Temples Quotes

718 Temples quotes by 488 unique authors

The library is the temple of learning, and learning has liberated more people than all the wars in history. — Carl T. Rowan
From the solemn gloom of the temple children run out to sit in the dust, God watches them play and forgets the priest. — Rabindranath Tagore
The youth gets together his materials to build a bridge to the moon, or, perchance, a palace or temple on the earth, and, at length,… — Henry David Thoreau
If I told you what it takes to reach the highest high you'd laugh and say nothing that simple, but you've been told many times… — Pete Townshend
The moment I have realized God sitting in the temple of every human body, the moment I stand in reverence before every human being and… — Swami Vivekananda
You may name a bronze statue 'Liberty,' or a painted figure in a city hall 'Commerce,' or a marble form in a temple 'Athene' or… — George Edward Woodberry
Although prefabrication has a long history - the ancient Romans shipped pre-cut stone columns, pediments, and other architectural elements to their colonies in North Africa,… — Martin Filler
I enjoy art, architecture, museums, churches and temples; anything that gives me insight into the history and soul of the place I'm in. I can… — Cherie Lunghi
Our revels now are ended. These our actors, As I foretold you, were all spirits and Are melted into air, into thin air: And, like… — William Shakespeare
Are we not all of us fanatics? I say only what you of the U.S.A. pretend you do not know. Attachments are of great seriousness.… — David Foster Wallace
We, unaccustomed to courage exiles from delight live coiled in shells of loneliness until love leaves its high holy temple and comes into our sight… — Maya Angelou
in reference to Persepolis and all palaces, cities and temples of the past: could these wonders have come into being without that suffering? without the… — Ryszard Kapuscinski
Believe me, the library is the temple of God. Education is the most sacred religion of all. — Gene Simmons
Archer reddened to the temples but dared not move or speak: it was as if her words had been some rare butterfly that the least… — Edith Wharton
At the temple there is a poem called "Loss" carved into the stone. It has three words, but the poet has scratched them out. You… — Arthur Golden
Sorry," [Hamlet] said, rubbing his temples. "I don't know what came over me. All of a sudden I had this overwhelming desire to talk for… — Jasper Fforde
I talk to you as I talk to my own soul," he said, turning me to face him. He reached up and cupped my cheek,… — Diana Gabaldon
Every man is the builder of a temple called his body. — Henry David Thoreau
The purpose of all the major religious traditions is not to construct big temples on the outside, but to create temples of goodness and compassion… — Dalai Lama
When it occurs to a man that nature does not regard him as important, and that she feels she would not maim the universe by… — Stephen Crane
Artists use frauds to make human beings seem more wonderful than they really are. Dancers show us human beings who move much more gracefully than… — Kurt Vonnegut
Man is to become divine by realizing the divine. Idols or temples, or churches or books, are only the supports, the help of his spiritual… — Swami Vivekananda
I also became a poet, and for one year lived in a Paradise of my own creation; I imagined that I also might obtain a… — Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
No man can reveal to you aught but that which already lies half asleep in the dawning of your knowledge. The teacher who walks in… — Khalil Gibran
Just as a flood-lighted temple is more beautiful in a severe storm or in a heavy fog, so the gospel of Jesus Christ is more… — Harold B. Lee

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