#deity

Bacchus, n.: A convenient deity invented by the ancients as an excuse for getting drunk. ↗

— Ambrose Bierce

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Well, for one thing, in the tradition of Zen that I've practiced, there is no prayerful worship and there is no affirmation of a deity. ↗

— Leonard Cohen

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Prosperity is only an instrument to be used, not a deity to be worshipped. ↗

— Calvin Coolidge

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As he is one, so we call Him God, the Deity, the Divine Nature, and other names of the same signification. ↗

— John Hales

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Dog - a kind of additional or subsidiary Deity designed to catch the overflow and surplus of the world's worship. ↗

— Ambrose Bierce

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Becoming is the mode of activity of the uncreate deity. ↗

— H. P. Blavatsky

#becoming #deity #mode

Our young people have come to look upon war as a kind of beneficent deity, which not only adds to the national honor but uplifts a nation and develops patriotism and courage. ↗

— Rebecca Harding Davis

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The proper study of mankind is man in his relation to his deity. ↗

— David Herbert Lawrence

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A belief in God is vitally important, not just in show business, but stability in life. You know, to recognize deity is the most important thing that you can do. I mean, it comes to the Ten Commandments. They weren't ten suggestions. They were Ten Commandments. ↗

— Donny Osmond

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I'm very impressed by St. Patrick's. Another deity to me is definitely Saks Fifth Avenue. Someone told me that when they go to Vermont, they feel like they're home. I'm that way at Saks. ↗

— Caroline Rhea

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