Quotes About Gods

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Aucune loi n'oblige les dieux à être justes, Achille, reprit Chiron. Et après tout, peut-être que l'ultime chagrin consiste à se retrouver seul sur terre une fois que l'autre est parti.

The battles rent the skies: the air itself burned, and gods clawed the flesh from each other's bones.

For me, the Greek gods reflect what happens to humans when we see only ourselves and our own needs.

You have eked out ten more years of life, and I'm glad for you...You have made a fair run of blocking fate's path. But you cannot do it forever. The gods will not let you.

There is no law that gods must be fair, Achilles," Chiron said. "And perhaps it is the greater grief, after all, to be left on earth when another is gone. Do you think?" "Perhaps," Achilles admitted.

But why did the madness come?" "The gods wished to punish him," Chiron answered.

There was a quality to her that is hard to describe, a fervency, a heat that went to your head. I had expected her to be beautiful, for she walked like a queen of the gods, but it was an odd beauty, not like my mother's or sister's. Each of her features alone was nothing, her nose too sharp, her chin over-strong. Yet together they made a whole like the heart of a flame. You could not look away.

Its king, Peleus, was one of those men whom the gods love: not divine himself, but clever, brave, handsome, and excelling all his peers in piety.

En los cuentos, los dioses tienen el poder de demorar el curso de la luna a su voluntad para que una noche tenga la duración de varias. Así fue aquella noche, había una lluvia de horas que jamás parecía acabar, y nosotros las bebimos con ansia, sedientos después de todas las semanas que habíamos estado separados.

There is no law that gods must be fair,

Lassù le costellazioni ruotano e tramontano. La mia natura divina sfolgora in me come gli ultimi raggi di sole prima di tuffarsi nel mare. Un tempo pensavo che gli dèi fossero opposti alla morte, ma adesso vedo che sono più morti che altro, poiché sono immutabili, e non possono trattenere nulla nelle mani. Per tutta la vita mi sono sempre spinta avanti, e adesso eccomi qui.

I should have known better than to call upon the gods.

There is no law that gods must be fair, Achilles," Chiron said. "And perhaps it is the greater grief, after all, to be left on earth, when another is gone. Do you think?

We were all there, goddess and mortal and the boy who was both.

Next time you're going to defy the gods, do it for a better reason.

Phoenix sends a man out, a diver, to look for her body, but he does not find it. Maybe her gods are kinder than ours, and she will find rest. I would give my life again to make it so.

Byli?my jak bogowie u zarania ?wiata, a nasza rado?? by?a tak promienna, ?e nie widzieli?my niczego poza sob? nawzajem.

Cite um herói que tenha sido feliz. Não conseguiria. — Não, não conseguiria. — Sei disso. Os deuses não permitem que sejamos famosos e felizes. Vou lhe contar um segredo. — Conte-me. — Eu serei o primeiro. Jure. — Por que eu devo jurar? — Porque você é a razão.

How many times would I have to learn? Every moment of my peace was a lie, for it came only at the gods' pleasure.

I looked down at his thick, black hair, shining in the sunset light, his strong shoulders bowing low. This is what all those gods in our halls longed for, such worship. I thought perhaps he had not done it right, or more likely, I had not. All I wanted was to see his face again.

Centuries had passed. The earth's wounds had healed and the peace had held. But the grudges of gods are as deathless as their flesh...

No passado, já pensei que os deuses eram o contrário da morte, mas agora vejo que estão mais mortos que tudo, pois são imutáveis e não conseguem segurar nada nas mãos.

Jung's own constructive practice was to reconnect the individual "with the gods" – that is, with the collective archetypes of the unconscious – so that the healing transcendent function could come into play.