Gods Quotes

It is the privilege of the gods to want nothing, and of godlike men to want little.

Fate is never too generous even to its favorites. Rarely do the gods grant a mortal more than one immortal deed.

The thing about playing gods, whether you're playing Thor and Loki or Greco Roman gods or Indian gods or characters in any mythology, the reason that gods were invented was because they were basically larger versions of ourselves.

Never invoke the gods unless you really want them to appear. It annoys them very much.

During my life I have seen, known, and lost too much to be the prey of vain dread; and, as for the hope of immortality, I am as weary of that as I am of gods and kings. For my own sake only I write this; and herein I differ from all other writers, past and to come.

Mother goddesses are just as silly a notion as father gods. If a revival of the myths of these cults gives woman emotional satisfaction, it does so at the price of obscuring the real conditions of life. This is why they were invented in the first place.

Plant diseases, drought, desolation, despair were recurrent catastrophes during the ages - and the ancient remedies: supplications to supernatural spirits or gods.

Old myths, old gods, old heroes have never died. They are only sleeping at the bottom of our mind, waiting for our call. We have need for them. They represent the wisdom of our race.

No man who is not willing to help himself has any right to apply to his friends, or to the gods.

From this entertainment industry, may the gods of language protect us.

Who, except the gods, can live time through forever without any pain?

Men create the gods in their own image.

Art is the final cunning of the human soul which would rather do anything than face the gods.

Pride is still aiming at the best houses: Men would be angels, angels would be gods. Aspiring to be gods, if angels fell; aspiring to be angels men rebel.

Those whom the gods love grow young.

Humor distorts nothing, and only false gods are laughed off their earthly pedestals.

Even the most malignant gods would not continue to inflict life upon humanity, time without end.

It is convenient that there be gods, and, as it is convenient, let us believe there are.

If there are signs that Americans bow to the gods of advertising, there are equally indications that people find the gods ridiculous. It is part of the popular culture that advertisements are silly.

I do not concern myself with gods and spirits either good or evil nor do I serve any.

I should be soaring away with my head tilted slightly toward the gods, feeding on the caviar of Shakespeare. An actor must act.

Let us be silent, that we may hear the whispers of the gods.

Well, I turn people into human beings by not making them into gods.

I've been an atheist since I was nine years old. And my mom is really religious, so we have a strange relationship. But if my mother was right, what would be the reason that the gods could let anything bad happen in the world?

Why do you think the old stories tell of men who set out on great journeys to impress the gods? Because trying to impress people just isn't worth the time and effort.

Leave the rest to the gods.

If men cease to believe that they will one day become gods then they will surely become worms.

A tyrant must put on the appearance of uncommon devotion to religion. Subjects are less apprehensive of illegal treatment from a ruler whom they consider god-fearing and pious. On the other hand, they do less easily move against him, believing that he has the gods on his side.

Ultimately a hero is a man who would argue with the gods, and so awakens devils to contest his vision. The more a man can achieve, the more he may be certain that the devil will inhabit a part of his creation.

A civilization is destroyed only when its gods are destroyed.