Cathedral Quotes

124 quotes by 107 authors

A Hubble Space Telescope photograph of the universe evokes far more awe for creation than light streaming through a stained glass window in a cathedral. — Michael Shermer
I love Spanish cities, particularly Barcelona, Madrid and Palma, which has the most amazing cathedral that I once went to for a wedding. — Louise Nurding
We are material creatures who spend much of our lives on material pursuits (even building a cathedral or writing a novel requires stone and mortar… — Virginia Postrel
The Christmas market at the Barcelona Cathedral sells all kinds of things for your Nativity scene. It will also give you a good idea of… — Jose Andres Puerta
At the school I attended, the clergyman who ran the cathedral school in Shanghai would give lines to the boys as a punishment. They expected… — J. G. Ballard
There are times when the art world seems like a religious empire. There are great cathedral galleries and pilgrimage sites where treasured art pieces are… — Michael Leunig
The cathedral, at its noblest, is the best outward symbol of the spiritual nature of man, as it is also the most suggestive measure and… — Jenkin Lloyd Jones
Whence, then, did the cathedral derive its power? Clearly here: It took back the family into the confidences of religion. It taught man and woman… — Jenkin Lloyd Jones
The story of the decadence of the cathedral as a moral power, a spiritual energizer in civilization, is the sad but inevitable story of dogmatism.… — Jenkin Lloyd Jones
Seeing that picture, for me, was like Chartres Cathedral. — Henry Moore
It was a secular cathedral, dedicated to the rites of travel. — Robert Hughes
I sang at the Inaugural prayer service at the National Cathedral. — Michael W. Smith
I went and looked at one of these great cathedrals one day, and I was blown away by it. From there I became interested in… — Ken Follett
I bought into Saks as a personal investment because, when I was a young man and went to America for the first time, it seemed… — Diego Della Valle
Her appearance was formidable, her manner-well, it was like talking to St Paul's Cathedral. — Henry Channon
All men, believing in God or not, are invited to enter. I wish to make them curious to see what God has to offer them… — Unknown Author
A bicycle shed is a building; Lincoln Cathedral is a piece of architecture. — Unknown Author
I believe talent is like electricity. We don't understand electricity. We use it. You can plug into it and light up a lamp, keep a… — Maya Angelou
There is no way that I could say that I am going to be Mahler or Mozart. But no one is. And if this is… — Rufus Wainwright
A rock pile ceases to be a rock pile the moment a single man contemplates it, bearing within him the image of a cathedral. --Antoine… — Antoine De Saint-Exupery

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