"Prayers are to men as dolls are to children.












More Samuel Butler (novelist) quotes
"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 ba...
"God cannot alter the past, though historians can.
"Theist and atheist: The fight between them is as to whether God shall be called God or shall have some other name.
"Prayers are to men as dolls are to children.
"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 ba...
"God cannot alter the past, though historians can.
"Theist and atheist: The fight between them is as to whether God shall be called God or shall have some other name.
"Prayers are to men as dolls are to children.
"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 ba...
"God cannot alter the past, though historians can.
"Theist and atheist: The fight between them is as to whether God shall be called God or shall have some other name.
"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 ba...
"God cannot alter the past, though historians can.
"Theist and atheist: The fight between them is as to whether God shall be called God or shall have some other name.