I was dead for millions of years before I was born and it never inconvenienced me a bit.
-- Mark Twain (attributed: source unknown)
You can never find a Christian who has acquired this valuable knowledge, this saving knowledge, by any process but the everlasting and all-sufficient "people say."
-- Mark Twain, Autobiography
One of the proofs of the immortality of the soul is that myriads have believed in it. They have also believed the world was flat.
-- Mark Twain, Notebook (1900)
The gods offer no rewards for intellect. There was never one yet that showed any interest in it.
-- Mark Twain, Notebook
God's inhumanity to man makes countless thousands mourn.
-- Mark Twain, Notebook
Irreverence is another person's disrespect to your god; there isn't any word that tells what your disrespect to his god is.
-- Mark Twain, The Mysterious Stranger
A man is accepted into a church for what he believes and he is turned out for what he knows.
-- Mark Twain, quoted from Barbara Schmidt, ed., "Mark Twain Quotations, Newspaper Collections, & Related Resources"
2007-07-08 19:08:52 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
In religion and politics, people's beliefs and convictions are in almost every case gotten at second hand, and without examination. - Mark Twain
2007-07-08 19:22:15 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The only purpose for secrecy is to hide evil. Mark Twain was a Freemason and just as all secret societies do, Freemasonry hides much evil. God is not mocked.
2007-07-08 19:23:33 · answer #2 · answered by hisgloryisgreat 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Mark Twain was a very intelligent man.
2007-07-08 19:18:07 · answer #3 · answered by Sneaky Shoelace 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
particular, I agree. in spite of the incontrovertible fact that, there are some imperfections that are unforgivable. I became an adolescent whilst i became approximately 4, i think of. and that i became an grownup whilst i became approximately sixteen. And smart (in accordance to the quote) whilst i became 17. yet i can't bear in mind ever being a infant.
2016-09-29 08:41:21 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is a known fact that Samuel Clemens was Atheist. So All the quotes are likely true.
Kisses Betty B.
2007-07-08 19:22:01 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Not really. I think that they were made by an intelligent man who put a lot of thought into those words.
But still, I do not agree with most of them.
2007-07-08 19:19:35 · answer #6 · answered by ✡ 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
They are all written by a man. This man was a writer of fictional books.
2007-07-08 19:24:02 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
False qoutations. Good for entertainment of lonely minds but false on the essence of truthfulness.
jtm
2007-07-08 19:19:32 · answer #8 · answered by Jesus M 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
i like the Adventures of Tom Sawyer... but isn't he dead?
2007-07-08 19:23:19 · answer #9 · answered by smellsliketeenspirit 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Those were great quotes. I liked them all.
And I have to admit, I agree with them.
2007-07-08 19:18:25 · answer #10 · answered by Sapere Aude 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