"Our time on this earth is sacred, and we should celebrate every moment."
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"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."
"Let us eat, drink and satisfy our coarse appetites, but let us keep our souls sacred and apart."
"The life of the individual has meaning only insofar as it aids in making the life of every living thing nobler and more beautiful. Life is sacred, that is to say, it is the supreme value, to which all other values are subordinate."
"When you notice something clearly and see it vividly, it then becomes sacred."
"I had never believed in the sacred nature of literature. God had died when I was fourteen."
"Something sacred, that's it. We ought to be able to say that such and such a painting is as it is, with its capacity for power, because it is "touched by God.""
"Every man and every living creature has a sacred right to the gladness of springtime."
"There are no forbidden questions in science, no matters too sensitive or delicate to be probed, no sacred truths."
"One saintly priest attracts more souls to Christ...than do those who lack the imprint of their sacred office"
"Down in adoration falling, Lo! the sacred Host we hail; Lo! o'er ancient forms departing, Newer rites of grace prevail; Faith for all defects supplying, Where the feeble senses fail."
"Today, the degradation of the inner life is symbolized by the fact that the only place sacred from interruption is the private toilet."
"Life is sacred, that is to say, it is the supreme value, to which all other values are subordinate."
"No facts are to me sacred; none are profane; I simply experiment, an endless seeker, with no past at my back."
"Do not accept anything simply because it has been said by your teacher, or because it has been written in your sacred books, or because it has been believed by many, or because it has been handed down by your ancestors. Accept and live only according to what will enable you to see truth face to face."
"I have no religion,’ says Borneau, ‘but I respect the religion of others. Religion is sacred.’ Why this privilege, this immunity?... A believer creates God in his own image; if he is ugly, his God will be morally ugly. Why should moral ugliness be respectable?"
"What the Bible says is what God has disclosed and we want to approach this sacred text with cognitive reverence."