Quote by Thomas Paine
It is not a God, just and good, but a devil, under the name of God

It is not a God, just and good, but a devil, under the name of God, that the Bible describes. – Thomas Paine

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The real man smiles in trouble, gathers strength from distress, and grows brave by reflection. – Thomas Paine

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Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil in its worst state, an intolerable one. – Thomas Paine

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A long habit of not thinking a thing wrong gives it a superficial appearance of being right. – Thomas Paine

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I am in love – and, my God, it is the greatest thing that can happen to a man. I tell you, find a woman you can fall in love with. Do it. Let yourself fall in love. If you have not done so already, you are wasting your life. – David Herbert Lawrence

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God: a disease we imagine we are cured of because no one dies of it nowadays. – E.M. Cioran, The Trouble with Being Born, 1973

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One needs occasionally to stand aside from the hum and rush of human interests and passions to hear the voices of God. – Anna Julia Cooper

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We are all atheists about most of the gods that societies have ever believed in. Some of us just go one god further. – Richard Dawkins

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To be present is to be prayerful. – Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh

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I have not yet begun to fight! – John Paul Jones

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The upward course of a nations history is due in the long run to the soundness of heart of its average men and women. – Queen Elizabeth II

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