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> [Man makes himself, and he only makes himself completely in proportion as he desacrilizes himself and the world. The sacred is the prime obstacle to his freedom. He will become himself only when he is totally demysticized. He will not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mircea-eliade/man-makes-himself-and-he-only-makes-himself-completely-in-proportion/)

[Mircea Eliade](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mircea-eliade/)

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> [The Experience of Sacred Space makes possible the founding of the world: where the sacred Manifests itself in space, the real unveils itself, the world comes into existence.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mircea-eliade/the-experience-of-sacred-space-makes-possible-the-founding-of-the/)

[Mircea Eliade](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mircea-eliade/)

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## More by Mircea Eliade

> [“Stangaciile, ca si timiditatea, au un farmec discret prin surprizele pe care le provoaca, prin panica naiva care o raspandesc.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mircea-eliade/stangaciile-ca-si-timiditatea-au-un-farmec-discret-prin-surprizele-pe/)

[Mircea Eliade](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mircea-eliade/)

> [I don't want to be mediocre, this is the fear of my soul and my body.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mircea-eliade/i-don-t-want-to-be-mediocre-this-is-the-fear-of-my-soul-and-my-body/)

[Mircea Eliade](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mircea-eliade/)

> [If we pay no attention to it, time does not exist.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mircea-eliade/if-we-pay-no-attention-to-it-time-does-not-exist/)

[Mircea Eliade](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mircea-eliade/)

> [“Inainte chiar de a afla vreun raspuns satisfacator, si numai prin faptul ca a fost rostita, intrebarea justa regenereaza si fertilizeaza; si nu numai…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mircea-eliade/inainte-chiar-de-a-afla-vreun-raspuns-satisfacator-si-numai-prin/)

[Mircea Eliade](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mircea-eliade/)

> [Man becomes aware of the Sacred because it manifests itself, shows itself, as something wholly different from the Profane.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mircea-eliade/man-becomes-aware-of-the-sacred-because-it-manifests-itself-shows/)

[Mircea Eliade](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mircea-eliade/)

> [“It must never be forgotten that initiatory death simultaneously signifies the end of the "natural," noncultural man, and passage to a new modality of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mircea-eliade/it-must-never-be-forgotten-that-initiatory-death-simultaneously/)

[Mircea Eliade](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mircea-eliade/)

> [To whatever degree he may have desacralized the world, the man who has made his choice in favor of a profane life never succeeds…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mircea-eliade/to-whatever-degree-he-may-have-desacralized-the-world-the-man-who-has/)

[Mircea Eliade](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mircea-eliade/)

> [The primitive magician, the medicine man or shaman is not only a sick man, he is above all, a sick man who has been…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mircea-eliade/the-primitive-magician-the-medicine-man-or-shaman-is-not-only-a-sick/)

[Mircea Eliade](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mircea-eliade/)

> [Man becomes aware of the Sacred because it manifests itself, shows itself, as something wholly different from the Profane ... In his encounters with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mircea-eliade/man-becomes-aware-of-the-sacred-because-it-manifests-itself-shows-2/)

[Mircea Eliade](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mircea-eliade/)

> [“Mă întreb, bunăoară, dacă nu cumva în ziua când am început să iubesc nu s-a întâmplat ceva lângă mine, ceva pe care eu nu…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mircea-eliade/m-ntreb-bun-oar-dac-nu-cumva-n-ziua-c-nd-am-nceput-s-iubesc-nu-s-a-nt/)

[Mircea Eliade](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mircea-eliade/)

> [“Eu am optat pentru Viaţă, îi spusese. Vreau să trăiesc, să văd ce are să se întâmple până la urmă...”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mircea-eliade/eu-am-optat-pentru-via-i-spusese-vreau-s-tr-iesc-s-v-d-ce-are-s-se-nt/)

[Mircea Eliade](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mircea-eliade/)

> [Man makes himself, and he only makes himself completely in proportion as he desacrilizes himself and the world. The sacred is the prime obstacle…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mircea-eliade/man-makes-himself-and-he-only-makes-himself-completely-in-proportion/)

[Mircea Eliade](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mircea-eliade/)

> [Whether religion is man-made is a question for philosophers or theologians. But the forms are man-made. They are a human response to something. As…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mircea-eliade/whether-religion-is-man-made-is-a-question-for-philosophers-or/)

[Mircea Eliade](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mircea-eliade/)

> [“It is above all the valorizing of the present that requires emphasizing. The simple fact of existing, of living in time, can comprise a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mircea-eliade/it-is-above-all-the-valorizing-of-the-present-that-requires/)

[Mircea Eliade](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mircea-eliade/)

> [It is not without fear and trembling that a historian of religion approaches the problem of myth. This is not only because of that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mircea-eliade/it-is-not-without-fear-and-trembling-that-a-historian-of-religion/)

[Mircea Eliade](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mircea-eliade/)

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