Oracles Quotes

“Atheism or similar charges was not unusual among intellectuals, nor condemned by the masses. The prize-winning plays of Aristophanes were not merely atheist, but made fun of the gods and their prophets and oracles.”
― Benjamin Jowett, Phaedo

“Many physicists these days sound like the Delphic oracle - with equations.”
― John Twelve Hawks, The Dark River

“Even after a lifetime of being near oracles, I found their predictions annoyingly vague.”
― Tammie Painter, Domna, Part One: The Sun God's Daughter

“Lille does nae let us harm anything. Any creature.'

'Of course,' Dandelion butted in, 'country prophetesses grow from the same tree as druids. And a druid will go so far as to wish the gadfly sucking his blood to enjoy its meal.”
― Andrzej Sapkowski, The Last Wish

“Those men have never done anything in their lives except stare at the clouds and the stars. The Indians take them food and tobacco, and on certain evenings gather around the fire as they tell their tribesmen all the strange thoughts and dreams which they have had. Huicholes believe that men cannot have pure thoughts if they are required to participate in the daily tasks of life.”
― Warren Eyster, The Goblins of Eros

“Many of us have had Oracle experiences, though we may not have called them that.
Have you had the feeling there’s a guardian angel looking out for you? Or heard an inner
voice that is not your own? Gotten a profound insight that you would not have otherwise
considered? Had your prayers answered? Especially in an unexpected way? These are a
few of the ways that the invisible world guides us.”
― Cristina Smith, The Word Search Oracle- Yoga for the Brain

“But in this story, as in so many others, what we really discern is the deceptive, ambiguous and giddy riddle of violence, passion, poetry and symbolism that lies at the heart of Greek myth and refuses to be solved. An algebra too unstable properly to be computed, it is human-shaped and god-shaped, not pure and mathematical. It is fun trying to interpret such symbols and narrative turns, but the substitutions don't quite work and the answers yielded are usually no clearer than those of an equivocating oracle.”
― Stephen Fry, Mythos: The Greek Myths Retold

“When you actually know the question, the answer is every­where, and you can see it in anything you observe.”
― Lon Milo DuQuette, Book Of Ordinary Oracles: Use Pocket Change, Popsicle Sticks, a TV Remote, this Book, and More to Predict the Future and Answer Your Questions

“Pray With Me

I know God is in control
Throughout the seasons
Even when I face obstacles
While I wish to hear oracles
As I stand on the edge
Of a mountain so steep
In pursuit of peace
There is one thing I believe
When I go on my knees
And honour His will
Before I seal that deal
I have with destiny
It is my plea
That I be set free
To succeed
Help please
Pray with me!”
― Gift Gugu Mona, From My Mother's Classroom: A Badge of Honour for a Remarkable Woman

“The muses aren’t the material, but they speak through the tools, sparking signals in a language of symbols we can only read backwards.The wounds have been the way. Back to where we started, brought to our knees, eye-level with those small oracles that speak directly to our heart.”
― Robin Brown, Glitter Saints: The Cosmic Art of Forgiveness, a Memoir

“Not only do we often ignore the warnings of the oracles; characteristically we do not even consult them.”
― Carl Sagan, Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space

“Wie die Bevölkerung für die Sorgen ihres Alltags Rat und Hilfe bei Wahrsagern und Lamas sucht, so befragt die Regierung vor großen Entscheidungen das Staatsorakel.”
― Heinrich Harrer, Sieben Jahre Tibet. Mein Liebe am Hofe des Dalai Lama