Those who wish to seek out the cause of miracles and to understand the things of nature as philosophers, and not to stare at them in astonishment like fools, are soon considered heretical and impious, and proclaimed as such by those whom the mob adores as the interpreters of nature and the gods. For these men know that, once ignorance is put aside, that wonderment would be taken away, which is the only means by which their authority is preserved.

~ Baruch Spinoza

Baruch Spinoza Adoration Astonishment Authority Causation Cause Foolish Fools Gods Heresy Heretical Ignorance Impious Interpret Knowledge Miracles Mob Nature Philosopher Piety Preservation Stare The Gods Thinking Truth Understanding Wonder

Stay hungry on the path you trod to overcome all odds though fate & the gods seem to pepper your plate with a barrage of sabotage.

~ Curtis Tyrone Jones

Curtis Tyrone Jones Ambition Beat The Odds Endurance Fate Hope Inspirational Life Life Lessons Overcome Sabotage Stay Hungry The Gods Wisdom Your Path

As to the gods, I have no means of knowing either that they exist or do not exist. For many are the obstacles that impede knowledge, both the obscurity of the question and the shortness of human life.

~ Diogenes Laërtius

Diogenes Laërtius Agnosticism Atheism Belief Existence Gods Greece Greek Knowledge Life Metaphysics Obstacles Pantheon Philosopher Philosophy Question The Gods Zeus

If there is one thing in this world that I was raised and trained to know, it is that there is only so much you may ask of the gods. Victory in battle is their lightest gift; a quiet heart is your own concern.

~ Peter S. Beagle

Peter S. Beagle A Quiet Heart Ask Asking Nyateneri Soukyan The Gods Training Victory Victory In Battle Your Own Concern