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Inspirational, Life, Atheist. "Letters from the Earth" (1940) In religion and politics, people's belief's and convictions are in almost every case gotten at second hand, and without examination. Mark Twain. Religious, Believe, Second Chance.
May 26, 2019 · PhotoQuest / Getty Images. By. Daniel Kurtzman. Updated on 05/26/19. Mark Twain, one of the greatest American authors and humorists, had a way with words beyond his books and stories. He was also quite sharp with insults and opinions, especially regarding politics and religion.
No, these never discover anything. Mark Twain. God, Christian, Army. "Mark Twain at Your Fingertips: A Book of Quotations". The Church has opposed every innovation and discovery from the day of Galileo down to our own time, when the use of anesthetics in childbirth was regarded as a sin because it avoided the biblical curse pronounced against Eve.
Mark Twain quotations - Faith. Illustration from SAN JOSE MERCURY NEWS. November 26, 1905. There are those who scoff at the school boy, calling him frivolous and shallow. Yet it was the school boy who said, Faith is believing what you know ain't so. - Following the Equator, Pudd'nhead Wilson's Calendar.
The gods offer no rewards for intellect. There was never one yet that showed any interest in it... - Mark Twain's Notebook. Man proposes, but God blocks the game. - Letter to Jean Clemens, 19 June 1908. No man that has ever lived has done a thing to please God--primarily. It was done to please himself, then God next.
Dec 12, 2019 · Summary. Religion was a force throughout Twain’s lifetime, early on as the strict Calvinism inherited from his mother, and later as he rebelled against orthodoxy. His reading of Thomas Paine at an early age introduced him to religious skepticism, which challenged the beliefs he held as a child.
That wasn’t law; it wasn’t gospel: it was only an opinion — my opinion, and I was only a man, one man: so it wasn’t worth any more than the pope’s — or any less, for that matter.” ― Mark Twain, A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court. Read more quotes from Mark Twain. Share this quote: Like Quote. Recommend to friends.
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