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For centuries, theologians have been explaining the unknowable in terms of the-not-worth-knowing.
H. L. Mencken1880–1956
- Theology
Before reciting his prayers, a man should give to charity.
NBNachman of Bratslav
- Charity
- Prayer
Intoxicated with unbroken success, we have become too self-sufficient to feel the necessity of redeeming and preserving grace, too proud to pray to the God that made us.
Abraham Lincoln1809–1865Upon proclaiming a National Fast Day (30 March 1863)
- Prayer
I have been driven many times upon my knees by the overwhelming conviction that I had nowhere else to go. My own wisdom, and that of all about me, seemed insufficient for the day.
Abraham Lincoln1809–1865
- Prayer
Cast your cares on God; that anchor holds.
FCFrank Moore Colby1865–1925
Call on God, but row away from the rocks.
Hunter S. Thompson1937–2005
- Prayer
The more man puts into God, the less he retains in himself. The worker puts his life into the object; but now his life no longer belongs to him, but to the object.
Karl Marx1818–1883
- Anti-God
- Work
I could not say I believe — I know! I have had the experience of being gripped by something that is stronger than myself, something that people call God.
Carl Jung1875–1961
I sometimes think that God in creating man somewhat overestimated his ability.
Oscar Wilde1854–1900
A subject for a great poet would be God’s boredom after the seventh day of Creation.
Friedrich Nietzsche1844–1900
- Poetry
We can allow satellites, planets, suns, universe, nay whole systems of universe[s], to be governed by laws, but the smallest insect, we wish to be created at once by special act.
Charles Darwin1809–1882“Notebook N” (1838) page 36
- Anti-God
God is dead.
Friedrich Nietzsche1844–1900Thus Spoke Zarathustra (1883), The Gay Science (1882), Sec. 108In context
- Anti-God
God is a verb.
Buckminster Fuller1895–1983
If only God would give me some clear sign! Like making a large deposit in my name in a Swiss bank.
Woody Allenborn 1935Without Feathers (1975)
- Comedy
If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent him.
Voltaire1694–1778Épître à l’Auteur du Livre des Trois Imposteurs (10 November 1770)