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Profane Quotes by 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 the…
- In imitating the exemplary acts of a god or of a mythic hero, or simply by recounting their adventures, the man of an archaic society…
- Do what he will, he [the profane man] is an inheritor. He cannot utterly abolish his past, since he himself is a product of his…
- To whatever degree he may have desacralized the world, the man who has made his choice in favor of a profane life never succeeds in…
More Profane Quotes
- There are more sure marks of authenticity in the Bible than in any profane history. — Isaac Newton
- It is incumbent upon us to understand our greatness and believe in it so that we do not cheapen and profane ourselves. — Meir Kahane
- Unless your sexuality rises and reaches to love it is mundane, it has nothing sacred about it. When your sex becomes love,… — Rajneesh
- What a place to be in is an old library! It seems as though all the souls of all the writers that… — Charles Lamb
- If you start in the pit of despair with these profane, awful things, even a glimmer of hope or awareness is going… — Chuck Palahniuk
- A society whose members are united by the fact that they think in the same way in regard to the sacred world… — Emile Durkheim
- There are more sure marks of authenticity in the Bible that in any profane history. — Isaac Newton
- Professional managers, coaches, and players have a right to question an umpire's decision if they do it in a professional manner. When… — Jim Evans