Work is not always required. There is such a thing as sacred idleness. — George MacDonald Copy Share Image
“Language is a bountiful gift and its usage, an elaboration of community and society, is a sacred work.” — Muriel Barbery Copy Share Image
All art began as sacred art, you know? I mean, all painting began as religious painting. All writing began as religious writing. — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
The most potent and sacred command which can be laid upon any artist is the command: wait. — Iris Murdoch Copy Share Image
The landscape of childhood shapes us as it shapes the characters in our stories. You never forget the sacred places of your… — John Dufresne Copy Share Image
I have the power of choice in every moment. Where will I place my attention? What do I hold sacred? Whom can… — Fred Small Copy Share Image
As a female pilot, the sacred rose garden in my heart is the motherland's blue sky. — Liu Yang Copy Share Image
Health is a divine gift, and the care of the body is a sacred duty, to neglect which is to sin. — Eugen Sandow Copy Share Image
One of the most important concepts of revealed religion is that of a sacred covenant. — Russell M. Nelson Copy Share Image
That's the beauty of music. You can take a theme from a Bach sacred chorale and improvise. It doesn't make any difference… — Dave Brubeck Copy Share Image
Making and cheerfully keeping our covenants gives validity and life to the vital sacred and saving ordinances we need to receive in… — Linda K. Burton Copy Share Image
Questioning the status quo can result in banishment, imprisonment, ridicule or being burned at the stake, depending on your era, your locale,… — Gene Spafford Copy Share Image
There are certain songs that are sacred. People want to hear them just as they are in their head; they don't want… — Keith Urban Copy Share Image
Now majority rule is a precious, sacred thing worth dying for. But like other precious, sacred things … it's not only worth… — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
Artists are people who are subject to irrational convictions of the sacred. Baudelaire said that an artist is a child who has… — Peter Schjeldahl Copy Share Image
Even before baptism, a child or an adult can have the Holy Ghost testify to their hearts of sacred truth. They must… — Henry B. Eyring Copy Share Image
Thus I came up out of Egypt and stood before Sinai, and a power divine touched my spirit and gave it sight,… — Helen Keller Copy Share Image
Planning a wedding is hell. Things are said. Doors are slammed. Quarrels about the most inconsequential things--yellow tablecloths or white? hors d'oeuvres… — Caitlin Flanagan Copy Share Image
Making prostitution legalized gives our society a message that sex is not sacred/private between two adults - that sex can be bought… — Annie Lobert Copy Share Image
State authority can never be an end in itself; for, if that were so, any kind of tyranny would be inviolable and… — Adolf Hitler Copy Share Image
It must be assumed and established as a principle, that the right of private property must be regarded as sacred. Wherefore, the… — Pope Leo XIII Copy Share Image
There is a growing threat to the environment, to the vegetation, animals, water and air. Sacred Scripture hands us the image of… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
Words alone are inadequate to express spiritual realities. This book expresses the Red Indian spirit because it combines the best photographs ever… — Thomas Yellowtail Copy Share Image
Banning human cloning reflects our humanity. It is the right thing to do. Creating a child through this new method calls into… — William J. Clinton Copy Share Image
We simply thought that we would be considerably poorer in Europe if we didn't have the sacred buildings of earlier epochs. It's… — Bernd Becher Copy Share Image
