—  Epicurus, 341-270 BC, Ancient Greek philosopher

—  Saint Augustine, 354-430, Christian theologian & philosopher

—  Abraham Lincoln, 1809-1865, American President

—  Voltaire, 1694-1778, French philosopher & writer

—  Friedrich Nietzsche, 1844-1900, German philosopher

—  Friedrich Nietzsche, 1844-1900, German philosopher

—  Ludwig Wittgenstein, 1889-1951, Austrian philosopher

—  Fyodor Dostoyevsky, 1821-1881, Russian writer

—  Voltaire, 1694-1778, French philosopher & writer

—  Voltaire, 1694-1778, French philosopher & writer

—  Friedrich Nietzsche, 1844-1900, German philosopher

—  Jules Renard, 1864-1910, French writer

—  Gabriel Garcia Marquez, 1927-2014, Colombian writer

—  David Hume, 1711-1776, Scottish philosopher

—  H.L. Mencken, 1880-1956, American columnist & cultural critic

—  Blaise Pascal, 1623-1662, French thinker

—  Saint Augustine, 354-430, Christian theologian & philosopher

—  Jean Jacques Rousseau, 1712-1778, Swiss-French philosopher

—  Arthur Schopenhauer, 1788-1860, German philosopher

—  Jules Renard, 1864-1910, French writer

—  Charles Baudelaire, 1821-1867, French poet

—  Anton Chekhov, 1860-1904, Russian writer

—  Arthur Clarke, 1917-2008, British Sci-Fi writer

—  George Bernard Shaw, 1856-1950, Irish writer, Nobel 1925

—  Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1803-1884, American philosopher

—  Christopher Hitchens, 1949-2011, British-American journalist & writer

—  Marquis de Sade, 1740-1814, French writer

—  Victor Hugo, 1802-1885, French writer

—  Sri Aurobindo, 1872-1950, Indian nationalist, yogi & philosopher

—  Théophile Gautier, 1811-1872, French poet & writer

—  Marlen Dietrich, 1901-1992, German-American actress

—  Wallace Stevens, 1879-1955, American poet

—  Samuel Beckett, 1906-1989, Irish writer, Nobel 1969

—  Walt Whitman, 1819-1892, American poet

—  Carl Sagan, 1934-1996, American astronomer

—  Sri Aurobindo, 1872-1950, Indian nationalist, yogi & philosopher

—  Albert Einstein, 1879-1955, German-Jewish physicist

—  Jean Anouilh, 1910-1987, French playwright

—  Blaise Pascal, 1623-1662, French thinker

—  Timothy Leary, 1920-1996, American psychologist

—  Mahatma Gandhi, 1869-1948, Indian leader of independence

—  Albert Einstein, 1879-1955, German-Jewish physicist

—  Immanuel Kant, 1724-1804, German philosopher

—  Gabriel Garcia Marquez, 1927-2014, Colombian writer

—  Marty Rubin, 1930-1994, Canadian gay activist, author & journalist

—  Jean Cocteau, 1889-1963, French artist

—  Blaise Pascal, 1623-1662, French thinker

—  Rumi, 1207-1273, Persian mystic & poet

—  Terry Pratchett, 1948-2015, British writer

—  Alexandre Dumas, 1802-1870, French writer

—  Georg Christoph Lichtenberg, 1742-1799, German author of maxims

—  Saint Thomas Aquinas, 1225-1274, Italian Dominican friar & philosopher

—  Blaise Pascal, 1623-1662, French thinker

—  Elbert Hubbard, 1856-1915, American writer

—  Walt Whitman, 1819-1892, American poet

—  Georg Christoph Lichtenberg, 1742-1799, German author of maxims

—  Rumi, 1207-1273, Persian mystic & poet

—  Simone De Beauvoir, 1908-1986, French writer

—  E. M. Forster, 1879-1970, British writer

—  Joseph Campbell, 1904-1987, American academic

—  Henry Miller, 1891-1980, American writer

     (Tropic of Capricorn, 1939)

