Sacred Quotes - Page 5

• I believe that marriage is not just a bond but a sacred bond between a man and a woman.

  Hillary Clinton

  Believe, Men, I Believe

  "Hillary Clinton in 2004: Traditional Marriage a 'Bedrock Principle'" by William Bigelow, www.breitbart.com. April 22, 2015.

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• A religious phenomenon will only be recognized as such if it is grasped at its own level, that is to say, if it is studied as something religious. To try to grasp the essence of such phenomenon by means of physiology, psychology, sociology, economics, linguistics, art or any other study is false; it misses the one unique and irreducible element in it - the element of the sacred.

  Mircea Eliade

  Religious, Art, Mean

  "Patterns in Comparative Religion". Book by Mircea Eliade, p. xiii, 1963.

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• Our stories arise from our hearts and our souls. In this sense, telling our stories becomes a sacred gesture, opening a clear way to that deep, ecstatic center where we are most uniquely our selves, individual and unique, and yet are ourselves, joined together at the heart.

  Susan Wittig Albert

  Heart, Unique, Self

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• If individuals start to walk on the path of spirit and feel a sense of the sacred connectedness, then social, economic and political problems will also begin to get resolved.

  Satish Kumar

  Political, Path, Spirit

  Interview with Frank Lipman, www.drfranklipman.com. April 14, 2009.

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• When I lived in Cookham I was disturbed by a feeling of everything being meaningless.But quite suddenly I became aware that everything was full of special meaning and this made everything holy... I observed this sacred quality in most unexpected quarters.

  Stanley Spencer

  Feelings, Special, Quality

  Sir Stanley Spencer, Fiona MacCarthy, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Centro Cultural / Arte Contemporáneo (Mexico City) (1997). “Stanley Spencer: An English Vision”, Yale University Press

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• All ancient books which have once been called sacred by man, will have their lasting place in the history of mankind, and those who possess the courage, the perseverance, and the self-denial of the true miner, and of the true scholar, will find even in the darkest and dustiest shafts what they are seeking for,-real nuggets of thought, and precious jewels of faith and hope.

  Max Muller

  Perseverance, Real, Book

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• To me there is nothing more sacred than love and laughter, and there is nothing more prayerful than playfulness.

  Rajneesh

  Inspirational, Laughter, Prayerful

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• Christmas has a certain universal appeal that gives it meaning well beyond a day to celebrate the birth of Jesus, but Christians have a special duty to experience its sacred and profound spiritual significance and non-Christians have a duty to treat the day with special respect.

  Michael Josephson

  Christmas, Christian, Spiritual

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• Knowledge is a sacred cow, and my problem will be how we can milk her while keeping clear of her horns.

  Albert Szent-Gyorgyi

  Knowledge, Milk, Cows

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• Isn't it wonderful that two of the most sacred and symbolic plants, the olive and the vine, live on almost nothing, a terrace of limestone, sun and rain.

  Janet Erskine Stuart

  Rain, Two, Vines

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• All of the larger than life questions about our presence here on earth and what gifts we have to offer are spiritual questions. To seek answers to these questions is to seek a sacred path.

  Lauren Artress

  Spiritual, Answers, Earth

  Lauren Artress (1996). “Walking a Sacred Path: Rediscovering the Labyrinth as a Spiritual Practice”, p.21, Penguin

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• The green earth sends her incense up. From many a mountain shrine; From folded leaf and dewey cup She pours her sacred wine.

  John Greenleaf Whittier

  Wine, Mountain, Cups

  John Greenleaf Whittier, “The Worship Of Nature”

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• The church is a place where we make our prejudice sacred.

  Peter Rollins

  Church, Prejudice

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• How can you buy or sell the sky, the warmth of the land? The idea is strange to us. If we do not own the freshness of the air and the sparkle of the water, how can you buy them? Every part of the earth is sacred to my people.

  Chief Seattle

  Nature, Air, Land

  Seattle (Chief) (1976). “Chief Seattle's Testimony”

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• How sweet and sacred idleness is!

  Walter Savage Landor

  Sweet, Idleness

  Walter Savage Landor (1853). “Imaginary Conversations of Greeks and Romans”, p.272

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• We need to preserve these sacred locations for ourselves, for the species of plants and animals that coexist in harmony there, and for the future generations of humankind that will need to be refreshed, renewed and healed by them.

  Frederick Lenz

  Nature, Buddhism, Animal

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• Art class was like a religious ceremony to me. I would wash my hands carefully before touching paper or pencils. The instruments of work were sacred objects to me.

  Joan Miro

  Religious, Art, Hands

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• A noble truth is a sacred creed.

  Bob Dylan

  Expression, Noble, Truth Is

  Song: Tweedle Dee And Tweedle Dum

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• The same creative force that generated the universe created your body. It is vibrating with intelligence and spirit. It is ultimately sacred and worthy of your love, respect and intention. Take good care of it and nourish it with the most healing, life-sustaining foods, experiences, and sensory impressions.

  David Simon

  Healing, Creative, Body

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• Selfish men were...trying to make capital for themselves out of the sacred cause of civil rights

  Maria Weston Chapman

  Selfish, Men, Rights

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• There is no language of the holy. The sacred lies in the ordinary.

  Ming-Dao Deng

  Lying, Garden, Religion

  Ming-Dao Deng (2013). “365 Tao: Daily Meditations”, p.29, Harper Collins

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• The dinner hour is a sacred, happy time when everyone should be together and relaxed.

  Julia Child

  Happy Times, Together, Dinner

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• The art that I make and that I see others make confirms the miracle of being alive. Almost every day I live in a state of exaltation. The art of painting is to me sacred. It is central to all the other visual arts. This art is in a constant state of renewal.

  Joseph Plaskett

  Art, Miracle, Exaltation

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• Within the sacred walls of libraries we find the best thoughts, the purest feelings, and the most exalted imaginings of our race.

  Christian Nestell Bovee

  Wall, Race, Feelings

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• We are the higher synthesis of the union of the archetypal Mother and Father. As we recognize the divinity within ourselves, we see it in each other and all around us. Through this realization, the world becomes sacred again, infused with intelligence, spirit, and a grand plan for evolutionary awakening.

  Anodea Judith

  Inspirational, Mother, Father

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