“For Heaven's sake, send help! There's a man trying to get into my room and the door's locked!”
Donald McGill (1875–1962) British artist
The Independent, September 8, 2006. http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/this_britain/article1372035.ece.
“The main object of religion is not to get a man into heaven, but to get heaven into him.”
<p>This quote can be traced to two authors, in books published within the same year:</p><p>1) Rev. Edward John Hardy, known as E.J. Hardy (1849-1920), How to Be Happy Though Civil: A Book on Manners (New York, Scribners, 1909), ch. VI: A Christian Gentleman;
2) John Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury, Peace and Happiness (Macmillan, 1909), ch. XV: Religion</p>
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