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Philosophical literature7 quotes
God is dead: but as the human race is constituted, there will perhaps be caves for millenniums yet, in which people will show his shadow. — Friedrich Nietzsche · 1882"Where is God gone?" he called out. "I mean to tell you! We have killed him,—you and I! We are all his murderers!" — Friedrich Nietzsche · 1882God is, or He is not. But to which side shall we incline? Reason can decide nothing here. There is an infinite chaos which separates us. A game is being played at the extremity of this infinite distance where heads or tails will turn up. What will you wager?... If you win, you win everything; if you lose, you lose nothing. Wager, then, without hesitation that He is. — Blaise Pascal · 1662I 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 · 1641Operationally, God is beginning to resemble not a ruler but the last fading smile of a cosmic Cheshire cat. — Julian Huxley · 1927If ignorance of nature gave birth to the Gods, knowledge of nature is destined to destroy them. — Baron d'Holbach · 1770All 7 quotes →Religious literature2 quotes
Operationally, God is beginning to resemble not a ruler but the last fading smile of a cosmic Cheshire cat. — Julian Huxley · 1927The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. — Psalm 14:1 · 450 BCComedy1 quote
If it turns out that there is a God, I don't think that he's evil. I think that the worst you can say about him is that basically he's an underachiever. — Boris Grushenko · 1975Comedy (film)1 quote
If it turns out that there is a God, I don't think that he's evil. I think that the worst you can say about him is that basically he's an underachiever. — Boris Grushenko · 1975Drama1 quote
Faith is a torment. It is like loving someone who is out there in the darkness but never appears, no matter how loudly you call. — Antonius Block · 1957Drama (film)1 quote
Faith is a torment. It is like loving someone who is out there in the darkness but never appears, no matter how loudly you call. — Antonius Block · 1957Fantasy drama1 quote
Faith is a torment. It is like loving someone who is out there in the darkness but never appears, no matter how loudly you call. — Antonius Block · 1957Fantasy drama (film)1 quote
Faith is a torment. It is like loving someone who is out there in the darkness but never appears, no matter how loudly you call. — Antonius Block · 1957Modernist literature1 quote
Let us pray to God... The bastard! He doesn't exist! — Samuel Beckett · 1957Philosophical speech1 quote
I myself believe that the evidence for God lies primarily in inner personal experiences. — William James · 1906Pop music1 quote
Imagine there's no heaven,
It's easy if you try,
No hell below us,
Above us only sky. — John Lennon · 1971Tragedy (play)1 quote
Twas only fear first in the world made gods. — Ben Jonson · 1603