#gods

Wine is the drink of the gods, milk the drink of babes, tea the drink of women, and water the drink of beasts. ↗

— John Stuart Blackie

#beasts #drink #gods #milk #tea

No man who is not willing to help himself has any right to apply to his friends, or to the gods. ↗

— Demosthenes

#apply #friends #gods #help #himself

The gods are watching, but idly, yawning. ↗

— Mason Cooley

#idly #watching #yawning

It is the privilege of the gods to want nothing, and of godlike men to want little. ↗

— Diogenes

#godlike #gods #little #nothing #privilege

I do not concern myself with gods and spirits either good or evil nor do I serve any. ↗

— Lao Tzu

#concern #either #evil #gods #good

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

— Morihei Ueshiba

#face #fear #gods #loathing #look

Neither gods nor men can foresee when an evil deed will bear its fruit. ↗

— Bodhidharma

#deed #evil #foresee #fruit #gods

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

#amoral #ancient #both #earth #fairly

I want to know all Gods thoughts; all the rest are just details. ↗

— Albert Einstein

#gods #i #just #know #rest

It is folly for a man to pray to the gods for that which he has the power to obtain by himself. ↗

— Epicurus

#folly #gods #himself #man #obtain