Best 9 quotes in «small gods quotes» category

Death paused. YOU HAVE PERHAPS HEARD THE PHRASE, he said, THAT HELL IS OTHER PEOPLE? ‘Yes. Yes, of course.’ Death nodded. IN TIME, he said, YOU WILL LEARN THAT IT IS WRONG.

In the Citadel everyone said it was a glorious victory', said Brutha. [...] 'That's a funny thing', said Om. 'Winners never talk about glorious victories. That's because they're the ones who see what the battlefield looks like afterwards. It's only the losers who have glorious victories.

Gods didn’t mind atheists, if they were deep, hot, fiery, atheists like Simony, who spend their whole life hating gods for not existing. That sort of atheism was a rock. It was nearly belief …

You can't find a hermit to teach you herming, because of course that rather spoils the whole thing.

The book said that people were small gods filled with the power of the Almighty and able to enact their own lives, dispense wisdom and justice.

One day a tortoise will learn how to fly.

Thesis plus antithesis equals hysteresis." -Ibid-

Vimes was hazy on religion. He attended Watch funerals and went to such religious events as the proper fulfilling of the office of Commander entailed, but as for the rest . . . well, you saw things sometimes that made it impossible to believe not only in gods, but also in common humanity and your own eyes.

I could be wrong. Not being certain is what being a philosopher is all about.