“ God and ManTo love God is to have good health, good looks, good sense, experience, a kindly nature and a fair balance of cash in hand. ”
Samuel Butler, The Note-Books of Samuel Butler (1912). copy citation
| Author | Samuel Butler |
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| Source | The Note-Books of Samuel Butler |
| Topic | health experience |
| Date | 1912 |
| Language | English |
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| Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/files/6173/6173-h/6173-h.htm |
Context
“But when I consulted the oracles of heaven about it, I was always told to stick to my bacon and not to make a fool of myself. I despised myself but have not withered under my own contempt so completely as I ought to have done.
God and Man
To love God is to have good health, good looks, good sense, experience, a kindly nature and a fair balance of cash in hand. “We know that all things work together for good to them that love God.” To be loved by God is the same as to love Him. We love Him because He first loved us.
The Homeric Deity and the Pall Mall Gazette”
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