Shrines Quotes

78 quotes by 70 authors

Since we are not yet fully comfortable with the idea that people from the next village are as human as ourselves, it is presumptuous in… — Demosthenes
As a personal matter I don't give a damn where mosques, churches, temples or other religious shrines and symbols are built as long as they… — Bob Higgins
The generation of atmosphere, the aura of the uncanny, is one of the most important secrets of magic. It contributes to the willing suspension of… — Doreen Valiente
There is a kind of laughter that sickens the soul. Laughter when it is out of control: when it screams and stamps its feet, and… — Mervyn Peake
I wanted to be a witch when I was a kid. I was obsessed with witchcraft. At school, me and my two friends had these… — Florence Welch
The oracles are dumb, No voice or hideous hum Runs through the arched roof in words deceiving. Apollo from his shrine Can no more divine,… — John Milton
To bear the country's disgrace is to rule the shrines of soil and grain. To bear the country's misfortunes is to be the king of… — Laozi
The United Nations cannot do anything, and never could; it is not an animate entity or agent. It is a place, a stage, a forum… — Conor Cruise O'Brien
A civilization without retail bookstores is unimaginable. Like shrines and other sacred meeting places, bookstores are essential artifacts of human nature. The feel of a… — Jason Epstein
Philips, whose touch harmonious could remove The pangs of guilty power and hapless love! Rest here, distress'd by poverty no more; Here find that calm… — Samuel Johnson
THE PATH OF PEACE is exceedingly vast, reflecting the grand design of the hidden and manifest worlds. A warrior is a living shrine of the… — Morihei Ueshiba
Be kind to all beings, this is more meritorious than bathing at the sixty-eight sacred shrines of pilgrimage and donating money. — Guru Nanak
For I have not seen another shrine blissful like my own body. — Saraha
My dresser and I have the hots for the new rugby ace Danny Cipriani. We have a shrine in my dressing room - press photos… — Julian Clary
I never wavered in my certainty that God did not exist. I was simply liberated by the thought that there might be a way to… — Alain de Botton
I'd seen too many shrines in South Central and thought it was worth asking where the first bullet came from that started all this violence. — Antoine Fuqua
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
We have a need to be religious, we need to worship, we need to build totems and shrines and icons, but nobody's sure in honor… — Robyn Hitchcock
There were no temples or shrines among us save those of nature. — Charles Alexander Eastman
Sleep undisturbed within the peaceful shrine till angels wake thee with a note like thine. — Samuel Johnson

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