If I can stop one heart from breaking, I shall not live in vain.

If I can stop one heart from breaking, I shall not live in vain.

God's first creature, which was light.

God's first creature, which was light.

Pray to God, but hammer away.

Pray to God, but hammer away.

It is the test of a good religion whether you can joke about it.

It is the test of a good religion whether you can joke about it.

Beware of the man of one book.

Beware of the man of one book.

Lord grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, read more

Lord grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to hide the bodies of those people I had to kill because they pissed me off.

I went to the root of things, and found nothing but Him alone.

I went to the root of things, and found nothing but Him alone.

The human understanding is no dry light, but receives infusion from the will and affections; which proceed sciences which may read more

The human understanding is no dry light, but receives infusion from the will and affections; which proceed sciences which may be called "sciences as one would." For what a man had rather were true he more readily believes. Therefore he rejects difficult things from impatience of research; sober things, because they narrow hope; the deeper things of nature, from superstition; the light of experience, from arrogance and pride; things not commonly believed, out of deference to the opinion of the vulgar. Numberless in short are the ways, and sometimes imperceptible, in which the affections color and infect the understanding.

Religion is what keeps the poor from murdering the rich.

Religion is what keeps the poor from murdering the rich.