—  Tertullian, 155-240 AD, Berber-Roman Christian author

—  Montesquieu, 1689-1755, French thinker

—  Michel de Montaigne, 1533-1592, French thinker

—  H.L. Mencken, 1880-1956, American columnist & cultural critic

—  Jean Anouilh, 1910-1987, French playwright

—  Jean Anouilh, 1910-1987, French playwright

—  Victor Hugo, 1802-1885, French writer

—  Victor Hugo, 1802-1885, French writer

—  Sigmund Freud, 1856-1939, Austrian psychologist, founder of psychoanalysis

—  Rumi, 1207-1273, Persian mystic & poet

—  Joseph Conrad, 1857-1924, British-Polish writer

—  Albert Einstein, 1879-1955, German-Jewish physicist

—  Albert Einstein, 1879-1955, German-Jewish physicist

—  John Milton, 1608-1674, English poet

—  Arthur Clarke, 1917-2008, British Sci-Fi writer

—  Simone Weil, 1909-1943, French philosopher

—  Joseph Joubert, 1754-1824, French author of maxims

—  Giordano Bruno, 1548-1600, Italian monk & philosopher

—  Giordano Bruno, 1548-1600, Italian monk & philosopher

—  Giordano Bruno, 1548-1600, Italian monk & philosopher

—  Bertrand Russell, 1872-1970, British philosopher

—  Nicolas Gomez Davila, 1913-1994, Colombian writer

—  Lenny Bruce, 1925-1966, American comedian

—  Nikos Kazantzakis, 1883-1957, Greek writer

     (Alexis Zorbas speaking)

—  Odysseas Elytis, 1911-1996, Greek poet, Nobel 1979

—  Odysseas Elytis, 1911-1996, Greek poet, Nobel 1979

—  Antoine Rivarol, 1753-1801, French author of maxims

—  Jean Rostand, 1894-1977, French scientist & philosopher

—  Aldοus Huxley, 1894-1963, English writer

—  Aldοus Huxley, 1894-1963, English writer

—  Remy de Gourmont, 1858-1915, French poet

—  Rainer Maria Rilke, 1875-1926, Czech-German poet

—  Graham Greene, 1904-1991, British writer

—  André Malraux, 1901-1976, French writer & statesman

—  Terry Pratchett, 1948-2015, British writer

—  Terry Pratchett, 1948-2015, British writer

—  William Faulkner, 1897-1962, American writer, Nobel 1949

—  Noam Chomsky, 1928-, American linguist, philosopher, social activist

—  Joseph Campbell, 1904-1987, American academic

—  Sri Aurobindo, 1872-1950, Indian nationalist, yogi & philosopher

—  Sri Aurobindo, 1872-1950, Indian nationalist, yogi & philosopher

—  Sri Aurobindo, 1872-1950, Indian nationalist, yogi & philosopher

—  Sri Aurobindo, 1872-1950, Indian nationalist, yogi & philosopher

—  Henry de Montherlant, 1895-1972, French writer

—  Henry de Montherlant, 1895-1972, French writer

—  Erica Jong, 1942-, American writer

—  Erica Jong, 1942-, American writer

—  Hermann Hesse, 1877-1962, German writer, Nobel 1946

—  Hermann Hesse, 1877-1962, German writer, Nobel 1946

—  Alexandre Dumas, 1802-1870, French writer

—  Salvador Dali, 1904-1989, Spanish painter

—  Alexandre Dumas, fils, 1824-1895, French writer

—  Gabriel Garcia Marquez, 1927-2014, Colombian writer

—  José Saramago, 1922-2010, Portuguese writer [Nobel 1998]

—  José Saramago, 1922-2010, Portuguese writer [Nobel 1998]

—  José Saramago, 1922-2010, Portuguese writer [Nobel 1998]

—  Søren Kierkegaard, 1813-1855, Danish philosopher

—  Søren Kierkegaard, 1813-1855, Danish philosopher

—  Søren Kierkegaard, 1813-1855, Danish philosopher

—  Tertullian, 155-240 AD, Berber-Roman Christian author

—  Alphonse de Lamartin, 1790-1869, French poet

—  Stendhal, 1783-1842, French writer

—  Stendhal, 1783-1842, French writer

—  Book of Revelation ‐ 1:8

—  Gospel of Luke ‐ 18:27

Deus vult.

