To be at all is to be religious more or less

Quote by Samuel Butler

Topics: Religious Love Quotes

People are always good company when they are doing what they really enjoy.

People are always good company when they are doing what they really enjoy.

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

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

Priests are not men of the world; it is not intended that they should be;...

Priests are not men of the world; it is not intended that they should be;...

Those who have never had a father can at any rate never know the sweets...

Those who have never had a father can at any rate never know the sweets...

A man's friendships are, like his will, invalidated by marriage - but they are also...

A man's friendships are, like his will, invalidated by marriage - but they are also...

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.

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 great pleasure of a dog is that you may make a fool of yourself...

The great pleasure of a dog is that you may make a fool of yourself...

No mistake is more common and more fatuous than appealing to logic in cases which...

No mistake is more common and more fatuous than appealing to logic in cases which...

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...

Life is one long process of getting tired.

Life is one long process of getting tired.

I do not mind lying, but I hate inaccuracy.

I do not mind lying, but I hate inaccuracy.

Lying has a kind of respect and reverence with it. We pay a person the...

Lying has a kind of respect and reverence with it. We pay a person the...

Work with some men is as besetting a sin as idleness.

Work with some men is as besetting a sin as idleness.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing, but a little want of knowledge is also...

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing, but a little want of knowledge is also...

There is nothing which at once affects a man so much and so little as...

There is nothing which at once affects a man so much and so little as...

Christ: I dislike him very much. Still, I can stand him. What I cannot stand...

Christ: I dislike him very much. Still, I can stand him. What I cannot stand...

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.

If people would dare to speak to one another unreservedly, there would be a good...

If people would dare to speak to one another unreservedly, there would be a good...

The advantage of doing one's praising for oneself is that one can lay it on...

The advantage of doing one's praising for oneself is that one can lay it on...