“The pride of the peacock is the glory of God.”
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“The pride of the peacock is the glory of God.”
“As the caterpillar chooses the fairest leaves to lay her eggs on, so the priest lays his curse on the fairest joys”
“The idea that a good God would send people to a burning hell is utterly damnable to me - the ravings of insanity, superstition gone to see! I want no part of such a God”
“Do not feed children on maudlin sentimentalism or dogmatic religion; give them nature”
“God answers sharp and sudden on some prayers, and thrusts the thing we have prayed for in our face, a gauntlet with a gift in it ”
“Earth's crammed with heaven, and every common bush afire with God; but only he who sees, takes off his shoes - the rest sit round it and pluck blackberries”
“Faith without works is like a bird without wings; though she may hop with her companions on earth, yet she will never fly with them to heaven”
“In all ranks of life the human heart yearns for the beautiful; and the beautiful things that God makes are his gift to all alike”
“No one is so thoroughly superstitious as the godless man”
“I would not attack the faith of a heathen without being sure I had a better one to put in its place”
“Men judge us by the success of our efforts. God looks at the efforts themselves”
“When men destroy their old gods they will find new ones to take their place”
“A dog barks when his master is attacked. I would be a coward if I saw that God's truth is attacked and yet would remain silent”
“It may be that religion is dead, and if it is, we had better know it and set ourselves to try to discover other sources of moral strength before it is too late”
“God is seen God In the star, in the stone, in the flesh, in the soul and the clod”
“If you get simple beauty and nought else, you get about the best thing God invents”
“When earth breaks up and heaven expands, how will the change strike me and you in the house not made with hands?”
“In the first is the last, in thy will is my power to believe”
“Earth changes, but thy soul and God stand sure”
“I would not like to see a person who is sober, moderate, chaste and just say that there is no God. They would speak disinterestedly at least, but such a person is not to be found”