Altar Quotes

235 quotes by 188 authors

The platform of an Ethical Society is itself the altar; the address must be the fire that burns thereon. — Felix Adler
Everyone knows the beautiful story of Abraham and the sacrifice of Isaac. How this noble father led his child to the slaughter; how Isaac meekly… — Annie Besant
For there is no defense for a man who, in the excess of his wealth, has kicked the great altar of Justice out of sight. — Aeschylus
Ritual will always mean throwing away something: destroying our corn or wine upon the altar of our gods. — Gilbert K. Chesterton
When men do not love their hearth, nor reverence their thresholds, it is a sign that they have dishonoured both ... Our God is a… — John Ruskin
The whole earth, perpetually steeped in blood, is nothing but an immense altar on which every living thing must be sacrificed without end, without restraint,… — Joseph de Maistre
Frances and Courtney, I'll be at your altar. Please keep going, Courtney, for Frances, for her life will be so much happier without me. I… — Kurt Cobain
Are you making no progress in prayer? Then you need only offer God the prayers which the Savior has poured out for us in the… — Margaret Mary Alacoque
Character is always lost when a high ideal is sacrificed on the altar of conformity and popularity. — Charles Spurgeon
The clergy ... believe that any portion of power confided to me [as President] will be exerted in opposition to their schemes. And they believe… — Thomas Jefferson
When any church will inscribe over its altar, as its sole qualification for membership, the Savior's condensed statement of the substance of both law and… — Abraham Lincoln
Arm yourselves, and be ye men of valor, and be in readiness for the conflict; for it is better for us to perish in battle… — Winston Churchill
If farmers and blacksmiths could win independence from an empire if immigrants could leave behind everything they knew for a better life on our shores… — Michelle Obama
The bread that you see on the altar is the Body of Christ as soon as it is sanctified by God's word. The chalice, or… — Saint Augustine
On the altar you are looking at the same thing as you saw there last night. You have not heard, however, what this is, what… — Saint Augustine
To converse with You, O King of glory, no third person is needed, You are always ready in the Sacrament of the Altar to give… — Teresa of Avila
You heard me, only Friend whom I love. To ravish my heart, you became man. You shed your blood, what a supreme mystery!... And you… — Therese of Lisieux
May Mary, who in the freedom of her 'Fiat' and her presence at the foot of the cross, offered to the world, Jesus, the Liberator,… — Pope John Paul II
The Christian, the Mohammedan, the Jew - their emphasis is on the second: to die as soon as possible, to surrender to God. Prayer is… — Rajneesh
Men professing godliness offer their bodies upon Satan's altar, and burn the incense of tobacco to his satanic majesty. Does this statement seem severe? The… — Ellen G. White

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