"God is merciful to all, as he has been to you; he is first a father, then a judge."

"...know you not that you are my sun by day, and my star by night? By my faith! I was in deepest darkness till you appeared and illuminated all."

"I slept with faith and found a corpse in my arms on awakening; I drank and danced all night with doubt and found her a virgin in the morning."

"I did not write it. God wrote it. I merely did his dictation."

"I would not attack the faith of a heathen without being sure I had a better one to put in its place."

"God's dice always have a lucky roll."

"God's dice always have a lucky roll"

"There is nothing wrong with America that faith, love of freedom, intelligence, and energy of her citizens cannot cure."

"There is nothing wrong with America that the faith, love of freedom, intelligence, and energy of her citizens can not cure."

"Only our individual faith in freedom can keep us free."

"The energy, the faith, the devotion which we bring this endeavor will light our bounty and all who serve it, and the glow from that fire can truly light the world."

"The energy, the faith, the devotion which we bring to this endeavor will light our country and all who serve it - and the glow from that fire can truly light the world"

"God Himself chasteneth not with a rod but with time."

"The Creator has not given you a longing to do that which you have no ability to do."

"I have no faith in human perfectability. I think that human exertion will have no appreciable effect upon humanity. Man is now only more active - not more happy - nor more wise, than he was 6000 years ago."

"I have great faith in fools; self-confidence my friends call it."

"I have no faith in human perfectibility. I think that human exertion will have no appreciable effect upon humanity. Man is now only more active --not more happy --nor more wise, than he was 6000 years ago."

"By working faithfully eight hours a day you may eventually get to be boss and work twelve hours a day."

"It's God - I'd have known Him by Blake's picture anywhere"

The Buddhist version of poverty is a situation where you have nothing to contribute.

Do I think human beings are meant to be in 40-year-long monogamous, faithful, relationships? No, No, No. Whoever said they were? Only the Bible or something. No one ever said that was a good idea.

Our existence is beyond our explanation, whether we believe in God or we have religion or we're atheist. Our existence is beyond our understanding. No one has an answer.

I've had no contact with my daughter for years. That's her choice. Anyway, you move on. If people don't want to bother with me, fine. You know, God bless them, and move on.

And if there were a God, I think it very unlikely that He would have such an uneasy vanity as to be offended by those who doubt His existence