Sacred Quotes

1621 Sacred quotes by 1045 unique authors

RABBLE, n. In a republic, those who exercise a supreme authority tempered by fraudulent elections. The rabble is like the sacred Simurgh, of Arabian fable… — Ambrose Bierce
Only men to whom the family is sacred will ever have a standard or a status by which to criticize the State. They alone can… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
The pest of society are the egotist, they are dull and bright, sacred and profane, course and fine. It is a disease that like the… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
I don't see life divided into public and private, secular and sacred. It's all an open place of service before our God. — Charles R. Swindoll
To the truly ethical man, all of life is sacred, including forms of life that from the human point of view may seem lower than… — Albert Schweitzer
When it came to slaughtering sacred cows with such crude yet perfect musical precision, there was no one better than Frank. I wonder what songs… — Terry Gilliam
There cannot be perfect civilization until Man realizes that the rights of every living creature are as sacred as his own. — David Starr Jordan
The seventeenth century is everywhere a time in which the state's power over everything individual increases, whether that power be in absolutist hands or may… — Jacob Burckhardt
Abstemiousness in diet and control of the passions, will preserve the intellect and give mental and moral vigor, enabling men to bring all their propensities… — Ellen G. White
Even with the sacred printing press, we got erotic novels 150 years before we got scientific journals. — Clay Shirky
Whoever is willing to enter the magic path should regard it as his sacred duty to practice regular exercises. He ought to be kind, generous… — Franz Bardon
Kill off the sacred bear. Kill off the ancestral crocodile. Kill off the myth-wrapped tiger. Kill off the lion. You haven't conquered a people, or… — David Quammen
The passing of every old man or woman means the passing of some tradition, some knowledge of sacred rites possessed by no other...consequently the information… — Edward S. Curtis
One desire has been the ruling passion of my life. One high motive has acted like a spur upon my mind and soul. and sooner… — Abraham Kuyper
From no source has the author drawn more conspicuously than from the sacred Scriptures. From all these extracts from the Bible I make no apology. — William Holmes McGuffey
The sacred is discovered in what moves and touches us, in what makes us tremble. — Sam Keen
Everyone, no matter what their cultural background, has a right to discover the sacred in nature; to heal and be redeemed spiritually by nature; and… — Martha Brooks
It’s walking the razor’s edge of the sacred moment where you don’t know, you can’t count on, and comfort yourself with any sure hope. All… — Joanna Macy
You lose that sacred-cow status when you lose three straight years. — Joe Dumars
But I think frustration is hilarious. One of my missions is to bring humor into fine art. It's sacred. — Wayne White
If you have been in the vicinity of the sacred - ever brushed against the holy - you retain it more in your bones than… — Daniel Taylor
This isn't a mob, won't need to change the names. Everyone around you has murdered someone, something sacred. There isn't one nail without dirt under… — Marilyn Manson
I express my profound thanks to a loving Heavenly Father who gives to you, to me, and to all who sincerely seek, the knowledge that… — Thomas S. Monson
Material possessions and honors of the world do not endure. But your union as wife, husband, and family can. No sacrifice is too great to… — Russell M. Nelson
Sex is the sacred song of the soul; Sex is the sanctuary of Self. — Aleister Crowley

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