Quotes

" If God listened to the prayers of men, all men would quickly have perished: for they are forever praying for evil against one another." " If thou wilt make a man happy, add not unto his riches but take away from his desires." "It is folly for a man to pray to the gods for that which he has the power to obtain by himself." "Riches do not exhilarate us so much with their possession as they torment us with their loss." "You don't develop courage by being happy in your relationships everyday. You develop it by surviving difficult times and challenging adversity." "Is God willing to prevent evil, but not able? Then he is not omnipotent. Is he able, but not willing? Then he is malevolent. Is he both able and willing? Then whence cometh evil? Is he neither able nor willing? Then why call him God?" "Vain is the word of a philosopher by whom no suffering is cured."