Quotes with altar

  • It was a real surprise to me to come across the evidence that Christianity might once have been a danced religion. Certainly, some of the early church leaders thought this was great and spoke of what seems to have been circle dancing, perhaps around an altar.
  • In the third grade, a nun stuffed me in a garbage can under her desk because she said that's where I belonged. I also had the distinction of being the only altar boy knocked down by a priest during mass.

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  • Aeschylus For there is no defense for a man who, in the excess of his wealth, has kicked the great altar of Justice out of sight.
    Aeschylus
    Greek dramatist (525 - 456)
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  • Thomas Jefferson I have sworn upon the altar of God eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man.
    Thomas Jefferson
    American statesman (1743 - 1826)
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  • Yann Martel If we, citizens, do not support our artists, then we sacrifice our imagination on the altar of crude reality and we end up believing in nothing and having worthless dreams.
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    Yann Martel
    Canadian author (1963 - )
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  • Helen Rowland In olden times, sacrifices were made at the altar, a practice which is still very much practiced.
    Helen Rowland
    American journalist (1875 - 1950)
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  • Bruce Springsteen In the third grade, a nun stuffed me in a garbage can under her desk because she said that's where I belonged. I also had the distinction of being the only altar boy knocked down by a priest during mass.
    Bruce Springsteen
    American singer-songwriter (1949 - )
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  • Barbara Ehrenreich It was a real surprise to me to come across the evidence that Christianity might once have been a danced religion. Certainly, some of the early church leaders thought this was great and spoke of what seems to have been circle dancing, perhaps around an altar.
    Barbara Ehrenreich
    American author and political activist (1941 - 2022)
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  • Gilbert Keith Chesterton Ritual will always mean throwing away something: destroying our corn or wine upon the altar of our gods.
    Gilbert Keith Chesterton
    English writer (1874 - 1936)
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  • Emma Goldman The State is the altar of political freedom and, like the religious altar, it is maintained for the purpose of human sacrifice.
    Emma Goldman
    American anarchist (1869 - 1940)
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  • Joseph De Maistre The whole earth, perpetually steeped in blood, is nothing but an immense altar on which every living thing must be sacrificed without end, without restraint, without respite until the consummation of the world, the extinction of evil, the death of death.
    Joseph De Maistre
    French diplomat and philosopher (1753 - 1821)
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  • Joseph De Maistre Wherever an altar is found, there civilization exists.
    Joseph De Maistre
    French diplomat and philosopher (1753 - 1821)
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  • Konstantin Stanislavisky A true priest is aware of the presence of the altar during every moment that he is conducting a service. It is exactly the same way that a true artist should react to the stage all the time he is in the theater. An actor who is incapable of this feeling will never be a true artist.
    Konstantin Stanislavisky
    Russian Actor, Theatre director, Teacher (1863 - 1938)
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