Sacred Quotes
1621 Sacred quotes by 1045 unique authors
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A friendly study of the world's religions is a sacred duty.
— Mahatma Gandhi
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Near eighty years ago we began by declaring that all men are created equal; but now from that beginning we have run down to the…
— Abraham Lincoln
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Conscience is the most sacred of all property.
— James Madison
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Now the images and temples constructed by mechanics are made of inert matter, so that they too are inert, material, and profane. Even if you…
— Clement of Alexandria
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Sacred space and sacred time and something joyous to do is all we need. Almost anything then becomes a continuous and increasing joy. What you…
— Joseph Campbell
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The temple is a sacred edifice, a holy place, where essential saving ceremonies and ordinances are performed to prepare us for exaltation. It is important…
— Robert D. Hales
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You know, for me, the realization that two people should have the right to form a sacred union regardless of their gender was strengthened when…
— Barbra Streisand
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We can bring our spiritual practice into the streets, into our communities, when we see each realm as a temple, as a place to discover…
— Jack Kornfield
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For thirty centuries, from her sacred seat the cat looked down, and crouching at her feet, beheld the race of conquering Pharaohs kneel.
— Hippolyte Taine
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And sometimes it's the very otherness of a stranger, someone who doesn't belong to our ethnic or ideological or religious group, an otherness that can…
— Karen Armstrong
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Every form of life is sacred. It is not possible to have an activity that is not sacred...Coming to see everything as sacred and honouring…
— Gary Zukav
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[W]hen Galileo discovered he could use the tools of mathematics and mechanics to understand the motion of celestial bodies, he felt, in the words of…
— William J. Clinton
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How I loved the feasts!.... I especially loved the processions in honor of the Blessed Sacrament. What a joy it was for me to throw…
— Therese of Lisieux
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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
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This worship, given therefore to the Trinity of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, above all accompanies and permeates the…
— Pope John Paul II
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Comment is free but facts are sacred.
— C P Scott
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Silence has a regenerative power of its own. It is always sacred. It always returns you home.
— Barbara De Angelis
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I teach you joy, not sadness. I teach you playfulness, not seriousness. I teach you love and laughter, because to me there is nothing more…
— Rajneesh
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All authentic art is conceived at a sacred moment and nourished in a blessed hour; an inner impulse creates it, often without the artist being…
— Caspar David Friedrich
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Every painting is a voyage into a sacred harbor.
— Giotto di Bondone
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Individuality realized is the supreme attainment of the human soul, the master-master's work of art. Individuality is sacred.
— Frank Lloyd Wright
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None of us like the concept of law because none of us like the restraints it puts on us. But when we understand that God…
— Ravi Zacharias
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To me, nature is sacred; trees are my temples and forests are my cathedrals.
— Mikhail Gorbachev
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Stay with friends who support you in these. Talk with them about sacred texts, and how you are doing, and how they are doing, and…
— Unknown Author
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To this noble end the delegates had pledged their lives, their fortunes, and their sacred honor.
— David McCullough
Who Wrote These Sacred Quotes
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