Gnostic Quotes
What’s the meaning of life? Aphorisms, maxims and quotations expressing the paradoxical essence of gnosticism.
Jehovah
"There is not the slightest question… that the God of the Old Testament is a jealous, vengeful God, inflicting not only on the sinful pagans but even on his Chosen People fire, lighting, hideous plagues and diseases, brimstone, and other curses." - Steve Allen, Steve Allen on the Bible Religion & Morality
"The [...]
Jesters
"At least one way of measuring the freedom of any society is the amount of comedy that is permitted, and clearly a healthy society permits more satirical comment than a repressive, so that if comedy is to function in some way as a safety release then it must obviously deal with these taboo areas. [...]
Jesus
"If a man would follow, today, the teachings of the Old Testament, he would be a criminal. If he would follow strictly the teachings of the New, he would be insane." - Robert G. Ingersoll
"If Christ should appear on earth he would on all hands be denounced as a mistaken, misguided man, [...]
Jesus is Everywhere
"I believe in person to person. Every person is Christ for me, and since there is only one Jesus, that person is the one person in the world at that moment." - Mother Teresa
"Everyone in the world is Christ and they are all crucified." - Sherwood Anderson, Winesburg, Ohio, pub. 1919
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Jokes
"Imagine the Creator as a low comedian, and at once the world becomes explicable." - H.L. Mencken
"God is a comedian playing to an audience too afraid to laugh." - Voltaire
"Our world is merely a practical joke of God." - Franz Kafka
"Suppose the world were only one of God's [...]
Judge Not
"I never approve, or disapprove, of anything now. It is an absurd attitude to take towards life. We are not sent into the world to air our moral prejudices. I never take any notice of what common people say, and I never interfere with what charming people do." - Oscar Wilde
"I don't [...]
Just Say Noah!
"The only thing that stops God from sending another flood is that the first one was useless." - Chamfort
"Humanity is the demon which God does not succeed in destroying." - Salvatore Satta, 1902-1975, Italian Novelist
"Such is the human race. Often it does seem such a pity that Noah and his [...]
