Sacred Quotes · Page 21

“Your sacred space is where you can find yourself over and over again.”

— Joseph Campbell

There are not two histories, one profane and one sacred, 'juxtaposed' or 'closely linked.' Rather there is only one human destiny.

— Gustavo Gutiérrez

In the eyes of dialectical philosophy, nothing is established for all times, nothing is absolute or sacred.

— Karl Marx

To what base ends, and by what abject ways, Are mortals urg'd through sacred lust of praise!

— Alexander Pope

Selfish men were...trying to make capital for themselves out of the sacred cause of civil rights

— Maria Weston Chapman

“But that did not stop her heart from shattering into countless pieces or her soul from shredding into slivers.”

— Farrah Naseem

There is no cause half so sacred as the cause of the people. There is no idea so uplifting as the idea…

— Woodrow Wilson

Prayer is a sacred and appointed means to obtain all the blessings that we want, whether they relate to this life or…

— Isaac Watts

The problem with most intimate relationships is that they are not romantic. They do not involve a deeper knowing, and thus there…

— Marianne Williamson

Japan, not only a mega-busy city that thrives on electronics and efficiency, actually has an almost sacred appreciation of nature. One must…

— Apolo Ohno

Kill off the sacred bear. Kill off the ancestral crocodile. Kill off the myth-wrapped tiger. Kill off the lion. You haven't conquered…

— David Quammen

“Though we often throw around the idea, there really is no sacred Church of Baseball-there are only the people who built it…

— Stacey May Fowles

The United Nations will spearhead our efforts to manage the new conflicts (that afflict our world)…Yes the principles of the United Nations…

— Colin Powell

May all the gods whom I settled in their sacred centers ask daily of Bêl and Nâbu that my days be long…

— Cyrus the Great

“There is no longer a fight between the secular and the sacred. If the Spirit dwells in us, then whether it be…

— Mike Donehey

A quiet impression could be a personal instruction from the Lord. It is personal and private. It comes from the Lord. Why…

— Richard G. Scott

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

A society whose members are united by the fact that they think in the same way in regard to the sacred world…

— Emile Durkheim

Words alone are inadequate to express spiritual realities. This book expresses the Red Indian spirit because it combines the best photographs ever…

— Thomas Yellowtail

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

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

But say, my brothers, what can the child do that even the lion could not do? Why must the preying lion still…

— Friedrich Nietzsche

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

[Science] is not perfect. It can be misused. It is only a tool. But it is by far the best tool we…

— Carl Sagan

Science brings to the light of day everything man had believed sacred. Technique takes possession of it and enslaves it.

— Jacques Ellul

Civil union is less than marriage. Marriage is a sacred and valued institution and ought to be afforded equal protection.

— James McGreevey

Armistice Day has become Veterans' Day. Armistice Day was sacred. Veterans' Day is not.

— Kurt Vonnegut

I for one don't need a supreme "sacred" arbiter in order to be a moral being.

— Salman Rushdie

The prophet's mantle, ere his flight began, Dropt on the world--a sacred gift to man.

— Thomas Campbell

Sitting alone, listening to the sound of your breath, the beating of your heart is a reminder that you are sacred and…

— Iyanla Vanzant

When you notice something clearly and see it vividly, it then becomes sacred.

— Allen Ginsberg

I don't show just anyone how to crust a sea bass. That's sacred information.

— Alexandra Guarnaschelli

Sacred Bands and elite squadrons aren't what the mercenaries' guild is about. Field them at your peril.

— Janet Morris

The notion that human life is sacred just because it is human life is medieval.

— Peter Singer

Drawing and masturbation were the first sacred experiences I remember.

— Carolee Schneemann

I could not write about a subject sacred to me because I would be too flippant. Fortunately, there are no subjects sacred…

— Joseph Heller

There is something almost sacred about the Internet. I'm trying to secularize it.

— Evgeny Morozov

It is Ireland's sacred duty to send over, every few years, a playwright to save the English theater from inarticulate glumness.

— Kenneth Tynan

Schedule a sacred date with yourself. You deserve time for your life.

— Cheryl Richardson

We swore sacred oaths to be strong and to save the planet and to be friends forever.

— Laurie Halse Anderson