“God became man that dehumanized men might become true men. We become true men in the community of the incarnate, the suffering and loving, the human God.”
“All gods who receive homage are cruel. All gods dispense suffering without reason. Otherwise they would not be worshipped. Through indiscriminate suffering men know fear and fear is the most divine emotion. It is the stones for altars and the beginning of wisdom. Half gods are worshipped in wine and flowers. Real gods require blood.”
“The mind of God is greater than all the minds of men, so let all men leave the gospel just as God has delivered it unto us.”
“A great disaster had befallen Russia: Men have forgotten God; that's why all this has happened.”
“My dearest one, it is not proper for men to be without names. There was a time when each man had a name of his own to distinguish him from all other men. So let us choose our names. I have read of a man who lived many thousands of years ago, and of all the names in these books, his is the one I wish to bear. He took the light of the gods and brought it to men, and he taught men to be gods. And he suffered for his deed as all bearers of light must suffer. His name is Prometheus.”