Man's nature, so to speak, is a perpetual factory of idols.

Build a man a fire and he will be warm for a day; set him on fire and he will be warm for the rest of his life.

No man is excluded from calling upon God, the gate of salvation is set open unto all men: neither is there any other thing which keepeth us back from entering in, save only our own unbelief

Man's mind is like a store of idolatry and superstition; so much so that if a man believes his own mind it is certain that he will forsake God and forge some idol in his own brain.

a little fat man with a notebook in his hand,

Retired life's good, man.