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- Rincewind shivered. He was not, of course, an atheist; on the Disc the gods dealt severely with atheists. On the few occasions when he had…
- In ancient times cats were worshipped as gods; they have not forgotten this.
- He was the sort of person who stood on mountaintops during thunderstorms in wet copper armour shouting 'All the Gods are bastards.'
- Most gods throw dice, but Fate plays chess, and you don't find out til too late that he's been playing with two queens all along.
- Gods prefer simple, vicious games, where you Do Not Achieve Transcendence but Go Straight To Oblivion; a key to the understanding of all religion is…
- He says gods like to see an atheist around. Gives them something to aim at.
- If complete and utter chaos was lightning, then he'd be the sort to stand on a hilltop in a thunderstorm wearing wet copper armour and…
- Even the blind and meek and voiceless have gods.
- Watching a dog try to chew a large piece of toffee is a pastime fit for gods. Mr. Fusspot's mixed ancestry had given him a…
- It's beautiful," said Mort softly. "What is it?" THE SUN IS UNDER THE DISC, said Death. "Is it like this every night?" EVERY NIGHT, said…
- Gods don't like people not doing much work. People who aren't busy all the time might start to think.
- On the Disc, the Gods aren't so much worshipped, as they are blamed.
- It was all very well going on about pure logic and how the universe was ruled by logic and the harmony of numbers, but the…
- No it's not!" said Constable Visit. "Atheism is a denial of a god." "Therefore It Is A Religious Position," said Dorfl. "Indeed, A True Atheist…
- Wizards don't believe in gods in the same way that most people don't find it necessary to believe in, say, tables. They know they're there,…
- Belief sloshes around in the firmament like lumps of clay spiralling into a potter's wheel. That's how gods get created, for example. They clearly must…
- Gods play games with the fates of men. But first they have to get all the pieces on the board and look all over the…
- 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
- It is said that whomsoever the gods wish to destroy, they first make mad. In fact, whomsoever the gods wish to destroy, they first hand…
- On the Disc the gods dealt severely with atheists.
- I don't hold with paddlin' with the occult," said Granny firmly. "Once you start paddlin' with the occult you start believing in spirits, and when…
- Building a temple didn't mean you believed in gods, it just meant you believed in architecture.
- Creators aren't gods. They make places, which is quite hard. It's men that make gods. This explains a lot.
- It's hard to explain," said Brutha. "But I think it's got something to do with how people should behave... you should do things because they're…
- Most witches don’t believe in gods. They know that the gods exist, of course. They even deal with them occasionally. But they don’t believe in…
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- A tyrant must put on the appearance of uncommon devotion to religion. Subjects are less apprehensive of illegal treatment from a ruler… — Aristotle
- Men create gods after their own image, not only with regard to their form but with regard to their mode of life. — Aristotle
- The gods too are fond of a joke. — Aristotle
- All the lessons of history in four sentences: Whom the gods would destroy, they first make mad with power. The mills of… — Charles A. Beard
- Of all the gods only death does not desire gifts. — Aeschylus
- Who apart from the gods is without pain for his whole lifetime's length? — Aeschylus
- Who, except the gods, can live time through forever without any pain? — Aeschylus
- Heathenism is a state of mind. You can take it that I'm referring to one who does not see his world. He… — David Bowie
- Two thousand years ago, we lived in a world of Gods and Goddesses. Today, we live in a world solely of Gods.… — Dan Brown
- When I investigate and when I discover that the forces of the heavens and the planets are within ourselves, then truly I… — Leon Battista Alberti
- And so there is no God but has been in the loins of past gods. — Samuel Butler
- Even the most malignant gods would not continue to inflict life upon humanity, time without end. — Taylor Caldwell