“I believe in God and not religion, because I believe religion is the double cross. Because I've been double crossed by three religions, so I think I can safely say that religion - there is maybe something wrong with religion. Every temple that's put up may not be a holy one, so watch out.” ThinkingBelieveMayI CanThreeI BelieveWatchesHolyCrossesI Believe InTemplesBelieve In GodI Believe In God Author:Ja Rule
“The Ancients, having taken into consideration the rigorous construction of the human body, elaborated all their works, as especially their holy temples, according to these proportions; for they found here the two principal figures without which no project is possible: the perfection of the circle, the principle of all regular bodies, and the equilateral square.” HumansTwoBodyFoundPrinciplesTakenFiguresHolyProjectsPerfectionCirclesProportionConsiderationTemplesSquaresConstructionPrincipalHuman Body Author:Luca Pacioli
“Just think of the possibilities, the potential. Every little boy that has just been born becomes an heir to this glorious, glorious program. When he is grown, he meets a lovely woman; they are married in the holy temple. They live all the commandments of the Lord. They keep themselves clean. And then they become sons of God, and they go forward with their great program-they go beyond the angels, beyond the angels and the gods that are waiting there. They go to their exaltation.” ThinkingLittlesWaitingBornLordBoysPossibilitySonHolyMarriedAngelProgramCleanLovelyGloriousTemplesCommandmentsLittle BoysHeirsExaltationLovely Woman Author:Spencer W. Kimball
“The temple and the holy ordinances are indeed sacred, and we should be spiritually sensitive to them. It is a sacred blessing to attend the temple to worship the Lord.” ShouldLordHolyBlessingWorshipSacredSensitiveTemplesOrdinancesWorship The Lord Author:L. Lionel Kendrick
“I have enormous pride in the survival of the Jewish people, the cultural heritage of the Jewish people, but I'm not observant, and I don't belong to a synagogue. I don't go to temple on high holy days, but I'm proud to be Jewish.” PeoplePrideProudHolySurvivalEnormousTemplesHeritageCultural HeritageObservantSynagogueHoly Days Author:Erica Jong
“But we are not dedicating or building any Capitol or Pyramid to human Pride, but found a holy temple in the human Intellect, on the model of the Universe... For whatever is worthy of Existence is worthy of Knowledge-which is the Image (or Echo) of Existence.” HumansUniverseFoundExistenceKnowledgeBuildingPrideHolyModelsWorthyIntellectTemplesEchoesPyramidsCapitol Book:Francisci BAconi de Verulamio, ...: Novum organum, sive Indicia vera de interpretatione naturæ Source: Francisci BAconi de Verulamio, ...: Novum organum, sive Indicia vera de interpretatione naturæ
“I acknowledge with great gratitude the peace and contentment we can find for ourselves in the spiritual cocoons of our homes, our sacrament meetings, and our holy temples.” HomeSpiritualGratitudeHolyMeetingsAcknowledgeContentmentTemplesSacramentsCocoonsGreat GratitudeContentment And PeaceContentment Peace Author:James E. Faust
“One of the great blessings of the restored gospel is the privilege of entering into sacred covenants with our Father in Heaven-covenants made binding by virtue of the holy priesthood. When we are baptized and confirmed, when brethren are ordained to the priesthood, when we go to the temple and receive our endowment, when we enter into the new and everlasting covenant of eternal marriage-in all these sacred ordinances, we make solemn commitments to keep God's commandments.” MadeFatherHeavenVirtueHolyBlessingEternalCommitmentSacredPrivilegeTemplesCommandmentsEnteringEverlastingOur FatherSolemnCovenantBindingBrethrenPriesthoodEndowmentOrdinancesBaptizedFather In HeavenEternal Marriage Author:Joseph B. Wirthlin
“There are great scholars and wonderful teachers all over the world. Many of them humbly and effectively teach truth, but others do not. God gives us the gift of the Holy Ghost so we can discern what is true and what is not, and He expects us to seek truth wherever we can find it. Temple truths are a marvelous measuring rod by which we can measure everything else.” WorldGivingTeachTeacherWonderfulHolyGhostTemplesScholarMarvelousHoly GhostMeasuringWonderful Teacher Author:John H. Groberg
“In the fall of 1988, I worshipped God in a Buddhist temple. As the smell of incense filled the air, I knelt before three images of the Buddha, feeling that the smoke could carry my prayers heavenward. It was for me a holy moment for I was certain that I was kneeling on holy ground....I will not make any further attempt to convert the Buddhist, the Jew, the Hindu or the Moslem. I am content to learn from them and to walk with them side by side toward the God who lives, I believe, beyond the images that bind and blind us.” BelieveMomentsFeelingsCertainFallThreeI BelieveSidesPrayerWalksAirHolyBlindFilledJewSmellBuddhistSmokeTemplesIncenseKneelingHoly Ground Author:John Shelby Spong
“We, unaccustomed to courage exiles from delight live coiled in shells of loneliness until love leaves its high holy temple and comes into our sight to liberate us into life. Love arrives and in its train come ecstasies old memories of pleasure ancient histories of pain. Yet if we are bold, love strikes away the chains of fear from our souls. We are weaned from our timidity In the flush of love's light we dare be brave And suddenly we see that love costs all we are and will ever be. Yet it is only love which sets us free.” IfsLoveSoulLightAgePainReligionMemoriesPleasureLonelinessHolyCostSightTrainBraveAncientDelightDareStrikesChainsTemplesLove LifeEcstasyShellsBe BraveExileOnly LoveTimidityAncient HistoryOld Memories Author:Maya Angelou
“Mr. Brown had thought of nothing but numbers. He should have known that the kingdom of God did not depend on large crowds. Our Lord Himself stressed the importance of fewness. Narrow is the way and few the number. To fill the Lord's holy temple with an idolatrous crowd clamoring for signs was a folly of everlasting consequence. Our Lord used the whip only once in His life - to drive the crowd away from His church.” WayShouldUsedChurchNumbersKnownLordDependsHolyConsequenceShould HaveImportanceCrowdsKingdomsFollyBrownTemplesEverlastingKingdom Of GodOur LordStressedWhipsShould Have KnownThings Fall Apart OkonkwoLarge CrowdsMr Brown Author:Chinua Achebe
“Those in whom the Spirit comes to live are God's new Temple. They are, individually and corporately, places where heaven and earth meet.” EarthSpiritHeavenHolyHoly SpiritTemplesHeaven And Earth Author:N. T. Wright
“We, unaccustomed to courage exiles from delight live coiled in shells of loneliness until love leaves its high holy temple and comes into our sight to liberate us into life.” LifeCourageLonelinessHolySightDelightTemplesShellsExile Author:Maya Angelou
“The temple is a sacred edifice, a holy place, where essential saving ceremonies and ordinances are performed to prepare us for exaltation. It is important that we gain a sure knowledge that our preparation to enter the holy house and that our participation in these ceremonies and covenants are some of the most significant events we will experience in our mortal lives.” ImportantHouseEventsHolyBlessingEssentialsGainsSacredSignificantSavingMortalsPreparationTemplesParticipationCeremonyCovenantExaltationEdificeOrdinancesHoly PlacesSignificant Events Author:Robert D. Hales