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Gods Quotes by Xenophanes
- If oxen and lions had hands and could paint with their hands and produce works of art, as men do, horses would paint the forms…
- Ethiopians imagine their gods as black and snub-nosed; Thracians blue-eyed and red-haired. But if horses or lions had hands, or could draw and fashion works…
- In the beginning the gods did not at all reveal all things clearly to mortals, but by searching men in the course of time find…
- If cows and horses had hands and could draw, cows would draw gods that look like cows and horses would draw gods that look like…
- The Gods did not reveal, from the beginning, all things to us, but in the course of time through seeking we may learn & know…
- Men always makes gods in their own image.
- God is one, greatest of gods and men, not like mortals in body or thought.
- The Ethiopians say that their gods are snub-nosed and black the Thracians that theirs have light blue eyes and red hair.
- Truly the gods have not from the beginning revealed all things to mortals, but by long seeking, mortals discover what is better.
- God is one, supreme among gods and men, and not like mortals in body or in mind.The whole [of god] sees, the whole perceives, the…
- Homer and Hesiod attributed to the gods all things which are disreputable and worthy of blame when done by men; and they told of them…
- There is one God - supreme among gods and men - who is like mortals in neither body nor mind.
- The gods did not reveal, from the beginning, all things to us.
- But if cattle and horses or lions had hands, or were able to draw with their hands and do the work that men can do,…
- Men create the gods in their own image.
More Gods Quotes
- 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