George Washington
Military Leader, Politician
"Religion and morality are the essential pillars of civil society."
Pillars quotes
Pillars
67 quotes on this topic — from poets, philosophers, and thinkers across history.
Esther Perel
Psychotherapist, Author
"Love rests on two pillars: surrender and autonomy. Our need for togetherness exists alongside our need for separateness."
William Faulkner
Novelist, Poet, Playwright
"The poet's voice need not merely be the record of man, it can be one of the props, the pillars to help him endure and prevail."
Leon Trotsky
Revolutionary, Politician
"The pillars of Hercules of the United States are vulgarity and stupidity."
Dalai Lama
Spiritual Leader
"Love and compassion are the pillars of world peace."
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"Bright reds - scarlet, pillar-box red, crimson or cherry - are very cheerful and youthful. There is certainly a red for everyone."
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"In vain would that man claim the tribute of patriotism who should labor to subvert these great pillars."
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"Marriage is like a temple resting on two pillars. If they come too close to each other the temple will collapse."
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"I wrote my will across the sky, in stars"
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"A novelist who ranks with Proust , Kafka , Musil and his friend James Joyce as one of the enduring pillars of Modernism."
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"This is a time of great change in the world but America's always been a pillar of strength and a beacon of hope to peoples around the globe and that's what it must continue to be."
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"Now, the other pillar of Israeli power - Western support and complicity - is starting to crack. We must do all we can to push it over."
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"The fields from Islington to Marybone, To Primrose Hill and Saint John's Wood, Were builded over with pillars of gold; And there Jerusalem's pillars stood."
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"The British cook, for her iniquities, is a foolish woman who should be turned into a pillar of salt which she never knows how to use."
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"Episcopalians have always preferred the flying buttress to the pillar of the church."
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"A free press is one of the pillars of democracy."
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