A sense of humor keen enough to show a man his own absurdities will keep him from the commission of all sins, or nearly all, save those worth committing. – Samuel Butler
Think of and look at your work as though it were done by your enemy. I you look at it to admire it, you are lost. – Samuel Butler
There is nothing which at once affects a man so much and so little as his own death. – Samuel Butler
Every one should keep a mental wastepaper basket and the older he grows the more things he will consign to it — torn up to irrecoverable tatters. – Samuel Butler
Ive always believed in God. I also think thats the sort of thing that either comes as part of the equipment, the capacity to believe, or at some point in your life, when youre in a position where you actually need help from a power greater than yourself, you simply make an agreement. – Stephen King