“To know God better is only to realize how impossible it is that we should ever know him at all. I know not which is more childish to deny him, or define him.”
God“Vaccination is the medical sacrament corresponding to baptism. Whether it is or is not more efficacious I do not know.”
Medical“To know God better is only to realize how impossible it is that we should ever know him at all. I know not which is more childish to deny him, or define him.”
God“Most people have never learned that one of the main aims in life is to enjoy it.”
Life“Life is not an exact science, it is an art.”
Art“The worst thing that can happen to a man is to lose his money, the next worst his health, the next worst his reputation.”
Health“The seven deadly sins: Want of money, bad health, bad temper, chastity, family ties, knowing that you know things, and believing in the Christian religion.”
Family“People in general are equally horrified at hearing the Christian religion doubted, and at seeing it practiced.”
Religion“Any fool can tell the truth, but it requires a man of some sense to know how to lie well.”
Truth“The sinews of art and literature, like those of war, are money.”
Art“Man is God's highest present development. He is the latest thing in God.”
God“If God wants us to do a thing, he should make his wishes sufficiently clear. Sensible people will wait till he has done this before paying much attention to him.”
God“They say the test of literary power is whether a man can write an inscription. I say, 'Can he name a kitten?'”
Power“A hen is only an egg's way of making another egg.”
Nature“All animals, except man, know that the principal business of life is to enjoy it.”
Business“The history of the world is the record of the weakness, frailty and death of public opinion.”
Death“Man is the only animal that can remain on friendly terms with the victims he intends to eat until he eats them.”
Food“There is nothing which at once affects a man so much and so little as his own death.”
Death“A drunkard would not give money to sober people. He said they would only eat it, and buy clothes and send their children to school with it.”
Money“And so there is no God but has been in the loins of past gods.”
God“Mr. Tennyson has said that more things are wrought by prayer than this world dreams of, but he wisely refrains from saying whether they are good or bad things.”
Dreams“To give pain is the tyranny to make happy, the true empire of beauty.”
Beauty