Our hearts are the shrine; that is where God should be installed. Our good thoughts are the flowers to worship Him. Good… — Mata Amritanandamayi Copy Share Image
There is a shrine in the temple of age, where lie forever embalmed the memories of such as have deserved well of… — John Brown Copy Share Image
To be a Ranger is to sense the sacred trust of upholding all that such a name means in this shrine of… — Bill Struth Copy Share Image
Are you apathetic toward the saccharine goodness evangelized by sentimental, superstitious fanatics, but equally bored by the intellectuals who worship at the… — Rob Brezsny Copy Share Image
The Negro and all things negroid had become a fad, and Harlem had become a shrine to which feverish pilgrimages were in… — Wallace Thurman Copy Share Image
I have an apartment in Brooklyn - I guess I call it my shrine. I go there to create and recoup, or… — Erykah Badu Copy Share Image
A wholesome regard for the memory of the great men of long ago is the best assurance to a people of a… — Calvin Coolidge Copy Share Image
Cut away all that is excessive, straighten all that is crooked, bring light to all that is overcast, labour to make all… — Plotinus Copy Share Image
Twisting through the thorn-thick underbrush, scratched and exhausted, one turns suddenly to find an unexpected waterfall, not half a mile from the… — Dana Gioia Copy Share Image
I think at the moment we did not even want to break the seal [on the inner chamber of the tomb of… — Howard Carter Copy Share Image
The oracles are dumb, No voice or hideous hum Runs through the arched roof in words deceiving. Apollo from his shrine Can… — John Milton Copy Share Image
There was no manifestation of contemporary culture that did not indicate to my grandmother how steadfast was the nation's decline, how merciless… — John Irving Copy Share Image
All these relics gave... Thornfield Hall the aspect of a home of the past: a shrine to memory. I liked the hush,… — Charlotte Bronte Copy Share Image
I have been given many teachings by Sarutahiko-no-O-Kami. OKami told me, 'By the work of Takehaya Susanowo no Mikoto, you will worship… — Morihei Ueshiba Copy Share Image
In my Pantheon, Pan still reigns in his pristine glory, with his ruddy face, his flowing beard, and his shaggy body, his… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
For people raised and programmed on the patriarchal religions of today, religions that affect even the most secular aspects of our society,… — Merlin Stone Copy Share Image
The dust is old upon my "sandal-shoon," And still I am a pilgrim; I have roved From wild America to Bosphor's waters,… — Nathaniel Parker Willis Copy Share Image
The passion for travelling is, I believe, instinctive in some natures. We have seen men persevere in their enterprises against the most… — James Holman Copy Share Image
The visits Prime Minister Koizumi made to the Yasukuni Shrine, I believe, had nothing to do with approval ratings. He paid respects… — Shinzo Abe Copy Share Image
The United Nations cannot do anything, and never could; it is not an animate entity or agent. It is a place, a… — Conor Cruise O'Brien Copy Share Image
Chess never has been and never can be aught but a recreation. It should not be indulged in to the detriment of… — Paul Morphy Copy Share Image
Poor humanity, to saddle the gods with such a responsibility and throw in a vindictive temper. What griefs they hatch for themselves,… — Lucretius Copy Share Image
Since we are not yet fully comfortable with the idea that people from the next village are as human as ourselves, it… — Demosthenes Copy Share Image
I have never conceived that having been in public life required me to belie my sentiments, or to conceal them. Opinion and… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Imagine going to the holy land in Israel, whether you're a Christian or a Jew or a Muslim, and start carving up… — Russell Means Copy Share Image
For all of the creeds are false, and all of the creeds are true; And low at the shrines where my brothers… — Don Marquis Copy Share Image
The value of dreams, like ... divinations, is not that they give a specific answer, but that they open up new areas… — Rollo May Copy Share Image
The journey to sacred places is the most common way that people travel in India. They are always going on pilgrimages to… — Diana L. Eck Copy Share Image
Think of admitting the details of a single case of the criminal court into our thoughts, to stalk profanely through their very… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
The mystical nature of American consumption accounts for its joylessness. We spend a great deal of time in stores, but if we… — Lewis H. Lapham Copy Share Image
If I do manage to come up with a scheme [to naming], however, I stick to it, which is why my cats… — Ursula Vernon Copy Share Image
I remember many years ago, I asked [Dalai Lama] about exile and he said: "Well, exile is good because it's brought me… — Pico Iyer Copy Share Image
It is by far the most elegant worship, hardly excepting the Greek mythology. What with incense, pictures, statues, altars, shrines, relics, and… — Lord Byron Copy Share Image
The Fujiyama of Architecture?at once a lofty mountain and a national shrine. — Lewis Mumford Copy Share Image
Their kitchen is their shrine, the cook their priest, the table their altar, and their belly their god. — Charles Buck Copy Share Image
Sleep undisturbed within the peaceful shrine till angels wake thee with a note like thine. — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
Beware of flattery! 'tis a flowery weed, Which oft offends the very idol-vice, Whose shrine it would perfume. — Elijah Fenton Copy Share Image
The heart that once has been your shrine for other loves is too divine — Alfred de Musset Copy Share Image
“Libraries are as the shrine where all the relics of the ancient saints, full of true virtue, and that without delusion or… — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
![“I think at the moment we did not even want to break the seal [on the inner chamber of the tomb of Tutankhamen], for a feeling of intrusion had descended heavily upon us... We felt that we were in the presence of the dead King and must do him reverence, and in imagination could see the doors of the…” quote by Howard Carter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/0d9/howard-carter-27604_break_i-think-at-the-moment-we-did-not-even-wa_166704.jpg)
![“Imagine going to the holy land in Israel, whether you're a Christian or a Jew or a Muslim, and start carving up the mountain of Zion. It's an insult to our entire being. It's bad enough getting four white faces carved in up there [on Mount Rushmore], the shrine of hypocrisy.” quote by Russell Means](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/3b9/russell-means-12584_carving_imagine-going-to-the-holy-land-in-israel_671488.jpg)
![“If I do manage to come up with a scheme [to naming], however, I stick to it, which is why my cats are named after gods-Loki and Athena, who are, respectively, absolutely straightforward and affectionate, and dumber than dirt. I learned my lesson. I will name my next cat 'Satan' or 'Marduk' or…” quote by Ursula Vernon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/85d/ursula-vernon-21101_affectionate_if-i-do-manage-to-come-up-with-a-scheme_100482.jpg)
![“I remember many years ago, I asked [Dalai Lama] about exile and he said: "Well, exile is good because it's brought me and my people closer to reality," and reality is almost a shrine before which he sits. Exile brings us up against the wall and forces us to rise to the challenge of the moment.” quote by Pico Iyer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/987/pico-iyer-1252_challenges_i-remember-many-years-ago-i-asked-dalai_2163417.jpg)
