"God and the Devil are an effort after specialization and the division of labor." ― Samuel Butler Topic(s): Birthday Tags: devil More From Samuel Butler "Self-preservation is the first law of nature." "You can do very little with faith, but you can do nothing without it." "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." More In Birthday "The summer of 2002 at the Wilson birthday party I met Van Dyke again and I made plans to have dinner with him."― Matthew Sweet "You know you’re getting old when you get that one candle on the cake. It’s like, ‘See if you can blow this out.’"― Jerry Seinfeld "May we not succumb to thoughts of violence and revenge today, but rather to thoughts of mercy and compassion. We are to love our enemies that they might be returned to their right minds."― Marianne Williamson