Deity Quotes

233 quotes by 180 authors

If ever you come upon a grove of ancient trees which have grown to an exceptional height, shutting out a view of sky by a… — Seneca the Younger
I know that in many things I am not like others, but I do not know what I really am like. Man cannot compare himself… — Carl Jung
Physical science has taught us to associate Deity with the normal rather than with the abnormal. — William Edward Hartpole Lecky
Music religious heat inspires, It wakes the soul, and lifts it high, And wings it with sublime desires, And fits it to bespeak the Deity. — Joseph Addison
How happy he whose toil Has o'er his languid pow'rless limbs diffus'd A pleasing lassitude; he not in vain Invokes the gentle Deity of dreams.… — John Armstrong
See, here's a shadow found; the human nature Is made th' umbrella to the Deity, To catch the sunbeams of thy just Creator; Beneath this… — Francis Quarles
The way we see the world shapes the way we treat it. If a mountain is a deity, not a pile of ore; if a… — David Suzuki
The explanation of types of structure in classes - as resulting from the will of the Deity, to create animals on certain plans - is… — Charles Darwin
While brother Joseph was referring to the provinces of God, I was led to reflect that there is no act, no principle, no power belonging… — Brigham Young
The principle of love within us is an attribute of the Deity, and it is placed within us to be dispensed independently according to our… — Brigham Young
As I toiled up the Mount of Olives, in the very footsteps of Christ, panting with the heat and the difficult ascent, I found it… — Bayard Taylor
We should worship as though the deity were present. — Confucius
Unbroken Evolution under uniform conditions pleased every one -- except curates and bishops; it was the very best substitute for religion; a safe, conservative practical,… — Henry Adams
The hymns of David, the plays of Shakespeare, the metaphysics of Descartes, the crimes of Borgia, the virtues of Antonine, the atheism of yesterday and… — Henry Adams
I have never felt comfortable around people who talk about their feelings for Jesus, or any other deity for that matter, because they are usually… — Hunter S. Thompson
Prosperity is only an instrument to be used, not a deity to be worshipped. — Calvin Coolidge
God does not die on the day when we cease to believe in a personal deity, but we die on the day when our lives… — Dag Hammarskjold
Hell is an outrage on humanity. When you tell me that your deity made you in his image, I reply that he must have been… — Victor Hugo
The proper study of mankind is man in his relation to his deity. — D. H. Lawrence
A belief in God is vitally important, not just in show business, but stability in life. You know, to recognize deity is the most important… — Donny Osmond

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