Veneration Quotes

52 Veneration quotes by 44 unique authors

No man speaketh, or should speak, of his prince, that which he hath not weighed whether it will consist with that veneration which should be… — Isaac Barrow
In a democracy - even if it is a so-called democracy like our white-?litist one - the greatest veneration one can show the rule of… — Nadine Gordimer
But he has gone, A nation's memory and veneration, Among the radiant, ever venturing on, Somewhere, with morning, as such spirits will. — John Masefield
The modern spectacle of vanished forests and eroded lands, wasted petroleum and ruthless mining, national debts recklessly increased until they are repudiated, and continual revision… — Russell Kirk
My own veneration for other faiths is the same as that for my own faith; therefore no thought of conversion is possible — Mahatma Gandhi
A man who possesses a veneration of life will not simply say his prayers. He will throw himself into the battle to preserve life, if… — Albert Schweitzer
When you are before the altar where Christ reposes, you ought no longer to think that you are amongst men; but believe that there are… — Saint John Chrysostom
What is deeper than respect and love? That’s what we felt: veneration. — Wynton Marsalis
Written poetry is worth reading once, and then should be destroyed. Let the dead poets make way for others. Then we might even come to… — Antonin Artaud
That man is formed for social life is an observation which, upon our first inquiry, presents itself immediately to our view, and our reason approves… — Joseph Warren
But where did this veneration of childbirth come from? I missed that meeting. Childbirth is wonderful, childbirth is a miracle. Wrong. It's no more a… — Bill Hicks
The accidental prescriptions of authority, when time has procured them veneration, are often confounded with the laws of nature, and those rules are supposed coeval… — Samuel Johnson
In order to be able thus to misjudge, and thus to grant left-handed veneration to our classics, people must have ceased to know them. This,… — Friedrich Nietzsche
Patriotism is often an arbitrary veneration of real estate above principles. — George Jean Nathan
I fear that, with our current veneration for the natural and the real, we have arrived at the opposite pole to all idealism, and have… — Friedrich Nietzsche
It smells terrible in here.' Well, what do you expect? The human body, when confined, produces certain odors which we tend to forget in this… — John Kennedy Toole
We cannot know the consequences of suppressing a child's spontaneity when he is just beginning to be active. We may even suffocate life itself. That… — Maria Montessori
Israelites, Christians and Muslims profess immortality, but the veneration they render this world proves they believe only in it, since they destine all other worlds,… — Jorge Luis Borges
Any civilization where the main symbol of religious veneration is a tool of execution is a bad place to have children. — Charles Stross
That which is impenetrable to us really exists. Behind the secrets of nature remains something subtle, intangible, and inexplicable. Veneration for this force beyond anything… — Albert Einstein
Veneration of Mark Twain is one of the roots of our current intellectual stalemate. — John Kennedy Toole
Keep the extent of your abilities unknown.The wise man does not allow his knowledge and abilities to be sounded to the bottom, if he desires… — Baltasar Gracian
We humans are naturally disposed to worship gods and heroes, to build our pantheons and valhallas. I would rather see that impulse directed into the… — Stephen Fry
Religion is fundamentally opposed to everything I hold in veneration - courage, clear thinking, honesty, fairness, and, above all, love of the truth. — H. L. Mencken
And thus it was that I started to wonder why Robert Burns is so important to us. We have other poets, and other writers, and… — Len G. Murray

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