Art Quote by Edward Gibbon

Actuated by these motives, and apprehensive of disturbing the repose of an unsettled reign, Julian surprised the world by an edict which was not…

— Edward Gibbon

Gifts, believe me, captivate both men and Gods, Jupiter himself was won over and appeased by gifts.

— Ovid

Far too long, historians have accepted the claim that the conversion of the Emperor Constantine (ca. 285-337) caused the triumph of Christianity. To the…

— Rodney Stark

The happy pagan is wrapped up in the belief that this world and the success it affords are the greatest pursuits in life. He…

— Ravi Zacharias

“All ancient philosophers, poets, and moralists agree that love is a striving, an aspiration of the “lower” toward the “higher,” the “unformed” toward the…

— Max Scheler

“There is no need to ”believe” in Jupiter or Wotan—something that is no more ridiculous then believing in Yahweh however—to be pagan. Contemporary paganism…

— Alain de Benoist

“And it was inconceivable that the God of War would not be able to be the victor in a little skirmish like that, when…

— Nicholas Chong

We speak of persons as jovial, as being born under the planet Jupiter or Jove, which was the joyfullest star and the happiest augury…

— Richard Chenevix Trench

“By such reflections and by the continuance in them of a divine nature, th qualities which we have described grew and increased among them;…

— Plato

Under the dominion of the priests our earth became the ascetic planet; a squalid den careering through space, peopled by discontented and arrogant creatures,…

— Georg Brandes

“He thought about all the religions of the world, about their shared origins, about the earliest gods of the sun, moon, sea, and wind.…

— Dan Brown

“We are the heirs and propagators of Paganism ... Happy is he who, for the sake of Paganism, bears the burdens of persecution with…

— Sarah Owen