Top 1200 Gods And Goddesses Quotes & Sayings - Page 2

It is not only that there is no hiding place for the gods from the searching telescope and microscope; there is no such society any more as the gods once supported.

If I were to believe in the stories of the of the gods, then the gods do not need mortals to defend them, do they?

Mystery has its own mysteries, and there are gods above gods. We have ours, they have theirs. That is what's known as infinity.

What gods are there, what gods have there ever been, that were not from man's imagination?

Though the favourites of the Gods die young, they also live eternally in the company of Gods

Become goddesses of disobedience.

The Indian gods are imposing, the Greek gods are not. Indeed they are not brave, not self-controlled, they have no manners, they are not gentlemen and ladies.

But it seems that something has happened that has never happened before; though we know not just when, or why, or how, or where. Men have left God not for gods, they say, but for no gods; and this has never happened before. That men both deny gods and worship gods, professing first Reason, and the money, and power, and what they call life, or race, or dialect.The church disowned, the tower overthrown, the bells upturned, what have we to do but stand with empty hands and palms upturned in an age which advances progressively backwards?

It is precisely that requirement of shared worship that has been the principal source of suffering for individual man and the human race since the beginning of history. In their efforts to impose universal worship, men have unsheathed their swords and killed one another. They have invented gods and challenged each other: "Discard your gods and worship mine or I will destroy both your gods and you!"

Salma is just one of the great goddesses ever put on this Earth.

Some gods may cross your path, but why should gods be beautiful? They could also be frightening.

Well, I think the Yoruba gods are truthful. Truthful in the sense that i consider religion and the construct of deities simply an extension of human qualities taken, if you like, to the nth degree. i mistrust gods who become so separated from humanity that enormous crimes can be committed in their names. i prefer gods who can be brought down to earth and judged, if you like.

There are gods, but there is no God; and all gods become devils eventually.

Ulysses was not comely, but he was eloquent, Yet he fired two goddesses of the sea with love

Love, the fairest among the undying gods, who loosens the limbs of all gods and men, conquers resolve and prudent counsel within the breast.

There must be real gods see, the painted gods how fair!

There is one god, greatest among gods and men, who bears no similarity to humans either in shape or thought... but humans believe that the gods are born like themselves, and that the gods wear clothes and have bodies like humans and speak in the same way... but if cows and horses or lions had hands or could draw with the hands and manufacture the things humans can make, then horses would draw the forms of gods like horses, cows like cows, and they would make the gods' bodies resemble those which each kind of animal had itself.

Mariah and Whitney Houston were my goddesses growing up.

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.

If there are any gods whose chief concern is man, they can't be very important gods.

There are only two types of women - goddesses and doormats.

When half-gods go The gods arrive.

For me, all mother in the world are my goddesses.

Since it is possible that thou mayest depart from life this very moment, regulate every act and thought accordingly. But to go away from among men, if there are gods, is not a thing to be afraid of, for the gods will not involve thee in evil; but if indeed they do not exist, or if they have no concern about human affairs, what is it to me to live in a universe devoid of gods or devoid of Providence? But Gods there are, undoubtedly, and they regard human affairs; and have put it wholly in our power, that we should not fall into what is truly evil.

The ancients could communicate with the gods in two ways. First, it was (and is) possible to go into a trance and visit the gods in their celestial retreats, as the great shamans have always done. More easily, and less dangerously, they could let the gods speak through code, that is, divination, using dice, entrails, bird patterns, yarrow sticks, cards.

But if the gods do not exist at all - then we are lost,' I said. On the contrary - we are found!' said Aesop. But when we are afraid, who can we turn to, if not the gods?' Ourselves. We turn to ourselves anyway. We only pretend there are gods and that they care about us. It is a comforting falsehood.

For me, there are two kinds of women - goddesses and doormats.

If I and my two children cannot move the gods, the gods must have their reasons.

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

The reality is today most of our political leaders want to be treated as gods and semi-gods, from the security details to the fuss around them and so on.

Man invented the gods. Then the gods went off on their own, but not far.

When we are stirred to lament the loss of the gods, it is more than likely the gods who are doing the stirring.

New York was the Promised Land growing up. Writers were gods! The great gods of American culture... I thought.

The girl had hoped for fog, but the gods ignored her prayers as gods so often did.

Away from God and gods did this will lure me: what would there be to create if gods existed?

We swallowed a few bites-not to much scince the food of the gods can burn you to ashes is you overindulge. I guess thats why you don't see many fat gods

In the beginning, the head of the Gods called a council of the Gods; and they came together and concocted a plan to create the world and people it.

The Gods have meant That I should dance And by the Gods I will!

The gods spend the wealth the universe gathers, they scan the wonders and fling them to nothingness. That's why they're the gods! I told you they were devils.

All gods are tricksters, and war gods worst of any.

The idea that we are the gods now, and we are doing things that our ancestors think are god-like is not a rhetorical question. You know what I mean? We really are as gods.

Who hearkens to the gods, the gods give ear.

The heads (Plural) of the Gods appointed one God for us; and when you take that view of the subject, it sets one free to see all the beauty, holiness and perfection of the Gods.

I'm not going to get involved in a debate with you. Just remember this: the gods give, and the gods take away. Even if you are not aware of having been granted what you posses, the gods remember what they gave you. They don't forget a thing. You should use the abilities you have been granted with the utmost care.

The object of all religious activity is to mingle the human and the non-human, and the lower gods represent that which is cast back to the human from the non-human - human gods merely, practice-gods who embody the errors which man makes in first conceiving the non-human.

When gods die, self-respect buds', murmured Orland Fank. 'Gods and their examples are not needed by those who respect themselves and, consequently, respect others. Gods are for children, for little, fearful people, for those who would have no responsibility to themselves or their fellows.

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

An old art spreading rumours about / Paradise, it begs outside the gates / Of the gods: the active gods come out.

Love, who is most beautiful among the immortal gods, the melter of limbs, overwhelms in their hearts the intelligence and wise counsel of all gods and all men.

...every study of the gods, of everyone's gods, is a revelation of vengeance towards the innocent.

Tragic heroes always moan when the gods take an interest in them, but it's the people the gods ignore who get the really tough deals

If the gods sent you to fight here, then the gods are fools.

I see murky visions of other gods and rival magic." That REALLY didn't sound good. "What do you mean?" I asked. "what OTHER GODS?" "I don't know, Sadie. But Egypt has always faced challenges from outside –– magicians from elsewhere, even gods from elsewhere. Just be vigilant." ~Ruby & Sadie Kane about...? Possibly Greeks?

Fear is the mother of all gods ... Nature does all things spontaneously, by herself, without the meddling of the gods.

After months of want and hunger, we suddenly found ourselves able to have meals fit for the gods, and with appetites the gods might have envied.

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.

If lightning is the anger of the gods, then the gods are concerned mostly about trees.

The Olympic games should be a matter between individual athletes and the gods. Noisy flag-waving dishonors gods and men alike.

There were a lot of gods. Gods always come in handy, they justify almost anything.

For we must not build temples according to the same rules to all gods alike, since the performance of the sacred rites varies with the various gods.