I'm against the capturing of Eastern Orthodox temples.
I'm against the capturing of Eastern Orthodox temples.
The old studios that mass-produced dreams are gone with the wind, just like the old downtown theaters that were the temples of the dreams.
Will you permit the sacred fire of liberty, brought by your fathers from the venerable temples of Britain, to be quenched and trodden out on the simple altars they have raised?
Proportions are what makes the old Greek temples classic in their beauty. They are like huge blocks, from which the air has been literally hewn out between the columns.
Religion is the frozen thought of man out of which they build temples.
Among these temples there is one which far surpasses all the rest, whose grandeur of architectural details no human tongue is able to describe; for within its precincts, surrounded by a lofty wall, there is room enough for a town of five hundred families.
The nations were awakened from the sleep of death, as the words of eternal life flowed from the Apostles' lips, - the temples of superstition were shut or destroyed, and churches were planted in every part of the civilized world.
The Lord showed me, so that I did see clearly, that he did not dwell in these temples which men had commanded and set up, but in people's hearts... his people were his temple, and he dwelt in them.
Now Heaven and Earth are older than the temples, and older than the Scriptures.
And how can man die better than facing fearful odds, for the ashes of his fathers, and the temples of his Gods?
I support mosques, obviously. We need churches, temples, mosques. Whatever people use to speak with their god or to receive spiritual inspiration is good for the country. But the symbolism of it at ground zero, within two blocks or three blocks, I believe is wrong.
Artists like Bach and Beethoven erected churches and temples on the heights. I only wanted... to build dwellings for men in which they might feel happy and at home.
The only thing I oppose is persecuting of Eastern Orthodox priests and temples.
The groves were God's first temples.
If a year of life be lent her, if her temple's shrine we enter,
The door is hut -- we may not look behind.
There is no need for temples, no need for complicated philosophies. My brain and my heart are my temples; my philosophy is kindness.
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