Books are masters who instruct us without rods or ferules, without words or anger, without bread or money. If you approach them, they are not asleep; If you seek them, they do not hide; If you blunder, they do not scold; if you are ignorant, they do not laugh at you.
I think there's a God and I know it's not me. I don't have a set of tenets, but I live an ethical life.