--- title: "Meaning & Key Takeaway of: People talk about being godlike, or…" description: "\"“People talk about being godlike, or godly... like those mean something. Like that means anything. Like those are hard to do. Being God is easy, just s..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c29/justin-skrakowski-251388_people-talk_people-talk-about-being-godlike-or-godly_1894992.jpg" --- # People talk about being godlike, or godly... like those… ![“People talk about being godlike, or godly... like those mean something. Like that means anything. Like those are hard to do. Being God is easy, just sit there and don't do anything. I've always felt best when I could get away with being the Devil.” quote by Justin Skrakowski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c29/justin-skrakowski-251388_people-talk_people-talk-about-being-godlike-or-godly_1894992.jpg) [Download](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c29/justin-skrakowski-251388_people-talk_people-talk-about-being-godlike-or-godly_1894992.jpg) [Open image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c29/justin-skrakowski-251388_people-talk_people-talk-about-being-godlike-or-godly_1894992.jpg) > ““People talk about being godlike, or godly... like those mean something. Like that means anything. Like those are hard to do. Being God is easy, just sit there and don't do anything. I've always felt best when I could get away with being the Devil.”” Justin Skrakowski ## About This Quote This interpretation was drafted with AI assistance. It is one reading of the quote, not the author's own explanation. Godlike status is meaningless; being God is easy, but the thrill lies in devilish mischief, suggesting moral complexity. **In simple terms:** Godhood is easy, devilry is exciting. Key Takeaway Explore the allure of moral transgression. Themes morality divinity rebellion Mood playful provocative Type philosophical When to use this quote - theological debate - creative writing Key Concepts philosophy psychology Questions to Reflect On - Why is “being God” portrayed as idle? - What draws people to the “devil” role? ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet [Godlike](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/godlike/) ## Related quotes > [We are not filled with the Spirit of God to do easy things. 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But when they are not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-newton/when-people-are-right-with-god-they-are-apt-to-be-hard-on-themselves/) [John Newton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-newton/) > [If being a Christian were easy, everyone would do it. Not to know God, but to have the easy life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rachel-scott/if-being-a-christian-were-easy-everyone-would-do-it-not-to-know-god/) [Rachel Scott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rachel-scott/) > [“Heaven, or the kingdom of God, is easy if e work at it hard, but hard if we work at it easy.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeffrey-r-holland/heaven-or-the-kingdom-of-god-is-easy-if-e-work-at-it-hard-but-hard-if/) [Jeffrey R. 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We are generally afraid to become that which we can glimpse in our most perfect moments, under conditions of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-maslow/we-fear-our-highest-possibilities-we-are-generally-afraid-to-become/) [Abraham Maslow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-maslow/) > [The mystery of a person, indeed, is ever divine to him that has a sense for the godlike.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-carlyle/the-mystery-of-a-person-indeed-is-ever-divine-to-him-that-has-a-sense/) [Thomas Carlyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-carlyle/) > [The faculty of self-help is that which distinguished man from animals; that it is the Godlike element, or holds within itself the Godlike element,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-g-holland/the-faculty-of-self-help-is-that-which-distinguished-man-from-animals/) [J. G. Holland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-g-holland/) > [Do you think that was kind? Do you think it was godlike? What would you think of a physician, if a woman came to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/helen-h-gardener/do-you-think-that-was-kind-do-you-think-it-was-godlike-what-would-you/) [Helen H. Gardener](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/helen-h-gardener/) > [Being an artist is a totally godlike thing to do - and I have a god complex.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurie-anderson/being-an-artist-is-a-totally-godlike-thing-to-do-and-i-have-a-god/) [Laurie Anderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurie-anderson/) ## More Godlike quotes > [Being an artist is a totally godlike thing to do - and I have a god complex.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurie-anderson/being-an-artist-is-a-totally-godlike-thing-to-do-and-i-have-a-god/) [Laurie Anderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurie-anderson/) > [Do you think that was kind? Do you think it was godlike? 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We are generally afraid to become that which we can glimpse in our most perfect moments, under conditions of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-maslow/we-fear-our-highest-possibilities-we-are-generally-afraid-to-become/) [Abraham Maslow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-maslow/) > [O blessed bounty, giving ail content! The only fautress of all noble arts That lend'st success to every good intent. A grace that rests…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-drayton/o-blessed-bounty-giving-ail-content-the-only-fautress-of-all-noble/) [Michael Drayton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-drayton/) > [Only let us love God, and then nature will compass us about like a cloud of Divine witnesses; and all influences from the earth,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-mountford/only-let-us-love-god-and-then-nature-will-compass-us-about-like-a/) [William Mountford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-mountford/) > [There are two avenues from the little passions and the drear calamities of earth; both lead to the heaven and away from hell-Art and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-bulwer-lytton-1st-baron-lytton/there-are-two-avenues-from-the-little-passions-and-the-drear/) [Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-bulwer-lytton-1st-baron-lytton/) > [Remember that there is nothing in God but what is godlike; and that He is either not at all, or truly and perfectly good.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-ashley-cooper-7th-earl-of-shaftesbury/remember-that-there-is-nothing-in-god-but-what-is-godlike-and-that-he/) [Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-ashley-cooper-7th-earl-of-shaftesbury/) > [It is the privilege of the gods to want nothing, and of godlike men to want little.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diogenes/it-is-the-privilege-of-the-gods-to-want-nothing-and-of-godlike-men-to/) [Diogenes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diogenes/) > [We become Godlike to the extent we realize nonviolence, but we can never become wholly God.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mahatma-gandhi/we-become-godlike-to-the-extent-we-realize-nonviolence-but-we-can/) [Mahatma Gandhi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mahatma-gandhi/) > [When the gods were more manlike, Men were more godlike.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/friedrich-schiller/when-the-gods-were-more-manlike-men-were-more-godlike/) [Friedrich Schiller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/friedrich-schiller/) > [The will is free; Strong is the soul, and wise, and beautiful; The seeds of godlike power are in us still; Gods are we,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-arnold/the-will-is-free-strong-is-the-soul-and-wise-and-beautiful-the-seeds/) [Matthew Arnold](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-arnold/) > [We must be careful, as we seek to become more and more godlike, that we do not become discouraged and lose hope.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ezra-taft-benson/we-must-be-careful-as-we-seek-to-become-more-and-more-godlike-that-we/) [Ezra Taft Benson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ezra-taft-benson/) > [In this world there is one godlike thing, the essence of all that was or ever will be of godlike in this world: the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-carlyle/in-this-world-there-is-one-godlike-thing-the-essence-of-all-that-was/) [Thomas Carlyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-carlyle/) [Browse all 137 Godlike quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/godlike/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“People talk about being godlike, or godly... like those mean something. 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