William B. Hurlbut famous quotes

Sometimes I have wondered whether life wouldn't be much more amusing if we were all devils, and no nonsense about angels and being good.
-- William B. Hurlbut

#Angel #Devil #Sometimes

What is a Person? is a clear and comprehensive reconsideration of the meaning of human personhood as the central core of social structures. With breadth of intellect and balance of wisdom, Smith resets the frame of reflection for the most important discussions of the twenty-first century.
-- William B. Hurlbut

#Reflection #Balance #Important

I've been cursed for delving into the mysteries of life. Perhaps death is sacred, and I've profaned it. Oh, what a wonderful vision it was. I dreamed of being the first to give to the world the secret that God is so jealous of, the formula for life. Think of the power, to create a man. And I did, I did it, I created a man. And who knows, in time I could have trained him to do my will. I could have bred a race, I might even have found the secret of eternal life.
-- William B. Hurlbut

#Life #Jealous #Power

You think I'm mad. Perhaps I am.
-- William B. Hurlbut

#Thinking #Mad #Madness

Un-winged and naked, sorrow surrenders its crown to a throne called grace.

Ah, woman. She is an enigma. An anomaly of perfection & irony. She can lure angels into her arms & give birth to a nation of ideologies.

Christ has made my soul beautiful with the jewels of grace and virtue. I belong to Him Whom the Angels serve.

She was my sacred angel that I could never violate. Reira was my sanctuary. I needed something solid like that in this dirty, disappointing world.

The devil gives the best first and the worst last, but the Lord saves the best for last.

Twitter is the Devil's playground.

Man can hardly even recognize the devils of his own creation.

I was not content to believe in a personal devil and serve him, in the ordinary sense of the word. I wanted to get hold of him personally and become his chief of staff.

We can cry for years but sometimes gotta smile too.

Not every song has to be about love and tenderness, sometimes you have those strictly physical feelings for somebody and it's okay to have those feelings.