Earth and sky Quote by Christopher Hitchens

“fear in sooth holds so in check all mortals, because they see many operations go on in earth and heaven, the causes of which…

— Lucretius

“This perpetual fear, always accompanying mankind in the ignorance of causes, as it were in the dark, must needs have for object something. And…

— Christopher Hitchens

“To affirm the will of God in the midst of evil, therefore, is not to say that God wills everything that happens, but that…

— Tyron Inbody

“While those may fear the powers of gods, the fear of doing nothing is something darker still.”

— Trent Lindsey

There is nothing to fear from gods, There is nothing to feel in death, Good can be attained, Evil can be endured.

— Epicurus

“God does not want us to fear because it impairs our ability to live out extraordinary.”

— Unveiled Wife

The human will stands beyond all circumstances. Everything must go down before the will, for that comes from God Himself; a pure and a…

— Swami Vivekananda

People are taught to fear god. They are taught to fear everything. It has become such a natural state that no one questions it.

— Frederick Lenz

“Much terror in religion is not the will of god, it is created by power hungry clerics who thirst for absolute power and claim…

— Bangambiki Habyarimana

Fear is the mother of all gods ... Nature does all things spontaneously, by herself, without the meddling of the gods.

— Lucretius

“Gods can do anything. They fear nothing: they are gods. There is one rule, one Seal of Solomon that can confound a god, and…

— Harlan Ellison

That fear first created the gods is perhaps as true as anything so brief could be on so great a subject.

— George Santayana