Blessed Quote by John Mason Neale

Jerusalem the Golden, With milk and honey blest, eneath thy contemplation Sink heart and voice oppressed.

— John Mason Neale

It is not being in Jerusalem, but living a good life there that is praiseworthy.

— St. Jerome

“Jerusalem, How cruel it was, after all, That the geographical center of their faith was not actually located within the confines of the Christian…

— Alaa Alghamdi

“Jerusalem, ----How cruel it was, after all, that the geographical center of their faith was not actually located within the confines of the Christian…

— Alaa Alghamdi

Jerusalem has been - and for many, still is - a metaphor for destruction and the vengeance of an offended God. She is the…

— Amos Elon

Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the citythat kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to it! How often have I desired to gather your children…

— Anonymous

“Jerusalem! My Love,My Town I wept until my tears were dry I prayed until the candles flickered I knelt until the floor creaked I…

— Nizar Qabbani

I look at Jerusalem as being a beacon for the three monotheistic religions.

— Anonymous

My family has been rooted and intertwined with Jerusalem for generations, and I am among those who say every day, 'May You return to…

— Isaac Herzog

I cannot assume emotions I do not feel, and must describe Jerusalem as I found it. Since being here, I have read the accounts…

— Bayard Taylor

For all its rooted loveliness, the world has no continuing city here; it is an outlandish place, a foreign home, a session in via…

— Robert Farrar Capon

“To return to where we started, there have always been two Jerusalems, the temporal and the celestial, both ruled more by faith and emotion…

— Simon Sebag Montefiore