The dissolution of the nation destroys the national religion, and dethrones the national deity.William Robertson SmithDeityNationalismReligion Share this
Every god-man created his own god: and there is no worse enmity on earth than that between gods.Friedrich NietzscheConflictDeityReligion Share this
The gods gave man fire and he invented fire engines. They gave him love and he invented marriage.Mary QuantDeityInnovationRelationship Share this
A god that does not manifest in reality is indistinguishable from a god that does not exist.Matt DillahuntyDeityExistenceManifestation Share this
Man is certainly crazy. He could not make a mite, and he makes gods by the dozen.Michel de MontaigneCreationDeityHubris Share this
Krishna is God, so He’s absolute: His name, His form, prasadam, it’s all Him.George HarrisonDeityIdentityOneness Share this
Physical science has taught us to associate Deity with the normal rather than with the abnormal.William Edward Hartpole LeckyDeityNormalcyScience Share this
The deity is within you, not in ideas and books. Truth is lived, not taught.Hermann HesseDeityTruth Share this
I wish sometimes that the gods would either choose better, or make their wishes clearerJacqueline CareyAmbiguityDeityFrustration Share this
A religion can no more afford to degrade its Devil than to degrade its God.Havelock EllisBeliefDeityEquality Share this
We inspire friendship in men when we have contracted friendship with the gods.Henry David ThoreauDeityFriendshipInspiration Share this
God is a being who gives everything but punishment in over measure.Henry Ward BeecherDeityGenerosityJustice Share this
The wise is one only. It is unwilling and willing to be called by the name of Zeus.HeraclitusDeityIdentityWisdom Share this
People are too apt to treat God as if he were a minor royalty.Herbert Beerbohm TreeDeityRespectReverence Share this
Never invoke the gods unless you really want them to appear. It annoys them very much.Gilbert K. ChestertonCautionDeityRespect Share this
A deity who remains silent and invisible should not get angry or surprised at doubt of his reality.Graham KendallDeityDoubtReligion Share this
God existed before He made anything else, and He Himself was never made. God is eternal.Greg KouklCreationDeityEternity Share this
If a flower had a God it would not be a transcendental flower but a field.Alan WattsDeityExistenceNature Share this
The Gods do not protect fools. Fools are protected by more capable fools.Larry NivenDeityProtectionWisdom Share this
The question is not is there a God, but is there anything else except God?John TempletonDeityExistenceSpirituality Share this
Jehovah created the earth and therefore it is his by right of creation.Joseph Franklin RutherfordCreationDeityOwnership Share this
Man’s responsibility increases as that of the gods decreases.Andre GideDeityPowerResponsibility Share this
The true master knows that if he had a God he could understand, he would never hold Him to be God.Andrew DavidsonDeityHumilityMystery Share this
To get what you want, you have to deserve what you want. Charlie Munger Achievement Deserving Success
Lying is the only art form that the public sanctions and instinctively prefers to reality. Jean Cocteau Deception Perception Reality
Whatever the world condemns you for, make it your own. It is yourself. Jean Cocteau Identity Individuality Rebellion
The liabilities are always 100 percent good. It’s the assets you have to worry about. Charlie Munger Worry
It’s stupid the way people extrapolate the past — and not slightly stupid, but massively stupid. Charlie Munger Criticism Past Stupidity