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

We expect our leaders to be godlike. But I feel that when people try to sanctify leadership, it puts it out of the realm of regular people. And that's where the greatest leaders come from - from the people.

We fear to know the fearsome and unsavory aspects of ourselves, but we fear even more to know the godlike in ourselves.

To pity distress is but human; to relieve it is Godlike.

Don't be more serious than God. God invented dog farts. God designed your body's plumbing system. God designed an ostrich. If He didn't do it, He permitted a drunken angel to do it. Empirical facts can add significantly to the meaning of "being Godlike".

Imagination is the voice of daring. If there is anything Godlike about God, it is that. He dared to imagine everything

It is the privilege of the Gods to want nothing, and of Godlike men to want little.

We wait and think and doubt and hate. How does it make you feel? The overwhelming feeling is rage. We hate ourself for being unable to be other than what we are. Unable to be better. We feel rage. The feelings must be followed. It doesn't matter whether you're an ideologue or a sensualist, you follow the stimuli thinking that they're your signposts to the promised land. But they are nothing of the kind. What they are is rocks to navigate the past, each on your brush against, ripping you a little more open and they are always more on the horizon. But you can't face up to the that, so you force yourself to believe the bullshit of those you instinctively know are liars and you repeat those lies to yourself and to others, hoping that by repeating them often and fervently enough you'll attain the Godlike status we accord those who tell the lies most frequently and most passionately. But you never do, and even if you could, you wouldn't value it, you'd realise that nobody believes in heroes any more. We know that they only want to sell us something we don't really want and keep from us what we really do need. Maybe that's a good thing. Maybe we're getting in touch with our condition at last. It's horrible how we always die alone, but no worse than living alone.

O! what a Godlike Power is that of doing Good! I envy the Rich and the Great for nothing else!

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

Imagination is the voice of daring. If there is anything Godlike about God it is that. He dared to imagine everything.

We fear to know the fearsome and unsavory aspects of ourselves but we fear even more to know the godlike in ourselves.

To pity distress is but human to relieve it is Godlike.