Ancient Gods Quotes:

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

- Aristotle

topic: Atheist, Men, Religion, Ancient Gods

The gods conceal from men the happiness of death, that they may endure life

- Lucan

topic: Sympathy, Death, Men, Inspirational Condolences, Suffering And Death

I inhabited a territory of loneliness which resembles the place where the dying spend their time before death, and from where those who do return, living, to the world bring, inevitably, a unique point of view that is a nightmare, a treasure, and a lifelong possession.[It is] equal in its rapture and chilling exposure [to] the neighbourhood of the ancient gods and goddesses.

- Janet Frame

topic: Loneliness, Unique, Views, Before Death, Ancient Gods

In ancient times cats were worshipped as gods; they have not forgotten this.

- Terry Pratchett

topic: Cat, Animal, Humanity, Cat Lover, Pets Cats

All good fortune is a gift of the gods, and you don't win the favor of the ancient gods by being good, but by being bold.

- Anita Brookner

topic: Winning, Favors, Ancient, Good Fortune, Ancient Gods

The Christian god can easily be pictured as virtually the same god as the many ancient gods of past civilizations. The Christian god is a three headed monster cruel vengeful and capricious. If one wishes to know more of this raging three headed beast like god one only needs to look at the caliber of people who say they serve him. They are always of two classes fools and hypocrites.

- Thomas Jefferson

topic: Christian, Atheist, Hypocrite, Capricious, Anti Religious

For who shall defile the temples of the ancient gods, a cruel and violent death shall be his fate, and never shall his soul find rest unto eternity. Such is the curse of Amon-Ra, king of all the gods.

- Griffin Jay

source: "Fictional character: The High Priest". "The Mummy's Hand", www.imdb.com. 1940.

topic: Kings, Fate, Soul, Violent Death, Ancient Gods

The ancient God created the old man, capable of erring--thus he erred himself.

- Yevgeny Zamyatin

topic: Men, Erring, Ancient, Ancient Gods

As a child I became a confirmed believer in the ancient gods simply because as between the reality of fact and the reality f myth, I chose myth...Myth is the truth of fact, not fact the truth of myth.

- Kathleen Raine

topic: Children, Reality, Facts, Ancient Gods

Sometimes I think about the sly, flickering line that separates being spared from being rejected. Sometimes I think of the ancient gods who demanded that their sacrifices be fearless and without blemish, and I wonder whether, whoever or whatever took Peter and Jamie away, it decided I wasn't good enough.

- Tana French

topic: Sacrifice, Thinking, Fearless, Ancient Gods

She always did like tales of adventure-stories full of brightness and darkness. She could tell you the names of all King Arthur's knights, and she knew everything about Beowulf and Grendel, the ancient gods and the not-quite-so-ancient heroes. She liked pirate stories, too, but most of all she loved books that had at least a knight or a dragon or a fairy in them. She was always on the dragon's side by the way.

- Cornelia Funke

source: Cornelia Funke (2011). “Inkheart”, p.139, Scholastic Inc.

topic: Kings, Book, Hero, King Arthur, Ancient Gods

"Oh, ancient god, whatever your name," whispered Ahmed. "Help this lost son of a good father, this evil boy who meant no harm but slept in school, ran errands slowly, did not pray from his heart, ignored his mother, and did not hold his family in great esteem. For all this I know I must suffer. But here in the midst of silence, at the desert's heart, where even the wind knows not my name? Must I die so young? Am I to be forgotten without having been?"

- Ray Bradbury

topic: God, Mother, Father, Ancient Gods