God is a character, a real and consistent being, or He is nothing. If God did a miracle He would deny His own nature and the universe would simply blow up, vanish, become nothing. – Joyce Cary
Moralities, ethics, laws, customs, beliefs, doctrines –these are of trifling import. All that matters is that the miraculous become the norm. – Henry Miller
Religion did not exist for the saving of souls but for the preservation and welfare of society, and in all that was necessary to this end every man had to take his part, or break with the domestic and political community to which he belonged. – William Robertson Smith
