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Walter M. Miller Jr. quotes: The trouble with being a priest was that you eventually had to take the advice you gave to others.

The trouble with being a priest was that you eventually had to take the advice you gave to others.

Walter M. Miller Jr. quotes: Are we doomed to it, Lord, chained to the pendulum of our own mad clockwork, helpless to halt its swing?

Are we doomed to it, Lord, chained to the pendulum of our own mad clockwork, helpless to halt its swing?

Walter M. Miller Jr. quotes: One should be embarrassed to speak of God in the third person.

One should be embarrassed to speak of God in the third person.

Walter M. Miller Jr. quotes: That's where all of us are standing now, he thought. On the fat kindling of past sins.

That's where all of us are standing now, he thought. On the fat kindling of past sins.

Walter M. Miller Jr. quotes: It is not what you meant to say, but it is what your saying meant.

It is not what you meant to say, but it is what your saying meant.

Walter M. Miller Jr. quotes: Probing the womb of the future is bad for the child.

Probing the womb of the future is bad for the child.

Walter M. Miller Jr. quotes: The dead must humor the mourners, he thought, and the sick must comfort the visitors. It was always so.

The dead must humor the mourners, he thought, and the sick must comfort the visitors. It was always so.

Walter M. Miller Jr. quotes: When you tire of living, change itself seems evil, does it not? for then any change at all disturbs the deathlike peace of the life-weary.

When you tire of living, change itself seems evil, does it not? for then any change at all disturbs the deathlike peace of the life-weary.

Walter M. Miller Jr. quotes: It is said that water is for cattle and farmers, that milk is for children and blood for men.

It is said that water is for cattle and farmers, that milk is for children and blood for men.

Walter M. Miller Jr. quotes: If you try to save wisdom until the world is wise, Father, the world will never have it.

If you try to save wisdom until the world is wise, Father, the world will never have it.

Walter M. Miller Jr. quotes: Because a doubt is not a denial. Doubt is a powerful tool, and it should be applied to history.

Because a doubt is not a denial. Doubt is a powerful tool, and it should be applied to history.

Walter M. Miller Jr. quotes: Science Fiction has always attracted more talented writers than it could reward adequately.

Science Fiction has always attracted more talented writers than it could reward adequately.

Walter M. Miller Jr. quotes: But neither infinite power nor infinite wisdom could bestow godhood upon men. For that there would have to be infinite love as well.

But neither infinite power nor infinite wisdom could bestow godhood upon men. For that there would have to be infinite love as well.

Walter M. Miller Jr. quotes: Nature imposes nothing on you that Nature doesn't prepare you to bear.

Nature imposes nothing on you that Nature doesn't prepare you to bear.

Walter M. Miller Jr. quotes: He did not like saying it. To communicate a fact seemed always to lend it fuller existence.

He did not like saying it. To communicate a fact seemed always to lend it fuller existence.

Walter M. Miller Jr. quotes: It never was any better, it never will be any better. It will only be richer or poorer, sadder but not wiser, until the very last day.

It never was any better, it never will be any better. It will only be richer or poorer, sadder but not wiser, until the very last day.

Walter M. Miller Jr. quotes: In divinity opposites are always reconciled.

In divinity opposites are always reconciled.

Walter M. Miller Jr. quotes: To abuse the intellect for reasons of pride, vanity, or escape from responsibility, is the fruit of that same tree.

To abuse the intellect for reasons of pride, vanity, or escape from responsibility, is the fruit of that same tree.

Walter M. Miller Jr. quotes: When there was fear, men huddled in small groups and counted their friends on their fingers, and all else was Foe.

When there was fear, men huddled in small groups and counted their friends on their fingers, and all else was Foe.

Walter M. Miller Jr. quotes: For Man was a culture-bearer as well as a soul-bearer, but his cultures were not immortal and they could die with a race or an age ...

For Man was a culture-bearer as well as a soul-bearer, but his cultures were not immortal and they could die with a race or an age ...

Walter M. Miller Jr. quotes: I'm not so sure he's mad, Father. Just a little devious in his sanity.

I'm not so sure he's mad, Father. Just a little devious in his sanity.

Walter M. Miller Jr. quotes: I mean Jesus never asked a man to do a damn thing that Jesus didn't do.

I mean Jesus never asked a man to do a damn thing that Jesus didn't do.

Walter M. Miller Jr. quotes: Why do you take delight in leaping to such a wild conjecture from so fragile a springboard?

Why do you take delight in leaping to such a wild conjecture from so fragile a springboard?

Walter M. Miller Jr. quotes: Bless me Father, I ate a lizard.

Bless me Father, I ate a lizard.

Walter M. Miller Jr. quotes: You don't have a soul, Doctor. You are a soul. You have a body, temporarily.

You don't have a soul, Doctor. You are a soul. You have a body, temporarily.

Walter M. Miller Jr. quotes: Soon the sun will set'- is that prophecy? No, it's merely an assertion of faith in the consistency of events.

Soon the sun will set'- is that prophecy? No, it's merely an assertion of faith in the consistency of events.

Walter M. Miller Jr. quotes: The trouble with the world is me.

The trouble with the world is me.

Walter M. Miller Jr. quotes: The mourner does not pity the dead . He pities himself for having lost the living .

The mourner does not pity the dead . He pities himself for having lost the living .

Walter M. Miller Jr. quotes: Ask for an omen, then stone it when it comes de essentia hominum.

Ask for an omen, then stone it when it comes
de essentia hominum.

Walter M. Miller Jr. quotes: What I impose, I must accept.

What I impose, I must accept.