Xenophanes

"One should not trust entirely in what poets say."

"By seeking, mortals discover the better path."

"The gods did not teach mortals everything from the start."

"What mortals believe to be true is often merely custom."

"The sea nurtures all life and all knowledge flows from it."

"Religion is the invention of fearful minds seeking comfort."

"Mortals fancy the gods are born and have clothes and speech like themselves."

"All things that grow come ultimately from the earth."

"Truth is found not in myths but in reason."

"The pursuit of wisdom requires questioning all received beliefs."

"Gods created by men reflect men's own nature."

"Time reveals the truth that custom conceals."

"The greatest god is unlike any mortal form."

"Wind arises from the sea just as truth arises from doubt."

"One cannot know the divine through the senses alone."

"All human learning begins with wonder and proceeds through questioning."

"The gods are not shaped by human hands but by human minds."

"Earth and water are the fundamental principles of all existence."

"What we call divine is merely the unknown seeking explanation."

"Mortals have invented gods in countless forms, each believing theirs alone is true."

"The path to knowledge is paved with rejected certainties."

"Nature teaches those willing to observe without prejudice."

"All religions are equally valid and equally suspect."

"The mind that questions everything approaches truth most closely."

"Humility in the face of the unknown is the beginning of wisdom."

"What we call miracles are merely events we do not yet understand."

"The sea is the origin and the end of all things."

"Every people fashions gods after their own image and likeness."

"Truth cannot be possessed, only pursued with ever greater precision."

"The gods do not reveal themselves to the senses but only to reason."