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The gods do not need sacrifices, so what might one do to please them? Acquire wisdom, it seems to me, and do all the good in one's power to those humans who deserve it.

~Apollonius Of Tyana

Topics: Acquire Deserve Gods Good Humans Me Might Need Please Power Sacrifices Seems Them Those Who Wisdom

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I delight to lodge in such temples as are not regularly kept closed. None of the gods reject me; they make me partner of their roof.

~Apollonius Of Tyana

Topics: Closed Delight Gods Kept Lodge Make Me None Partner Regularly Reject Roof Temples

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It is at the time of dawn that we must commune with the gods.

~Apollonius Of Tyana

Topics: Dawn Gods Must Time

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Shrines! Shrines! Surely you don't believe in the gods. What's your argument? Where's your proof?

~Aristophanes

Topics: Argument Believe Gods Proof Surely You Your

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A tyrant must put on the appearance of uncommon devotion to religion. Subjects are less apprehensive of illegal treatment from a ruler whom they consider god-fearing and pious. On the other hand, they do less easily move against him, believing that he has the gods on his side.

~Aristotle

Topics: Against Appearance Believing Consider Devotion Easily Gods Hand He Him His Illegal Less Move Must Other Pious Put Religion Ruler Side Subjects Treatment Tyrant Uncommon Whom

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The gods too are fond of a joke.

~Aristotle

Topics: Fond Gods Joke Too

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Men create gods after their own image, not only with regard to their form but with regard to their mode of life.

~Aristotle

Topics: After Create Form Gods Image Life Men Mode Only Own Regard

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For a long time on Earth humans didn't worship good gods; that's a new idea. The ancient Greek gods, the Hindu gods, are fairly amoral, most of them. We get stuck when we insist that God be both good and all-powerful.

~Barbara Ehrenreich

Topics: All-Powerful Ancient Both Earth Fairly Get God Gods Good Greek Hindu Humans Idea Insist Long Long Time Most New New Idea Stuck Them Time Worship

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To discover the true principles of Morality, men have no need of theology, of revelation, or of gods: They have need only of common sense.

~Baron D'Holbach

Topics: Common Common Sense Discover Gods Men Morality Need Only Principles Revelation Sense Theology True

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The latest page I've been working is about the organization of the pantheon of the gods. Who's indebted to whom, how they are related, who screwed whose uncle or grandmother, all of that.

~Ben Nicholson

Topics: About Been Gods Grandmother How Indebted Latest Organization Page Related Screwed Uncle Who Whom Whose Working

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