#altar

Leadership that exploits and sacrifices young people on the altar of its goals is nothing more than raw, demonic power. Genuine leadership is found in ceaseless efforts to foster young people, to pave the way forward for them. ↗

— Daisaku Ikeda

#ceaseless #demonic #efforts #exploits #forward

But only if I believe that my directing talents will improve the material I'd be working on. I want to make sure I don't sacrifice beautiful material on the altar of my direction. ↗

— Andre Braugher

#beautiful #believe #directing #direction #i

I like visiting people's homes on Saint Joseph's Day, when people set up altars, serve food as a tribute to the saint, and invite the public - I enjoy that much more than Mardi Gras. ↗

— Poppy Z. Brite

#day #enjoy #food #homes #i

Ritual will always mean throwing away something: destroying our corn or wine upon the altar of our gods. ↗

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

#always #away #corn #destroying #gods

I am a lover of truth, a worshipper of freedom, a celebrant at the altar of language and purity and tolerance. ↗

— Stephen Fry

#am #freedom #i #i am #language

I loved every second of Catholic church. I loved the sickly sweet rotting-pomegranate smells of the incense. I loved the overwrought altar, the birdbath of holy water, the votive candles; I loved that there was a poor box, the stations of the cross rendered in stained glass on the windows. ↗

— Anne Lamott

#box #candles #catholic #catholic church #church

Two races share today the soil of Canada. These people had not always been friends. But I hasten to say it. There is no longer any family here but the human family. It matters not the language people speak, or the altars at which they kneel. ↗

— Wilfrid Laurier

#always #any #been #canada #family

Wherever an altar is found, there civilization exists. ↗

— Joseph de Maistre

#civilization #exists #found #wherever

He came by a leap to the goal of purpose, not by the toilsome steps of reason. On the instant his headlong spirit declared his purpose: this was the one being for him in all the world: at this altar he would light a lamp of devotion, and keep it burning forever. ↗

— Gilbert Parker

#being #burning #came #declared #devotion

At the centre of Christianity is community; we are gathered by the Lord around the altar. ↗

— Timothy Radcliffe

#around #centre #christianity #community #gathered