Quotes About Godhood

There are many ways of attaining godhood, say teachers of religion. Acharya Rajneesh disagrees and says there is only one way, and sexual intercourse is the first step towards it. He maintains that religion as it is practised, is false, and its propagators are agents of Satan. They have degraded love and taught us the negation of life. The philosophy of religion has always been death-oriented instead of being life-oriented.

How could a man become a god? Nell asked. By living in an extremely pragmatic society, said Constable Moore after some thought

Dorothea: What the fuck are you? Nix: A man who wanted to be a God...then changed his mind.

And Bear absolutely refused to eat humans while they were still alive, with the feeble excuse that when they weren't dead they made too much noise and moved around too much. To Yaga, that was just another proof of Bear's laziness. Godhood was assigned to the most unworthy people.

calling a man a god did not elevate the man, it only diminished the idea of godhood.

I'm only a god, Vanya, not an expert.

Having raised humanity above the beastly level of survival struggles, we will now aim to upgrade humans into gods and turn Homo sapiens into Homo deus.

But to be God—which of course meant to have been God all along—he had to justify every event in his past, define every action in terms that made it consistent with godhood…there could no longer be any incidents that were too uncomfortable to remember.

Little fish risking everything for a piece of godhood...and not knowing heaven from hell, even when they find it.

Palmer Eldritch had gone to Prox a man and returned a god.

She wants you to be a god,' I told him. 'I know.' His face twisted with embarrassment, and in spite of itself my heart lightened. It was such a boyish response. And so human. Parents, everywhere.

I did not walk as a mortal walks, but as a god, and the miles fell away beneath my feet.

Do you want to be a god?" It was easier this time. "Not yet," he said. A tightness I had not known was there eased a little. I would not lose him yet.

Dear me! I must be turning into a god.

According to Suetonius, Vespasian continued his down-to-earth line in self-deprecating wit right up until his last words: 'Oh dear, I think I'm becoming a god …