.

My argument is that War makes rattling good history; but Peace is poor reading.

My argument is that War makes rattling good history; but Peace is poor reading.

Why should a man's mind have been thrown into such close, sad, sensational, inexplicable relations...

Why should a man's mind have been thrown into such close, sad, sensational, inexplicable relations...

Like the British Constitution, she owes her success in practice to her inconsistencies in principle.

Like the British Constitution, she owes her success in practice to her inconsistencies in principle.

Some folk want their luck buttered.

Some folk want their luck buttered.

Nothing will benefit human health and increase the chances for survival of life on Earth...

Nothing will benefit human health and increase the chances for survival of life on Earth...

If what I do prove well, it won't advance. They'll say it's stolen, or else...

If what I do prove well, it won't advance. They'll say it's stolen, or else...

Most of us believe in trying to make other people happy only if they can...

Most of us believe in trying to make other people happy only if they can...

Luck has a peculiar habit of favoring those who don't depend on it

Luck has a peculiar habit of favoring those who don't depend on it