Cathedrals Quotes

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Masonry is too great an institution to have been made in a day, much less by a few men, but was a slow evolution through… — Joseph Fort Newton
No doubt soaring cathedrals, stirring music, moving stories and parables, help a bit. But by far the most important variable determining your religion is the… — Richard Dawkins
Large motorway flyovers are the cathedrals of the modern world. — Barbara Castle, Baroness Castle of Blackburn
Sex wasn't God's big mistake. Judging against sex was humanity's big mistake. Pleasure is as divine as any cathedral, any temple. — Deepak Chopra
To write rhythmic prose one must go deep into oneself and find the anonymous and multiple rhythm of the blood. Prose needs to be built… — Rainer Maria Rilke
Photography is all about capturing a mood, a feeling. I feel a special connection with nature, often very powerful. This late afternoon was phenomenal. Standing… — Peter Lik
If the Church is not Making Disciples, then all the cathedrals, clergy, missions, sermons, even the Bible, are a waste of time. — C.S. Lewis
All great cathedrals began their building by the placement of a single stone. The building unit of a great society is the individual. — L. Ron Hubbard
For me, the reason why people go to a mountaintop or go to the edge of the ocean is to look at something larger than… — Diane Paulus
I'm not a preacher, and I'm certainly not a good example, but I have my own feelings about God. I'm kind of a nature guy.… — Neil Young
Italy valued cathedrals while Spain valued explorers. So worldwide, five times as many people speak Spanish than Italian. — Neil deGrasse Tyson
Indeed Christianity passes. Passes - it has gone! It has littered the beaches of life with churches, cathedrals, shrines and crucifixes, prejudices and intolerances, like… — H.G. Wells
Maimed but still magnificent... Europe's mightiest medieval cathedral. — R. W. Apple
My faith grew strong, and I sent a letter (as I was ordered) to the Rev. Dignitary of the Cathedral of Exeter. I was assured,… — Joanna Southcott
You think my paintings are calm, like windows in some cathedral? You should look again. I'm the most violent of all the American painters. Behind… — Mark Rothko
No sovereign, no court, no personal loyalty, no aristocracy, no church, no clergy, no army, no diplomatic service, no country gentlemen, no palaces, no castles,… — Henry James
If theory is the role of the architect, then such beautiful proofs are the role of the craftsman. Of course, as with the great renaissance… — Michael Atiyah
Armstrong, sitting in the commander's seat, spacesuit on, helmet on, plugged into electrical and environmental umbilical's, is the man who is not only a machine… — Norman Mailer
I love church buildings, particularly cathedrals, and I like living in spaces that remind me of music or evoke that creative energy. — Laura Mvula
Every generation has its war. I have just been reminded of mine. It ended in 1989, 43 years after it began, the longest war Britain… — Simon Jenkins

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