quotes and sayings about god

That which we call sin in others is experiment for us. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson, "Experience," Essays, 1844



War is nothing less than a temporary repeal of the principles of virtue. It is a system out of which almost all the virtues are excluded, and in which nearly all the vices are included. ~Robert Hall



The woman just ahead of you at the supermarket checkout has all the delectable groceries you didn't even know they carried. ~Mignon McLaughlin



What kills a skunk is the publicity it gives itself. ~Abraham Lincoln



Never make a companion equal to a brother. ~Hesiod



If you wish to make an apple pie truly from scratch, you must first invent the universe. ~Carl Sagan



Life is easier than you'd think; all that is necessary is to accept the impossible, do without the indispensable, and bear the intolerable. ~Kathleen Norris



The best portraits are perhaps those in which there is a slight mixture of caricature; and we are not certain that the best histories are not those in which a little of the exaggeration of fictitious narrative is judiciously employed. Something is lost in accuracy; but much is gained in effect. The fainter lines are neglected; but the great characteristic features are imprinted on the mind forever. ~Thomas Babington Macaulay, Machiavelli



We must, however, acknowledge, as it seems to me, that man with all his noble qualities, still bears in his bodily frame the indelible stamp of his lowly origin. ~Charles Darwin, Descent of Man, 1871



A college education shows a man how little other people know. ~Thomas Chandler Haliburton



Beta. Software undergoes beta testing shortly before it's released. Beta is Latin for "still doesn't work." ~Author Unknown



The purpose of learning is growth, and our minds, unlike our bodies, can continue growing as we continue to live. ~Mortimer Adler



Give a man a fish, and you'll feed him for a day; give him a religion, and he'll starve to death while praying for a fish. ~Author Unknown



But words are things, and a small drop of ink, falling like dew, upon a thought, produces that which makes thousands, perhaps, millions, think. ~Lord Byron, Don Juan, 1819



After all, I don't see why I am always asking for private, individual, selfish miracles when every year there are miracles like white dogwood. ~Anne Morrow Lindbergh



How come there's only one Monopolies Commission? ~Nigel Rees



I don't like standard beauty - there is no beauty without strangeness. ~Karl Lagerfeld



You know you're a nurse if... you triage the laundry when at home: This pile needs immediate attention, the pile can wait, this pile, with a little stain stick will be OK until you get back to it. ~Donna Wilk Cardillo



Anthology: a collection of selected literary pieces or passages or works of art or music.



I like to believe that my best hits border on felonious assault. ~Jack Tatum