--- title: "1 Sacredness Life Quotes By Basil Hume" description: "1 Sacredness Life quotes by Basil Hume. Plus more from Basil Hume and more Sacredness Life sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dc7/basil-hume-20553_life_we-have-really-lost-in-our-society-the-s_3099482.png" --- > [We have really lost in our society the sense of the sacredness of life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/basil-hume/we-have-really-lost-in-our-society-the-sense-of-the-sacredness-of-life/) [Basil Hume](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/basil-hume/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dc7/basil-hume-20553_life_we-have-really-lost-in-our-society-the-s_3099482.png) ## More by Basil Hume > [On the whole, monks do not become famous - and that is a good thing - but monasteries do - and that is an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/basil-hume/on-the-whole-monks-do-not-become-famous-and-that-is-a-good-thing-but/) [Basil Hume](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/basil-hume/) > [It is healthy to say, 'Yes, I am a sinner,' and to recognise that this should lead us to turn to God full of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/basil-hume/it-is-healthy-to-say-yes-i-am-a-sinner-and-to-recognise-that-this/) [Basil Hume](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/basil-hume/) > [Christ shared our experience; he suffered as we suffer; he died as we shall die, and for forty days in the desert he underwent…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/basil-hume/christ-shared-our-experience-he-suffered-as-we-suffer-he-died-as-we/) [Basil Hume](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/basil-hume/) > [Know how to 'cling' to him in prayer, and then you will see the face of Christ more clearly in those whom you are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/basil-hume/know-how-to-cling-to-him-in-prayer-and-then-you-will-see-the-face-of/) [Basil Hume](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/basil-hume/) > [Our response, our attitude, depends on our realisation of God's attitude toward us. If I experience love or have experienced it, this is the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/basil-hume/our-response-our-attitude-depends-on-our-realisation-of-god-s/) [Basil Hume](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/basil-hume/) > [Even though you find yourself in an intolerable position, one in which you think you have no right to be, accept it here and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/basil-hume/even-though-you-find-yourself-in-an-intolerable-position-one-in-which/) [Basil Hume](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/basil-hume/) > [Let us remind ourselves that if we are to be our Lord's disciples, we must take up his Cross and follow him.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/basil-hume/let-us-remind-ourselves-that-if-we-are-to-be-our-lord-s-disciples-we/) [Basil Hume](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/basil-hume/) > [Moral choices do not depend on personal preference and private decision but on right reason and, I would add, divine order.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/basil-hume/moral-choices-do-not-depend-on-personal-preference-and-private/) [Basil Hume](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/basil-hume/) > [It is not because we are drawn to prayer that we first begin to pray; more often, we have to begin prayer, and then…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/basil-hume/it-is-not-because-we-are-drawn-to-prayer-that-we-first-begin-to-pray/) [Basil Hume](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/basil-hume/) > [In my opinion, it is a mistake to expect in prayer a response from God. Often, God's response is outside prayer. And often, we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/basil-hume/in-my-opinion-it-is-a-mistake-to-expect-in-prayer-a-response-from-god/) [Basil Hume](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/basil-hume/) > [Deep down, we remain human, very human and have all the desires to love and be loved by one person.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/basil-hume/deep-down-we-remain-human-very-human-and-have-all-the-desires-to-love/) [Basil Hume](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/basil-hume/) > [The experience of prayer when there is no awareness of God and no apparent response from ourselves should not lead us to escape from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/basil-hume/the-experience-of-prayer-when-there-is-no-awareness-of-god-and-no/) [Basil Hume](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/basil-hume/) > [What did our Lord do by his Passion, Death, and Resurrection? He bridged that gulf which exists between God and man, a gulf which…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/basil-hume/what-did-our-lord-do-by-his-passion-death-and-resurrection-he-bridged/) [Basil Hume](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/basil-hume/) > [From aquaintances we conceal our real selves. To our friends we reveal our weaknesses.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/basil-hume/from-aquaintances-we-conceal-our-real-selves-to-our-friends-we-reveal/) [Basil Hume](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/basil-hume/) > [When we are truly praying, then we can begin to see Christ in our neighbour; when we are really praying, we can begin to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/basil-hume/when-we-are-truly-praying-then-we-can-begin-to-see-christ-in-our/) [Basil Hume](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/basil-hume/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/sacredness-life/basil-hume/#itemlist", "name": "1 Sacredness Life Quotes By Basil Hume", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "We have really lost in our society the sense of the sacredness of life.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Basil Hume" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/basil-hume/we-have-really-lost-in-our-society-the-sense-of-the-sacredness-of-life/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dc7/basil-hume-20553_life_we-have-really-lost-in-our-society-the-s_3099482.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dc7/basil-hume-20553_life_we-have-really-lost-in-our-society-the-s_3099482.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dc7/basil-hume-20553_life_we-have-really-lost-in-our-society-the-s_3099482.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“We have really lost in our society the sense of the sacredness of life.” — Basil Hume", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } } ] }, { "@type": "CollectionPage", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/sacredness-life/basil-hume/#webpage", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/sacredness-life/basil-hume/", "name": "Sacredness Life Quotes by Basil Hume", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/sacredness-life/basil-hume/#itemlist" }, "primaryImageOfPage": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dc7/basil-hume-20553_life_we-have-really-lost-in-our-society-the-s_3099482.png" }, "description": "1 Sacredness Life quotes by Basil Hume. 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