Fate is never too generous even to its favorites. Rarely do the gods grant a mortal more than one immortal deed.

If the gods had intended for people to vote, they would have given us candidates.

Our lives are not in the lap of the gods, but in the lap of our cooks.

I saw my parents as gods whose every wish must be obeyed or I would suffer the penalty of anguish and guilt.

Life has meaning only in the struggle. Triumph or defeat is in the hands of the Gods. So let us celebrate the struggle!

There are gods, but there is no God; and all gods become devils eventually.

The human mind evolved to believe in the gods. It did not evolve to believe in biology.

When the gods wish to punish us they answer our prayers.

Those whom the gods love grow young.

So many gods, so many creeds, so many paths that wind and wind while just the art of being kind is all the sad world needs.

During my life I have seen, known, and lost too much to be the prey of vain dread; and, as for the hope of immortality, I am as weary of that as I am of gods and kings. For my own sake only I write this; and herein I differ from all other writers, past and to come.

We're entertainers, while people want us to be gods.

Do not look upon this world with fear and loathing. Bravely face whatever the gods offer.

The art of Peace I practice has room for each of the world's eight million gods, and I cooperate with them all. The God of Peace is very great and enjoins all that is divine and enlightened in every land.

Each has its lesson; for our dreams in sooth, come they in shape of demons, gods, or elves, are allegories with deep hearts of truth that tell us solemn secrets of ourselves.