Blessed Quote by John Mason Neale

Jerusalem the golden, with milk and honey blessed, beneath thy contemplation sink heart and voice oppressed.

— John Mason Neale

“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

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

— St. Jerome

The grandeur of Jerusalem is also... its problem.

— Umberto Eco

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

“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

“It is therefore deeply tragic that Jerusalem should have become a bone of contention – with people killing each other by the thousand because…

— Jostein Gaarder

“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

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

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

— Anonymous