Sacred quotes
554 quotes on this topic — from poets, philosophers, and thinkers across history.
"Civil disobedience becomes a sacred duty when the state has become lawless or corrupt. And a citizen who barters with such a state shares in its corruption and lawlessness."
"There must be something strangely sacred about salt. It is in our tears and in the sea."
"Woman is sacred; the woman one loves is holy."
"I would definitely return to Austria. They were all good experiences for me, but definitely Austria because there were some ancient Celtic, sacred sites that were in the forest that were quite beautiful."
"Our awareness is all that is alive and maybe sacred in any of us. Everything else about us is dead machinery."
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"The church is a place where we make our prejudice sacred."
"Our relationships live in the space between us which is sacred."
"We live, after all, in a world where illusions are sacred and truth profane."
"Love is a sacred silence."
"Mistakes are almost always of a sacred nature, understand them thoroughly."
"Life is sacred? Who said so? God? Hey, if you read history, you realize that God is one of the leading causes of death."
"Sometimes art seems to be something very sublime, and, as you say, something sacred."
"Meditate upon my counsels; love them; follow them; To the divine virtues will they know how to lead thee. I swear it by the One who in our hearts engraved The sacred Tetrad , symbol immense and pure, Source of Nature and model of the Gods."
"Even bad books are books and therefore sacred."
"From joy I came, for joy I live, in sacred joy I melt."
"Each thought, each action in the sunlight of awareness becomes sacred."
"Through your love existence and nonexistence merge. All opposites unite. All that is profane becomes sacred again."
"Life isn't nearly as sacred as the appreciation of passion."
"I know of no more sacred duty than to rear and educate a child."
"I've said it in the past and I'll say it again today: the vote is precious; it's almost sacred."
"Our time on this earth is sacred, and we should celebrate every moment."
"Laugh at what you hold sacred, and still hold it sacred."
"Wisdom is a sacred communion."
"Ah, music, sacred tongue of God! I hear thee calling and I come."
"Surplus wealth is a sacred trust to be managed for the good of others."
