Altar Quote by Joseph de Maistre Download Open image “Wherever an altar is found, there civilization exists.” — Joseph de Maistre ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.0 out of 5 (9 ratings) Copy quoteShare Altar Civilization Culture Found
“One altar forever is preserved, that whereon we burn incense to the supreme idol,--ourselves, our god is great, and money is his Prophet! We… — Okakura Kakuzo Copy Share Image
There are the altars, but here is the greatest of altars, the living, conscious human body, and to worship at this altar is far… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
No civilization other than that which is Christian, is worth seeking or possessing. — Otto von Bismarck Copy Share Image
For thousands of years we have gathered in circle--around fires, around bodies, around altars--because we can't do this alone. — Wayne Muller Copy Share Image
“A civilization is integral and healthy to the extent [that] it is founded on the "invisible" or "underlying" religion, the religio perennis, that is,… — Frithjof Schuon Copy Share Image
Altars should face the east, and should always be placed on a lower level than are the statues in the temples, so that those… — Marcus Vitruvius Pollio Copy Share Image
“We have worshipped at the altar of inclusion when we were built to worship at the altar of the only living God.” — Lisa-Jo Baker Copy Share Image
There's no such thing as civilization. The word just means the art of living in cities. — Roger Zelazny Copy Share Image
War is thus divine in itself, since it is a law of the world. War is divine through its consequences of a supernatural nature… — Joseph de Maistre Copy Share Image
Nothing is necessary except God, and nothing is less necessary than pain. — Joseph de Maistre Copy Share Image
It is not the mediocrity of women's education which makes their weakness; it is their weakness which necessarily causes their mediocrity. — Joseph de Maistre Copy Share Image
We are all bound to the throne of the Supreme Being by a flexible chain which restrains without enslaving us. The most wonderful aspect… — Joseph de Maistre Copy Share Image
All pain is a punishment, and every punishment is inflicted for love as much as for justice. — Joseph de Maistre Copy Share Image
Without doubt God is the universal moving force, but each being is moved according to the nature that God has given it. He directs… — Joseph de Maistre Copy Share Image
Man is insatiable for power; he is infantile in his desires and, always discontented with what he has, loves only what he has not.… — Joseph de Maistre Copy Share Image
“Thus is worked out, from maggots up to man, the universal law of the violent destruction of living beings. The whole earth, continually steeped… — Joseph de Maistre Copy Share Image
If there was no moral evil upon earth, there would be no physical evil. — Joseph de Maistre Copy Share Image
Man is so muddled, so dependent on the things immediately before his eyes, that every day even the most submissive believer can be seen… — Joseph de Maistre Copy Share Image
The concept of number is the obvious distinction between the beast and man. Thanks to number, the cry becomes a song, noise acquires rhythm,… — Joseph de Maistre Copy Share Image
“...those others - they're looking for trends - subjects to catch a spark - but I have you - a coal from God's altar… — John Geddes Copy Share Image
“I was amazed, shocked, and sickened by what I heard throughout the day, over and over, by many victims' stories. I can think of… — Charles L. Bailey Jr Copy Share Image
“I reflected on other victims I had met and how they were raped right on the altars of their own churches. Some of them… — Charles L. Bailey Jr Copy Share Image
“When I think of how much this world has suffered; when I think of how long our fathers were slaves, of how they cringed… — Robert G. Ingersoll Copy Share Image
I was an altar boy, which I loved and am very proud of. It was strict, but also really nice. — Michael Keaton Copy Share Image
My mother was gentle and warm. She was the sort of person you could really open up to. I was the eldest and her… — Stephen Mangan Copy Share Image
“They like to use those fancy words. They don't like to say “raped,'” he said. “They say “misdeed,' “inappropriate touching,' “mistake.' That's insulting. I'm… — Charles L. Bailey Jr Copy Share Image
'Friends' started because Rachel left her husband at the altar. This likability factor is just so stupid to me. It's the same thing as… — Adam Pally Copy Share Image
“The day arrived,when myriad teary rivers flow and the muted wind faintly died in his tears—an altar for the beloved one's departure,for sister-hood is… — Nithin Purple Copy Share Image
