Xenophanes

"Human nature is the measure by which humans misunderstand the divine."

"Learning is not the acceptance of truth but the discovery of error."

"The invisible god is the only god worthy of worship."

"All human conceptions of deity are human, not divine."

"The mind that never questions never learns."

"What mortals call eternal truth is merely persistent custom."

"The gods, if they exist, remain forever beyond human comprehension."

"All learning proceeds from the abandonment of false certainty."

"The sea encompasses all moisture and generates all wind."

"Religion serves human needs, not divine truths."

"The pursuit of understanding requires the courage to think alone."

"All things that live derive ultimately from earth and water."

"What we call wisdom is merely the recognition of ignorance."

"The gods created by men reflect men's imperfections."

"Truth is the enemy of comfortable belief."

"The divine is so unlike mortals as to be utterly incomprehensible."

"Observation of nature teaches more than the reading of sacred texts."

"All religions describe the same incomprehensible reality in different languages."

"The wise acknowledge the vastness of what they do not know."

"Custom is the law that mortals mistake for divine command."

"The sea is the first principle and the final principle of all things."

"The gods did not reveal all things to us from the beginning, but through seeking, mortals discover what is better."

"If cattle and horses had hands to draw, they would depict their gods in bovine and equine form."

"One god, greatest among gods and men, neither in form like mortals nor in thought."

"All things come into being from the earth and into the earth all things return."

"The future is uncertain; what matters is how we act in the present moment."

"Mortals believe the gods are born and wear clothes and speak as humans do."

"What is good is not what appears good to the many, but what is truly good."

"From the sea all things arise, and to the sea all things return."

"We cannot know with certainty, yet we must still seek understanding."