Skip to content

A lot can be said for the infinite mercies of God, but the smarts of a good pharmacist, when you get down to it, is worth more.

— Philip K. Dick VALIS (1981)

Another quote →

Topics

God

More quotes by Philip K. Dick

Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away.

How to Build a Universe That Doesn't Fall Apart Two Days Later (1978)

My major preoccupation is the question, 'What is reality?'

You must beware of seeing malice behind accidental injury.

Clans of the Alphane Moon (1964)

You’re not just out of your body; you’re out of your mind, too.

The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch (1965)

The church of my choice is the free, open world.

Flow My Tears, The Policeman Said (1974)

All Philip K. Dick quotes →

You may also like

Most intellectual people do not believe in God, but they fear him just the same.

Wilhelm Reich Philosophy : An Introduction to the Art of Wondering (2005)

When the mind is not dissipated upon extraneous things, nor diffused over the world about us through the senses, it withdraws within itself, and of its own accord ascends to the contemplation of God.

Basil of Caesarea

Once you accept the existence of God — however you define him, however you explain your relationship to him — then you are caught forever with his presence in the center of all things.

Morris West The Clowns of God (1981)

God seeks comrades and claims love,
the Devil seeks slaves and claims obedience.

Rabindranath Tagore Fireflies (1928)

Attribution

Quote text and notes from Wikiquote: Philip K. Dick (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Source quality and labels are our own summary of what Wikiquote records.