I am convinced that when Nietzsche came to Switzerland and went insane, it was not because of venereal disease, though he did have this disease. Rather, it was because he understood that insanity was the only philosophic answer if the infinite-personal God does not exist.


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A. A. MILNE
Don't underestimate the value of doing nothing, of just going along, listening to all the thing ...
A. A. MILNE
It is more fun to talk with someone who doesn't use long, difficult words but rather short, easy...
A. A. MILNE
The Old Testament is responsible for more atheism, agnosticism, disbelief - call it what you will - ...
A. A. MILNE
A clever conjurer is welcome anywhere, and those of us whose powers of entertainment are limited to ...
A. A. MILNE
Oh, help!” said Pooh. “I’d better go back.”
“Oh, bother!” said Pooh. “I shall hav...
MILNE, A. A.
How would it be,” said Pooh slowly, “if, as soon as we’re out of sight of this Pit, we try to ...
MILNE, A. A.
Promise me you'll always remember: You're braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and s...
A. A. MILNE
I am a Bear of Very Little Brain, and long words bother me.
A. A. MILNE
If one is to be called a liar, one may as well make an effort to deserve the name.
A. A. MILNE
For one person who dreams of making fifty thousand pounds, a hundred people dream of being left fift...
A. A. MILNE
"How long does getting thin take?" Pooh asked anxiously.
A. A. MILNE
My spelling is Wobbly. It's good spelling but it Wobbles, and the letters get in the wrong places.
A. A. MILNE
I have decided to catch a Heffalump.
A. A. MILNE
He is wise who knows the sources of knowledge - who knows who has written and where it is to be foun...
A. A. HODGE
The wind was against them now, and Piglet's ears streamed behind him like banners as he fought his w...
MILNE, A. A.
The trees taunt you; the sand mocks you; the water calls your name and they say golf is a quiet game
A. A. MILNE
An interesting thing about golf is that no matter how badly you play, it is always possible to get w...
A. A. MILNE
"When you wake up in the morning, Pooh," said Piglet at last, "what's the first thing you say to you...
A. A. MILNE
I'm giving him a Useful Pot to Keep Things In.
A. A. HODGE
How sweet to be a Cloud Floating in the Blue!
A. A. HODGE
You must never go down to the end of the town if you don't go down with me.
A. A. HODGE
No one truth is rightly held till it is clearly conceived and stated, and no single truth is adequat...
A. A. HODGE
It is easier to find a score of men wise enough to discover the truth than to find one intrepid enou...
A. A. HODGE
It's snowing still," said Eeyore gloomily. "So it is." "And freezing." "Is it?" "Yes," said Eeyore. ...
A. A. MILNE
Never forget me, because if I thought you would, I'd never leave.
A. A. MILNE
They're changing guard at Buckingham Palace - / Christopher Robin went down with Alice.
A. A. MILNE
'Supposing a tree fell down, Pooh, when we were underneath it?' 'Supposing it didn't,' said Pooh. Af...
A. A. MILNE
An Expedition to the North Pole.
A. A. HODGE
The more he looked inside the more Piglet wasn't there
A. A. MILNE
No doubt Jack the Ripper excused himself on the grounds that it was human nature.
A. A. MILNE
We can't all, and some just don't. That's all there is to it.
A. A. MILNE
Tiggers don't like honey.
A. A. MILNE
He respects Owl, because you can't help respecting anybody who can spell TUESDAY, even if he doesn't...
A. A. MILNE
Hush! Hush! Whisper who dares! [Christopher Robin is saying his prayers]
A. A. MILNE
Christopher Robin had a question to ask first, and he was wondering how to ask it."Well," he said at...
A. A. MILNE
The Old Testament is responsible for more atheism, agnosticism, disbelief-call it what you will-than...
A. A. MILNE
"When you wake up in the morning, Pooh," said Piglet at last, "what's the first thing you say to you...
A. A. MILNE
A church has no right to make anything a condition of membership which Christ has not made a conditi...
A. A. HODGE
Faith must have adequate evidence, else it is mere superstition.
A. A. HODGE
Whatever fortune brings, don't be afraid of doing things.
A. A. MILNE
For every minute spent in organizing, an hour is earned.
A. A. MILNE
How sweet to be a Cloud Floating in the Blue!
A. A. HODGE
A writer wants something more than money for his work: he wants permanence.
A. A. MILNE
No sensible author wants anything but praise.
A. A. MILNE
I gave up writing children's books. I wanted to escape from them as I had once wanted to escape ...
A. A. MILNE
Truth is the daughter of time, not of authority.
FRANCIS BACON
Religion has the right to express its opinion in the service of the people, but God in creation has ...
POPE FRANCIS
The worship of the golden calf of old has found a new and heartless image in the cult of money and t...
POPE FRANCIS
Woman is always fickle - foolish is he who trusts her.
FRANCIS I