Quotes About Gods

I tell the gods are still alive / And they are not consoling.

We know all their gods; they ignore ours. What they call our sins are our gods, and what they call their gods, we name otherwise.

In the native world, major gods come in trios, duos, and groups. It is the habit of non-natives to discover the supreme being, the one and only head god, a habit lent to them by monotheism.

It is fear that first brought gods into the world.

Though thou loved her as thyself, As a self of purer clay, Tho' her parting dims the day, Stealing grace from all alive, Heartily know, When half-gods go, The gods arrive.

Ptah? son of ptooey? What is he god of spitting? i asked

The Three in One, the One in Three? Not so! To my own Gods I go. It may be they shall give me greater ease than your cold Christ and tangled Trinities.

Oh God, I just kissed a vampire!" Oh Gods, I just kissed a human!

If there were gods, how could I endure not to be a god? Therefore there are no gods.

But let me open up my heart to you completely, my friends: if there were gods, how could I bear not being a god! Hence, there areno gods. I drew this conclusion, to be sure--but now it draws me.

Precisely this is godliness--that there are gods, but no God.

One should only question gods where none but gods can reply.

I believe that there is a God, and coming from an African tradition, I believe also that there are gods.

The other gods were strong; but thou wast weak; they rode, but thou didst stumble to a throne; But to our wounds only God's wounds can speak, And not a god has wounds, but thou alone.

Even gods are following trends. They are afraid to be forgotten by their creators

All good fortune is a gift of the gods, and you don't win the favor of the ancient gods by being good, but by being bold.

Truth is the beginning of every good to the gods, and of every good to man.

No one is moral among the god-controlled puppets of the _Iliad_. Good and evil do not exist.

'What I believe' is a process rather than a finality. Finalities are for gods and governments, not for the human intellect.

Your smile is a gift of the gods.

The gods help them who help themselves.

that's me. ancient history." [Poseidon to Paul]

Sharing with Jupiter is never a dishonor.

Perfection belongs to the Gods; the most we can hope for is excellence.