To be at all is to be religious more or less

Quote by Samuel Butler

Topics: Religious Love Quotes

Let us be grateful to the mirror for revealing to us our appearance only.

Let us be grateful to the mirror for revealing to us our appearance only.

The one serious conviction that a man should have is that nothing should be taken...

The one serious conviction that a man should have is that nothing should be taken...

Silence and tact may or may not be the same thing.

Silence and tact may or may not be the same thing.

To die is but to leave off dying and do the thing once for all.

To die is but to leave off dying and do the thing once for all.

We're all proud of making little mistakes. It gives us the feeling we don't make...

We're all proud of making little mistakes. It gives us the feeling we don't make...

I am the enfant terrible of literature and science

I am the enfant terrible of literature and science

And so there is no God but has been in the loins of past gods.

And so there is no God but has been in the loins of past gods.

People care more about being thought to have taste than about being thought either good,...

People care more about being thought to have taste than about being thought either good,...

To live is like to love - all reason is against it, and all healthy...

To live is like to love - all reason is against it, and all healthy...

Logic is like the sword--those who appeal to it shall perish by it.

Logic is like the sword--those who appeal to it shall perish by it.

The best liar is he who makes the smallest amount of lying go the longest...

The best liar is he who makes the smallest amount of lying go the longest...

God cannot alter the past, though historians can.

God cannot alter the past, though historians can.

Justice is my being allowed to do whatever I like. Injustice is whatever prevents my...

Justice is my being allowed to do whatever I like. Injustice is whatever prevents my...

The function of vice is to keep virtue within reasonable bounds.

The function of vice is to keep virtue within reasonable bounds.

Money is the last enemy that shall never be subdued. While there is flesh there...

Money is the last enemy that shall never be subdued. While there is flesh there...

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...

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...

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...

My main wish is to get my books into other people's rooms, and to keep...

My main wish is to get my books into other people's rooms, and to keep...

Let every man be true and every god a liar.

Let every man be true and every god a liar.