There is no one story that will replace the American dream, but storieslike this one—and there are thousands—can inform the myth or mythswe create for building and preserving the next culture. In order to do...

We must learn that when people devalue any one Life, they devalue all Life.

To theology, … only what it holds sacred is true, whereas to philosophy, only what holds true is sacred.

Directly overhead the Milky Way was as distinct as a highway across the sky. The constellations shown brilliantly, except the north, where they were blurred by the white sheets of the Aurora. Now shimmering like...

Each religion makes scores of purportedly factual assertions about everything from the creation of the universe to the afterlife. But on what grounds can believers presume to know that these assertions are true? The reasons...

The person with a secular mentality feels himself to be the center of the universe. Yet he is likely to suffer from a sense of meaninglessness and insignificance because he knows he’s but one human...

…what is sacred is the other person -we forget that sometimes – and fail to honor who they are …

Words to invoke peace & awareness. Words to create freedom and fairness. Words to plant sacred seeds. and sing us back into balance.

Each new day on earth is a sacred moment.

To those of us who believe that all of life is sacred every crumb of bread and sip of wine is a Eucharist, a remembrance, a call to awareness of holiness right where we are.I...

Understanding the shadow masculine or shadow feminine in oneself iscrucial not only for enhancing one ’s own wholeness but for championingjustice between genders and all diverse groups in the community. If theshadow is not recognized...

If you believe Life is sacred, you must also believe unnecessary killing is sacrilege.

Bring forth a spiritual idea that will never fade.

When we begin to see the divine in one another each meeting becomes a sacred encounter

In this moment, everything is sacred.

Sacred blessings; the gift of life and good health.

mystical” if reality is limited to what can be measured by the intellect and senses) is remarkably consistent in all ages and all places. All phenomena are processes, connections, all is in flux…have the mind...

Now, your Honor, I have spoken about the [Civil] war. I believed in it. I don’t know whether I was crazy or not. Sometimes I think perhaps I was. I approved of it; I joined...

Life’s journey on earth is the only sacred travel.

Without art, we should have no notion of the sacred; without science, we should always worship false gods.

If collapse is anything, it is a planetary immersion in the maelstrom ofparadox. Unless we understand and honor paradox, we will end up, like all ofthe mainstream media on earth, asking all of the wrong...

Love between two people is sacred, and also secret—and shouldn’t be shared with a third person. But come on, you can trust me.

To believers, the bible is a holy book, to unbelievers, it is a story book.

Whether we are at Cafe Gratitude or Carl’s Jr, whether we are in a cathedral or in a nightclub, whether we are inside of a mosque or on the metro, every single moment is a...

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

I tended to emphasize the secular, the casual, the colloquial, the vernacular against the sacred.

The secret and the sacred are sisters. When the secret is not respected, the sacred vanishes. Consequently, reflection should not shine too severe or aggressive a light on the world of the soul.

Scriptures, n. The sacred books of our holy religion, as distinguished from the false and profane writings on which all other faiths are based.

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...

…the Sierra, a region so quiet and pristine that we have the sense of being the first human beings ever to set foot in it. We fall silent ourselves in its midst, as if conversation...

We are all priests before God, there is no such distinction as ‘secular or sacred.’ In fact, the opposite of sacred is not secular; the opposite of sacred is profane. In short, no follower of...

And remember: the flesh is as sacred as it is profane.

Mythology can be defined as the sacred history of humankind. This is different from what we call “history.” Mythical stories, when you trace them back to their origin, often have a sacredness, a holy quality...

Inviting someone to work for pay is a sacred privilege and a trust. It must be regarded a high honor to be able to give another person work, and neither employer nor employee should abuse...

There is a sacredness in tears. They are not the mark of weakness but of power. They are messengers of overwhelming grief and of unspeakable love.

So, how close are love and genius, really? We know that they are both mentioned far more than lived.

I am learning to appreciate the gift of the moment.

Wind is the sacred music of the leaves; wherever and whenever the wind blows, over there leaves start their holy dancing frantically!

The Sacred Bombshell knows that her creative feminine energy is a catalyst. She remembers her womb wisdom.

The lines of fate on my hand, once so bright, faded into echo.The memory of his face in my dreams, once so luminous passed into shadow.

I learned to find equal meaning in the repeated rituals of domestic life. Setting the table. Lighting the candles. Building the fire. Cooking. All those soufflés, all that crème caramel, all those daubes and albóndigas...

In the time of the sacred sites and the crashing of ecosystems and worlds, it may be worth not making a commodity out of all that is revered.

You are free. Your mind belongs to you. Your thoughts are yours. Honor the sacred territory of your freedom and individuality.

so many people concentrate on looks, but the invisible is sacred

I don’t believe for a minute that the proof of God’s existence is achieved. My faith prohibits me from believing that the proof of God’s existence can ever be adduced. My God is not an...

The sacred bequestOf times long spent with your heartThat saturate and illuminate you nowSo piercingly…

Euclid’s Elements has been for nearly twenty-two centuries the encouragement and guide of that scientific thought which is one thing with the progress of man from a worse to a better state. The encouragement; for...

Power of prayer, serenity for the soul.

Writing is sacred, other activities are profane, and I don’t want them to corrupt my writing.

The next time you get scared, get sacred!