—  Latin phrase

     (the motto of the Christian warriors in the Crusades)

Permitte divis cetera.

—  Horace, 65-8 BC, Roman poet

Deos fortioribus adesse.

—  Tacitus, 55-120 AD, Roman historian

Cito fit quod dii volunt.

—  Gaius Petronius, 1st cent. AD, Roman writer

In primis venerare Deos.

—  Virgil, 70-19 BC, Roman poet

Vocatus atque non vocatus, Deus aderit.

—  Erasmus, 1469-1536, Dutch humanist

—  Sylvia Plath, 1932-1963, American poet & writer

—  Emily Dickinson, 1830-1886, American poet

—  Giorgos Seferis, 1900-1971, Greek poet, Nobel 1963

—  Antonio Machado, 1875-1939, Spanish poet & playwright

—  George Carlin, 1936-2008, American comedian

—  Jay Leno, 1950-, American TV host

—  Woody Allen, 1935-, American actor & film director

—  Ambrose Bierce, 1842–1914, American writer

Θεός ουδαμή ουδαμώς άδικος.

—  Plato, 427-347 BC, Ancient Greek philosopher

Κατά νόμον είναι πολλούς Θεούς, κατά δε φύσιν ένα.

—  Antisthenes, 445-360 BC, Ancient Greek Cynic philosopher

Ανενδεής ο Θεός.

—  Ancient Greek proverb

Ει θεοί τι δρώσιν αισχρόν, ουκ εισίν θεοί.

—  Euripides, 480-406 BC, Ancient Greek tragedian ‐ Iphigeneia in Tauris

Πρεσβύτατον των όντων θεός, αγένητον γαρ.

—  Thales of Miletus, 643-548 BC, Ancient Greek philosopher

Αεί ο θεός γεωμετρεί.

—  Plato, 427-347 BC, Ancient Greek philosopher

Θεών όνειδος τους κακούς ευδαιμονείν.

—  Menander, 4th cent. BC, Ancient Greek dramatist (New Comedy)

Ως ουκ έστι Διός κλέψαι νόον ουδέ παρελθείν.

—  Hesiod, 7th cent. BC, Ancient Greek poet ‐ Theogony -613

Θεοὶ δε τε πάντα ίσασιν.

—  Homer, c. 800-750 BC, Ancient Greek Poet ‐ Odyssey IV

Τι το θείον; το μήτε αρχήν έχον μήτε τελευτήν.

—  Thales of Miletus, 643-548 BC, Ancient Greek philosopher

Δείται γαρ ο θεός, είπερ έστ’ ορθώς θεός, ουδενός.

—  Euripides, 480-406 BC, Ancient Greek tragedian ‐ Heracles

Πάντα ιδών Διός οφθαλμός και πάντα νοήσας.

—  Hesiod, 7th cent. BC, Ancient Greek poet ‐ Works and Days -267

Ως ουδέν ανθρώποισιν των θείων σαφές.

—  Euripides, 480-406 BC, Ancient Greek tragedian ‐ Heracles

Ότι θεός ή μη θεός ή το μέσον τις φησ’ ερευνάσας βροτών;

—  Euripides, 480-406 BC, Ancient Greek tragedian ‐ Helen

Θεοί μεν γαρ εισίν. Εναργής γαρ αυτών εστιν η γνώσις.

—  Epicurus, 341-270 BC, Ancient Greek philosopher

Πάντα πλήρη θεών είναι.

—  Thales of Miletus, 643-548 BC, Ancient Greek philosopher

Το Θείον φθονερόν και ταραχώδες.

—  Solon, 630-560 BC, Ancient Greek lawmaker & philosopher

Ζευς όστις ποτ’ εστίν.

—  Aeschylus, 525-456 BC, Ancient Greek tragedian ‐ Agamemnon

Πάντες δὲ θεών χατέουσ' άνθρωποι.

—  Homer, c. 800-750 BC, Ancient Greek Poet ‐ Odyssey III

Ταύτα θεών εν γούνασι κείται.

—  Homer, c. 800-750 BC, Ancient Greek Poet ‐ Odyssey I

—  from the film Zorba the Greek (1964)