--- title: "1 Gods Immortal Quotes By Bernard Knox" description: "1 Gods Immortal quotes by Bernard Knox. Plus more from Bernard Knox and more Gods Immortal sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/05b/bernard-knox-71403_classics_zeus-in-his-sphere-of-power-aphrodite-in_3057378.jpg" --- > [“Zeus in his sphere of power, Aphrodite in hers, are irresistible. To be a god is to be totally absorbed in the exercise of one's own power, the fulfillment of one's own nature, unchecked by any thought of others except…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernard-knox/zeus-in-his-sphere-of-power-aphrodite-in-hers-are-irresistible-to-be/) Bernard Knox [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/05b/bernard-knox-71403_classics_zeus-in-his-sphere-of-power-aphrodite-in_3057378.jpg) ## More by Bernard Knox > [“Hell hath no fury like a goddess scorned”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernard-knox/hell-hath-no-fury-like-a-goddess-scorned/) Bernard Knox > [“Everywhere in Homer's saga of the rage of Achilles and the battles before Troy we are made conscious at one and the same time…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernard-knox/everywhere-in-homer-s-saga-of-the-rage-of-achilles-and-the-battles/) Bernard Knox > [“If through no fault of his own the hero is crushed by a bulldozer in Act II, we are not impressed. Even though life…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernard-knox/if-through-no-fault-of-his-own-the-hero-is-crushed-by-a-bulldozer-in/) Bernard Knox > [“Zeus in his sphere of power, Aphrodite in hers, are irresistible. To be a god is to be totally absorbed in the exercise of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernard-knox/zeus-in-his-sphere-of-power-aphrodite-in-hers-are-irresistible-to-be/) Bernard Knox ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/gods-immortal/bernard-knox/#itemlist", "name": "1 Gods Immortal Quotes By Bernard Knox", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Zeus in his sphere of power, Aphrodite in hers, are irresistible. To be a god is to be totally absorbed in the exercise of one's own power, the fulfillment of one's own nature, unchecked by any thought of others except as obstacles to be overcome; it is to be incapable of self questioning or self-criticism. But there are human beings who are like this. Preeminent in their particular sphere of power, they impose their will on others with the confidence, the unquestioning certainty of their own right and worth that is characteristic of gods. Such people the Greeks called \"heroes\"; they recognized the fact that they transcended the norms of humanity by according them worship at their tombs after death. Heroes might be, usually were, violent, antisocial, destructive, but they offered an assurance that in some chosen vessels humanity is capable of superhuman greatness, that there are some human beings who can deny the imperative which others obey in order to live. The heroes are godlike in their passionate self-esteem. But they are not gods, not immortal. They are subject, like the rest of us, to failure, above all to the irremediable failure of death. 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