#sacred

The only principles of public conduct that are worthy of a gentleman or a man are to sacrifice estate, ease, health, and applause, and even life, to the sacred calls of his country. ↗

— James Otis

#calls #conduct #country #ease #estate

Signý knew she would die a thousand deaths upon seeing another woman with him, bearing his children, raising them with him. All the while, Signý, caged in his dungeons, hearing all the painful details of his life with someone else, drowning in her own despair, her love for him turning to hatred. A more tragic life, she could not imagine. ↗

— Farrah Naseem

#despair #farrah-naseem #hatred #sacred #tragic

In my more rebellious days I tried to doubt the existence of the sacred, but the universe kept dancing and life kept writing poetry across my life. (Beyond Religion, p. 81) ↗

— David N. Elkins

#the-sacred #life

Much of life appears mundane at the time. Yet in God's providence every moment includes significant details arranged by His divine hand. ↗

— Dillon Burroughs

#moments #providence #sacred #life

The Glory of this life is in viewing it as eternal. ↗

— Beth Johnson

#meditation #releasing #sacredness #soul #spiritual

Angie was where most of me began and all of me ended. ↗

— Dennis Lehane

#sacred #love

...how are you sacred to me? your lines are golden threads - your patter, my patten - I explore the liturgy of your words... ↗

— John Geddes

#liturgy #love #sacred #words #love

Many people lock a part of themselves away. It's a bit sacred. ↗

— Tori Amos

#bit #lock #many #part #people

We also shot at a location that was an Aboriginal sacred ground for the shots coming up the cliff. ↗

— Christopher Atkins

#also #cliff #coming #ground #location

The freedom of thought is a sacred right of every individual man, and diversity will continue to increase with the progress, refinement, and differentiation of the human intellect. ↗

— Felix Adler

#differentiation #diversity #every #freedom #human