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“Nature never gives to a living thing capacities not particularly meant for its benefit and use. If Nature gives to us capacities to believe that we have a Creator whom we never saw, of whom we have no direct proof, who is kind and good and tender beyond all that we know of kindness and goodness and tenderness on earth, it is because the endowment of capacities to conceive a Being must be for our benefit and use; it would not be for our benefit and use if it were a lie.”

“I've become a collector of stories about unlikely returns: the sudden reappearance of the long-lost son, the father found, the lovers reunited after forty years. Once in awhile, a letter does fall behind a post office desk and lie there for years before it's finally discovered and delivered to the rightful address. The seemingly brain-dead sometimes wake up and start talking. I'm always on the lookout for proof that what is done can sometimes be undone.”

Source: The Age of Miracles

“If my interlocutor desires to convince me that Jupiter has inhabitants, and that his description of them is accurate, it is for him to bring forward evidence in support of his contention. The burden of proof evidently lies on him; it is not for me to prove that no such beings exist before my non-belief is justified, but for him to prove that they do exist before my belief can be fairly claimed. Similarly, it is for the affirmer of God's existence to bring evidence in support of his affirmation; the burden of proof lies on him.”

Source: The Origins of Theosophy (Routledge Revivals): Annie Besant - The Atheist Years

“I worship nothing. Not a good lie nor a dark one. If nature is proof of God's amazing creation then I have truly seen the light, and the light is black. Nature is genius at its most cruel and savage. No benevolent God could have come up with such an outrage.”

Ifs Light Lying Black Dark Atheism Creation Genius Worship Come Up Proof Savages Outrage Benevolent Proof Of God Good Lies

Author:Gary Numan

“The proof of evolution lies in those adaptations that arise from improbable foundations.”

Lying Evolution Foundation Proof Arise Adaptation Improbable

Author:Stephen Jay Gould

“A man's reputation is not in his own keeping, but lies at the mercy of the profligacy of others. Calumny requires no proof.”

Men Lying Mercy Proof Reputation Calumny

Book:The Round Table. A collection of Essays ... By W. H. and Leigh Hunt

Source: The Round Table. A collection of Essays ... By W. H. and Leigh Hunt

“Copying is slavery. The letter must never be followed, only the spirit is to be grasped. Higher affirmations live in the spirit. And where is the spirit? Seek it in your everyday experience, and therein lies abundance of proof for all you need.”

Needs Spirit Lying Higher Letters Experience Slavery Everyday Proof Abundance Affirmation Copying

Book:An Introduction to Zen Buddhism

Source: An Introduction to Zen Buddhism

“In struggling with misfortunes lies the true proof of virtue.”

Lying Struggle Virtue Proof Misfortunes Fortitude

Book:Troilus and Cressida

Source: Troilus and Cressida