Arrogance Quote by Gustav Niebuhr

“Men have always formed gods in their own image.”

— W. Somerset Maugham

“Thus do the gods justify the life of man: they themselves live it--the only satisfactory theodicy!”

— Friedrich Nietzsche

“As de Beauvoir put it, religion had given men a God like themselves--a God exclusively male in imagery, which legitimized and sealed their power.…

— Sue Monk Kidd

“What persuades men and women to mistake each other from time to time for gods and vermin is ideology.”

— Terry Eagleton

“If men and women were surer of their God there would be more genuine manliness, womanliness, and godliness in the world, and a whole…

— Elisabeth Elliot

“Men like us believe we are gods...”

— Claudette Walker

“Man does not create gods, in spite of appearances. The times, the age, impose them on him. (tr. by Joanna Kilmartin and Steve Cox)”

— Stanislaw Lem

“There is no question that the male metaphors heavily outnumber the feminine ones, but the latter are sufficiently numerous and well drawn that their…

— Anonymous

“While the gods remained more human, the men were more divine.”

— Friedrich Schiller

“What are gods for if not to sit in judgment over men? The Many-Faced God does not weigh men’s souls, however. He gives his…

— Anonymous

“Each believed that God was on his side, for no one raises a hand without convincing himself first that he is right.”

— Andrew Krivak

“If God were a woman, she would hardly have made men”

— A.C. Quinn