Christ: I dislike him very much. Still, I can stand him. What I cannot stand is the wretched band of people whose… — Samuel Butler Copy Share Image
Christ was only crucified once and for a few hours. Think of the hundreds of thousands whom Christ has been crucifying in… — Samuel Butler Copy Share Image
Christ and The Church: If he were to apply for a divorce on the grounds of cruelty, adultery and desertion, he would… — Samuel Butler Copy Share Image
“Peter remained on friendly terms with Christ notwithstanding Christ's having healed his mother-in-law.” — Samuel Butler Copy Share Image
Is life worth living? This is a question for an embryo not for a man. — Samuel Butler Copy Share Image
I am the enfant terrible of literature and science. If I cannot, and I know I cannot, get the literary and scientific bigwigs to… — Samuel Butler Copy Share Image
If you follow reason far enough it always leads to conclusions that are contrary to reason. — Samuel Butler Copy Share Image
All animals, except man, know that the principal business of life is to enjoy it. — Samuel Butler Copy Share Image
The advantage of doing one's praising for oneself is that one can lay it on so thick and exactly in the right places. — Samuel Butler Copy Share Image
“we must judge men not so much by what they, as by what they make us feel that they have it in them to… — Samuel Butler Copy Share Image
If I die prematurely I shall be saved from being bored to death at my own success. — Samuel Butler Copy Share Image
Vaccination is the medical sacrament corresponding to baptism. Whether it is or is not more efficacious I do not know. — Samuel Butler Copy Share Image
“Having, then, once introduced an element of inconsistency into his system, he was far too consistent not to be inconsistent consistently, and he lapsed… — Samuel Butler Copy Share Image
