“Do we, holding that gods exist, deceive ourselves with insubstantial
dreams and lies, while random careless chance and change alone control
the world?” — EURIPIDES, Hecuba

“Is man one of God’s blunders? Or is God one of man’s blunders?”– Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (1844-1900)

The French author and philosopher Francois Marie Arouet Voltaire
(1694-1778) once said that if God did not exist, we would have to invent
him.

“Now can anyone look upon and compare these systems (of Jupiter and
Saturn) together, without being amazed at the vast magnitude and noble
attendants of these two planets, in respect of this little pitiful Earth
of ours? Or can they force themselves to think that the wise Creator has
disposed of all his animals and plants here, has furnished and adorned
this spot only, and has left all those worlds bare and destitute of
inhabitants, who might adore and worship Him; or that all those
prodigious bodies were made only to twinkle to and be studied by some
few perhaps of us poor fellows?” –Christiaan Huygens

(I always wanted to learn more about Christiaan Huygens after I heard about him while watching Cosmos. Anyone know of any good sources of information?)