Samuel Butler Quotes About Religion

Quotes about: Religion

• If the headache would only precede the intoxication, alcoholism would be a virtue.

  Samuel Butler

  Drinking, Beer, Alcohol

  "The Guardian view on drinking culture: statistics, myths and alcohol abuse", www.theguardian.com. December 18, 2015.

• God as now generally conceived of is only the last witch.

  Samuel Butler

  Religion, Lasts, Witch

  Samuel Butler (1951). “Notebooks”

• Christ and The Church: If he were to apply for a divorce on the grounds of cruelty, adultery and desertion, he would probably get one.

  Samuel Butler

  Divorce, Religion, Church

  Samuel Butler (1950). “The Essential Samuel Butler”

• Man is God's highest present development. He is the latest thing in God.

  Samuel Butler

  Men, Religion, Development

  Samuel Butler (1951). “Notebooks”

• Belief like any other moving body follows the path of least resistance.

  Samuel Butler

  Inspirational, Moving, Religion

  Samuel Butler (2013). “Erewhon Revisited”, p.85, Simon and Schuster

• Christ: I dislike him very much. Still, I can stand him. What I cannot stand is the wretched band of people whose profession is to hoodwink us about him.

  Samuel Butler

  People, Religion, Band

  Samuel Butler, Hans-Peter Breuer (1984). “The Note-books of Samuel Butler: 1874-1883”, Univ Pr of Amer

• 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.

  Samuel Butler

  Atheist, People, Waiting

  Samuel Butler (1950). “The Essential Samuel Butler”, London : J. Cape

• Christ was only crucified once and for a few hours. Think of the hundreds of thousands whom Christ has been crucifying in a quiet way ever since.

  Samuel Butler

  Thinking, Religion, Way

  Samuel Butler (1951). “Samuel Butler's notebooks”

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