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God and man72 quotes
All men have need of the Gods. — Homer · 700 BCZeus does not bring all men's plans to fulfillment. — Homer · 700 BCOur heart is restless until it rests in you. — St. Augustine · 400Trust in the Lord with all your heart, And lean not on your own understanding;
In all your ways acknowledge Him, And He shall direct your paths. — Proverbs 3:5-6 · 686 BCGod creates out of nothing. Wonderful you say. Yes, to be sure, but he does what is still more wonderful: he makes saints out of sinners. — Soren Kierkegaard · 1838If cows and horses or lions had hands, or could draw with their hands and make things as men can, horses would have drawn horse-like gods, cows cow-like gods, and each species would have made the gods' bodies just like their own. — XenophanesAll 72 quotes →God13 quotes
All men have need of the Gods. — Homer · 700 BCIf cows and horses or lions had hands, or could draw with their hands and make things as men can, horses would have drawn horse-like gods, cows cow-like gods, and each species would have made the gods' bodies just like their own. — XenophanesAn honest God is the noblest work of man. — Robert G. Ingersoll · 1874Whatever your heart clings to and confides in, that is really your God. — Martin Luther · 1529Zeus, author of all, worker of all! For what is brought to pass for mortal men save by will of Zeus? What herein is not wrought of god? — Aeschylus · 458 BCTwas only fear first in the world made gods. — Ben Jonson · 1603All 13 quotes →Nature of God11 quotes
If cows and horses or lions had hands, or could draw with their hands and make things as men can, horses would have drawn horse-like gods, cows cow-like gods, and each species would have made the gods' bodies just like their own. — XenophanesAn honest God is the noblest work of man. — Robert G. Ingersoll · 1874The most preposterous notion that Homo sapiens has ever dreamed up is that the Lord God of Creation, Shaper and Ruler of all the Universes, wants the saccharine adoration of His creatures, can be swayed by their prayers, and becomes petulant if He does not receive this flattery. Yet this absurd fantasy, without a shred of evidence to bolster it, pays all the expenses of the oldest, largest, and least productive industry in all history. — Robert A. Heinlein · 1973Whatever your heart clings to and confides in, that is really your God. — Martin Luther · 1529God made man, without man's consent, and made his nature, too; made it vicious instead of angelic, and then said, Be angelic, or I will punish you and destroy you. But no matter, God is responsible for everything man does, all the same; He can't get around that fact. There is only one Criminal, and it is not man. — Mark Twain · 1910If triangles were to make to themselves gods, they would give them three sides. — Montesquieu · 1721All 11 quotes →Human nature6 quotes
All men have need of the Gods. — Homer · 700 BCYou can take away a man's gods, but only to give him others in return. — Carl Jung · 1958A belief in a supernatural source of evil is not necessary; men alone are quite capable of every wickedness. — Joseph Conrad · 1911They that deny a God destroy a man's nobility, for certainly man is of a kin to the beasts by his body; and if he be not of kin to God by his spirit, he is a base and ignoble creature. — Francis Bacon · 1625There is surely a peece of Divinity in us, something that was before the Elements, and owes no homage unto the Sun. — Sir Thomas Browne · 1643Unlike divine nature, human nature lacks sound judgments. — HeraclitusExistence of God4 quotes
An honest God is the noblest work of man. — Robert G. Ingersoll · 1874Twas only fear first in the world made gods. — Ben Jonson · 1603I could not possibly exist with the nature I actually have, that is, one endowed with the idea of God, unless there really is a God; the very God, I mean, of whom I have an idea. — Rene Descartes · 1641It is the final proof of God's omnipotence that he need not exist in order to save us. — Peter De Vries · 1958Fate3 quotes
Zeus does not bring all men's plans to fulfillment. — Homer · 700 BCDo not try to find out-we're forbidden to know-what end the gods may bestow on me or you. — Horace · 23 BCDo your duty, and leave the outcome to the Gods. — Pierre Corneille · 1640Man and animals2 quotes
They that deny a God destroy a man's nobility, for certainly man is of a kin to the beasts by his body; and if he be not of kin to God by his spirit, he is a base and ignoble creature. — Francis Bacon · 1625All our power lies in both mind and body; we employ the mind to rule, the body rather to serve; the one we have in common with the Gods, the other with the brutes. — Sallust · 42 BCProblem of evil2 quotes
A belief in a supernatural source of evil is not necessary; men alone are quite capable of every wickedness. — Joseph Conrad · 1911The book of nature tells us distinctly that God cares not a rap for us—nor for any living creature. — Mark Twain · 1898Salvation2 quotes
God creates out of nothing. Wonderful you say. Yes, to be sure, but he does what is still more wonderful: he makes saints out of sinners. — Soren Kierkegaard · 1838Amazing love! How can it be
That Thou, my God, shouldst die for me? — Charles Wesley · 1738Absurdity of life1 quote
As flies to wanton boys are we to th’ gods;
They kill us for their sport. — William Shakespeare · 1606Anthropomorphism1 quote
If cows and horses or lions had hands, or could draw with their hands and make things as men can, horses would have drawn horse-like gods, cows cow-like gods, and each species would have made the gods' bodies just like their own. — XenophanesAppearance vs. reality1 quote
The Lord does not see as man sees; for man looks at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart. — God · 722 BCCatholic church1 quote
He cannot have God for his father who has not the church for his mother. — St. Cyprian · 251Christianity1 quote
He cannot have God for his father who has not the church for his mother. — St. Cyprian · 251Creation of the world1 quote
Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding. — God · 500 BCCreativity1 quote
Poems are made by fools like me,
But only God can make a tree. — Joyce Kilmer · 1913Curiosity1 quote
The gods did not intimate all things to men straight away, but in time, through seeking, their discoveries improve. — XenophanesDecline of religion1 quote
You can take away a man's gods, but only to give him others in return. — Carl Jung · 1958Discovery1 quote
The gods did not intimate all things to men straight away, but in time, through seeking, their discoveries improve. — XenophanesDivine indifference1 quote
The book of nature tells us distinctly that God cares not a rap for us—nor for any living creature. — Mark Twain · 1898Divine mission1 quote
We're on a mission from God. — Elwood Blues · 1980Doing one's job1 quote
Do your duty, and leave the outcome to the Gods. — Pierre Corneille · 1640Duty1 quote
Do your duty, and leave the outcome to the Gods. — Pierre Corneille · 1640Ephemeral nature of life1 quote
We blossom and flourish as leaves on the tree,
To wither and perish- but nought changeth Thee. — Walter Chalmers Smith · 1867Eternal life1 quote
We cannot all be friars, and many are the ways by which God leads his own to eternal life. Knight-errantry is religion. — Miguel de Cervantes · 1615Faith1 quote
God is enough for me: there is no God but He. In him I have put my trust. — Muhammad · 632Fate vs. free will1 quote
The only freedom the gods grant us
Is this: to submit
Of our own free will to their sovereignty
We should do just that,
Since only in the illusion of freedom
Does freedom exist. — Fernando Pessoa · 1914Foolishness1 quote
Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men; and the weakness of God is stronger than men. — Apostle Paul · 55Forgiveness1 quote
Forgive, O Lord, my little jokes on Thee
And I'll forgive Thy great big one on me. — Robert Frost · 1962Forgiveness of sins1 quote
Just as I am - without one plea,
But that Thy blood was shed for me,
And that Thou bidst me come to Thee,
-O Lamb of God, I come! — Charlotte Elliott · 1834