Quotes About Gods

The gods to each ascribe a differing lot: Some enter at the portal. Some do not!

But, slow learner, I'm beginning to trust that the gods are not going to snatch my firstborn if I happen to enjoy my life.

Do you want me to say that men create gods to enforce their definitions of good and evil?

Men looked at their gods and their rituals and saw that both were filled with that most terrible of all equations: fear over ambition.

Even the seemingly immortal gods survive only as long as they are required by mortal men.

How persistent it is, this demand that our gods be perfect. The Greeks were much more reasonable about such things.

We don't need any more Atreides gods! We need a space for some humanity!

All gods have this problem, Hwi. In the perception of deeper needs, I must often ignore the immediate ones. Not addressing immediate needs is an offense to the young. Could you not reason with her and... Never attempt to reason with people who know they are right!

They were permitted their illusions. What a comfort. You could pretend your life was forever, that tomorrow would be better, that the gods in their heavens watched you with care. She recoiled from this lapse with disgust at herself. The unclouded eye was better, no matter what it saw.

They were permitted their illusions. What a comfort. You could pretend your life was forever, that tomorrow would be better, that the gods in their heavens watched you with care.

One of the faceless gods produced a thundering whisper in Dasein's skull: "This is my commandment given unto you: A poor man cannot afford principles and a rich man doesn't need them.

Better than worshiping gods is obedience to the laws of righteousness.

Thank the Gods! My misery exceeds all my hopes!

I'm in 'Gods of Egypt.' It was CGI on a level that I've never encountered. You're in a blue environment on a mirrored floor because that's going to be looking like Ra the Sun God's boat. In the studio, it was like I was in a Robert Lepage theatrical piece.

If you look at the mythology of aliens, there's a lot about gold. It's about them coming for gold; whether that's a simplification or not. If you think of 'Chariot of the Gods,' there's this reoccurring theme of gold.

I'm going back to sacrifice myself to the gods of residency in two days. They'll chew me up and spit me out. Those chief residents are ruthless and they want revenge for what was done to them when they were the little guys.

If there is no sacred order, then the original promise of the serpent in the Garden of Eden—"[Y]e shall be as gods"—is the foundational principle of the new culture.

A nation's gods, its heroes, its villains, its landmarks, its art, its music, its holidays—all these things are part of its cultural memory.

in the Eastern Harbour of Alexandria. These include statues of Egyptian gods

The fearful happenings of the second game need not be lingered over, being now as well known as the circumstances surrounding the fall of Troy. Until the gods began their heavy-handed meddling, it was a fine, fast game, with the Dodgers having somewhat the better of it.

The battle with the gods thus hinges on our own mortality! Creativity is a yearning for immortality.

May, if man had access to God he would try to tap Him for power . . . what a source of energy! Who can deny that since the dawn of history, mankind's fascination with gods, and God has been above all a fascination with power?

Visions from the gods are gifts alone for those who wander.

The world is not composed of religious and non-religious people. It is composed rather of religious people who have differing ultimate concerns, different gods, and who respond to the Living God in different ways.