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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

That they might touch the hearts of men, And bring them back to heaven again.

God sent his Singers upon earth
With songs of sadness and of mirth,
That they might touch the hearts of men,
And bring them back to heaven again.

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Ludwig Wittgenstein

Make sure that your religion is a matter between you and God only.

Make sure that your religion is a matter between you and God only.

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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

To charm, to strengthen, and to teach.

But the great Master said, “I see
No best in kind, but in degree;
I gave a various gift to each,
To charm, to strengthen, and to teach.

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Terry Pratchett

The trouble with being a god is that you’ve got no one to pray to.

The trouble with being a god is that you’ve got no one to pray to.

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Georges Bernanos

we can no more escape from one another than we can escape from God.

I have just discovered something I have always known: we can no more escape from one another than we can escape from God.

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Nicolaus Copernicus

to whom ignorance cannot be more grateful than knowledge.

To know the mighty works of God, to comprehend His wisdom and majesty and power; to appreciate, in degree, the wonderful workings of His laws, surely all this must be a pleasing and acceptable mode of worship to the Most High, to whom ignorance cannot be more grateful than knowledge.

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Georges Bernanos

There is nothing that God hates so much as a liar.

There is nothing that God hates so much as a liar.

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Shadowlands

Pain is God’s megaphone to rouse a deaf world.

Pain is God’s megaphone to rouse a deaf world.

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Robert Browning

I want to be forgotten even by God

I give the fight up: let there be an end,
A privacy, an obscure nook for me.
I want to be forgotten even by God.

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Johannes Kepler

Geometry is one and eternal shining in the mind of God.

Geometry is one and eternal shining in the mind of God. That share in it accorded to humans is one of the reasons that humanity is the image of God.

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Carl Sagan

if by God one means the set of physical laws that govern the universe, then clearly there is such a God.

The idea that God is an oversized white male with a flowing beard who sits in the sky and tallies the fall of every sparrow is ludicrous. But if by God one means the set of physical laws that govern the universe, then clearly there is such a God. This God is emotionally unsatisfying… it does not make much sense to pray to the law of gravity.

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Love and Death Woody Allen

I think that the worst you can say about him is that basically he’s an underachiever.

The important thing, I think, is not to be bitter. You know, if it turns out that there is a God, I don’t think that he’s evil. I think that the worst you can say about him is that basically he’s an underachiever.

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Abraham Lincoln

The Lord prefers common-looking people. That is why he makes so many of them.

The Lord prefers common-looking people. That is why he makes so many of them.

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Martin Luther King Jr.

I’ve been to the mountaintop.

Well, I don’t know what will happen now. We’ve got some difficult days ahead. But it doesn’t matter with me now. Because I’ve been to the mountaintop. And I don’t mind. Like any man, I would like to live a long life. Longevity has its place. But I’m not concerned about that now. I just want to do God’s will. And He’s allowed me to go up to the mountain. And I’ve looked over. And I’ve seen the promised land. I may not get there with you. But I want you to know tonight, that we, as a people will get to the promised land. And I’m happy, tonight. I’m not worried about anything. I’m not fearing any man. Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord.

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H. L. Mencken

Creator — A comedian whose audience is afraid to laugh.

Creator — A comedian whose audience is afraid to laugh.

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Voltaire

If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent him.

If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent him.