Samuel Butler may refer to:
There is nothing so unthinkable as thought, unless it be the entire absence of thought.
He dons are too busy educating the young men to be able to teach them anything.
The healthy stomach is nothing if it is not conservative. Few radicals have good digestions.
The one serious conviction that a man should have is that nothing is to be taken too seriously.
God as now generally conceived of is only the last witch.
The foundations which we would dig about and find are within us, like the kingdom of heaven, rather than without.
Mr. Tennyson has said that more things are wrought by prayer than this world dreams of, but he wisely refrains from saying whether they are good or bad things.
Any fool can paint a picture, but it takes a wise man to be able to sell it.
An obstinate man does not hold opinions, but they hold him; for when he is once possessed with an error, it is, like a devil, only cast out with great difficulty.
All animals, except man, know that the principal business of life is to enjoy it.
Life is not an exact science, it is an art.
Let every man be true and every god a liar.
A man's friendships are, like his will, invalidated by marriage - but they are also no less invalidated by the marriage of his friends.
How often do we not see children ruined through the virtues, real or supposed, of their parents?
Creativity is so delicate a flower that praise tends to make it bloom, while discouragement often nips it in the bud.
He that complies against his will, Is of his own opinion still.
It is tact that is golden, not silence.
Theist and atheist: the fight between them is as to whether God shall be called God or shall have some other name.
Christ: I dislike him very much. Still, I can stand him. What I cannot stand is the wretched band of people whose profession is to hoodwink us about him.
There is nothing which at once affects a man so much and so little as his own death.