Samuel Butler

Be virtuous and you will be vicious. ↗

— Samuel Butler

#virtuous #will #you

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

— Samuel Butler

#belief #body #follows #least #like

Brigands demand your money or your life; women require both. ↗

— Samuel Butler

#demand #life #money #require #women

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

#christ #crucified #ever #few #hours

Death is only a larger kind of going abroad. ↗

— Samuel Butler

#death #going #kind #larger #only

Don't learn to do, but learn in doing. Let your falls not be on a prepared ground, but let them be bona fide falls in the rough and tumble of the world. ↗

— Samuel Butler

#bona fide #doing #falls #fide #ground

Evil is like water, it abounds, is cheap, soon fouls, but runs itself clear of taint. ↗

— Samuel Butler

#clear #evil #fouls #itself #like

Faith - you can do very little with it, but you can do nothing without it. ↗

— Samuel Butler

#little #nothing #very #without #you

Fear is static that prevents me from hearing myself. ↗

— Samuel Butler

#hearing #me #myself #prevents #static

God and the Devil are an effort after specialization and the division of labor. ↗

— Samuel Butler

#devil #division #effort #god #labor