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Letter "S" » sacrilege
«Nothing is greater, or more fearful sacrilege than to prostitute the great name of God to the petulancy of an idle tongue»
Author: Jeremy Taylor
(Bishop, Clergyman, Writer)
| About:
God
| Keywords:
fearful, name of God, sacrilege
«When a man's life is destroyed or damaged by some wound or privation of soul or body, which is due to other men's actions or negligence, it is not only his sensibility that suffers but also his aspiration toward the good. Therefore there has been sacrilege towards that which is sacred in him.»
Author: Simone Weil
(Activist, Mystic, Philosopher)
| Keywords:
aspiration, damaged, due, due to, negligence, not due, privation, privations, sacrilege, sensibilities, sensibility, suffers, wound
«Thou therefore which teachest another, teachest thou not thyself? thou that preachest a man should not steal, dost thou steal? / Thou that sayest a man should not commit adultery, dost thou commit adultery? thou that abhorrest idols, dost thou commit sacrilege? / Thou that makest thy boast of the law, through breaking the law dishonourest thou God? / For the name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles through you, as it is written.»
«The new always carries with it the sense of violation, of sacrilege. What is dead is sacred; what is new, that is different, is evil, dangerous, or subversive.»
Author: Henry Miller
(Author, Writer)
| Keywords:
carries, sacrilege, subversive, The sense, violation, violations
«Do not shout to a person standing far; go near him or beckon to him to approach you. Loud noise is sacrilege on the sky, just as there are sacrilegious uses of earth and of water.»
Author: Sri Sathya Sai Baba
(Spiritual leader)
| Keywords:
beckon, loud noise, sacrilege, sacrilegious, shout
«Injury inflicted on any being is sacrilege, self-injury.»
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