Best sacred & action Quotes | Short & Famous Sayings

“The safest way for a state is to lay down the rule that religion is comprised solely in the exercise of charity and justice, and that the rights of rulers in sacred, no less than in secular matters, should merely have to do with actions, but that every man should think what he likes and say what he thinks.”

Thinking Men Way Should Matter States Action Justice Rights Exercise Sacred Lays Charity Every Man Likes Rulers Secular

Author:Baruch Spinoza

“Only in the sacredness of inward silence does the soul truly meet the secret, hiding God. The strength of resolve, which afterward shapes life, and mixes itself with action, is the fruit of those sacred, solitary moments. There is a divine depth in silence. We meet God alone.”

Doe Soul Moments Action Secret Silence Divine Shapes Sacred Fruit Depth Resolve Hiding Solitary Inward Sacredness

Book:Sermons Preached at Trinity Chapel, Brighton: Second Series

Source: Sermons Preached at Trinity Chapel, Brighton: Second Series

“Honour's a sacred tie, the law of kings, The noble mind's distinguishing perfection That aids and strengthens virtue where it meets her And imitates her actions where she is not: It is not to be sported with.”

Mind Action Law Virtue Kings Honor Perfection Sacred Noble Aids Ties Honour

Book:The Works of the Right Honourable Joseph Addison, a New Ed., with Notes

Source: The Works of the Right Honourable Joseph Addison, a New Ed., with Notes

“The character of the tribunes was, in every respect, different from that of the consuls. The appearance of the former was modest and humble; but their persons were sacred and inviolable. Their force was suited rather for opposition than for action. They were instituted to defend the oppressed, to pardon offences, to arraign the enemies of the people, and, when they judged it necessary, to stop, by a single word, the whole machine of government.”

Source: THE HISTORY OF THE DECLINE AND FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE (All 6 Volumes): From the Height of the Roman Empire, the Age of Trajan and the Antonines - to the Fall of Byzantium; Including a Review of the Crusades, and the State of Rome during the Middle Ages

“Ritual consists of the external practices of spirituality that help us become more receptive and aware of the closeness of our lives to the sacred. Ritual is the act of sanctifying action - even ordinary action - so that it has meaning. I can light a candle because I need the light or because the candle represents the light I need.”

Needs I Can Helping Light Action Spirituality Practice Our Lives Ordinary Sacred Ritual Candle Closeness Receptive

Author:Christina Baldwin

“Smuggle out the truth, pass it through all the obstacles that its enemies fabricate; multiply, spread by all means possible her message so that she may triumph; through zeal and civic action counterbalance the influence of money and the machinations lavished on the propagation of deception. That, in my opinion, is the most useful activity and the most sacred duty of pure patriotism.”

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Author:Maximilien Robespierre

“Whenever we show others the goodness of God, whenever we follow our Teacher by imitating His posture of humble and ready service, our actions are sacred and ministerial. To be called into the priesthood, as all of us are, is to be called to a life of presence, of kindness.”

Shows Action Kindness Teacher Ready Goodness Sacred Humble Our Actions Posture Priesthood Imitating Goodness Of God

Book:Searching for Sunday: Loving, Leaving, and Finding the Church

Source: Searching for Sunday: Loving, Leaving, and Finding the Church

“When my relations with the Communist Party gave me the necessary perspective I decided to write my autobiography. I wanted to show how a man can pass from literature held sacred to action which nevertheless remains that of an intellectual.”

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Author:Jean-Paul Sartre

“America's veterans and troops serving abroad today fought hard to preserve our red, white and blue, from the Revolutionary War to today's Global War Against Terrorism, and Congress' action today is appropriate for one of our most sacred symbols.”

War Hard Today Action America White Red Blue Sacred Congress Terrorism Symbols Preserves Revolutionary Appropriate Serving Troops Veteran Veterans Day Revolutionary War Red White And Blue

Author:Bill Shuster

“Feelings, whether of compassion or irritation, should be welcomed, recognized, and treated on an absolutely equal basis; because both are ourselves. The tangerine I am eating is me. The mustard greens I am planting are me. I plant with all my heart and mind. I clean this teapot with the kind of attention I would have were I giving the baby Buddha or Jesus a bath. Nothing should be treated more carefully than anything else. In mindfulness, compassion, irritation, mustard green plant, and teapot are all sacred.”

Source: The Miracle of Mindfulness: An Introduction to the Practice of Meditation

“Greatness and Truth can never be in danger from these murdering wretches. To perform one's duty, be it now, be it clean, and be it done with humility… A man is a sacred thing. ANY ACTION OR THOUGHT WHICH INJURES THE HUMAN IMAGINATION IS EVIL.”

Men Humans Done Action Evil Imagination Danger Greatness Humility Duty Sacred Clean Human Imagination Sacred Things

Author:Kenneth Patchen

“Each thought, each action in the sunlight of awareness becomes sacred.”

Action Awareness Sacred Sunlight Peace Is Every Step

Book:The Sun My Heart

Source: The Sun My Heart

“When a warrior fights not for himself, but for his brothers, when his most passionately sought goal is neither glory nor his own life's preservation, but to spend his substance for them, his comrades, not to abandon them, not to prove unworthy of them, then his heart truly has achieved contempt for death, and with that he transcends himself and his actions touch the sublime. That is why the true warrior cannot speak of battle save to his brothers who have been there with him. The truth is too holy, too sacred, for words." -Suicide (Gates of Fire)”

Source: Gates of Fire: An Epic Novel of the Battle of Thermopylae

“Are the great spiritual teachings really advocating that we fight evil because we are on the side of light, the side of peace? Are they telling us to fight against that other 'undesirable' side, the bad and the black. That is a big question. If there is wisdom in the sacred teachings, there should not be any war. As long as a person is involved with warfare, trying to defend or attack, then his action is not sacred; it is mundane, dualistic, a battlefield situation.”

Source: The Collected Works of Chogyam Trungpa: Volume Three: Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism; The Myth of Freedom; The Heart of the Bud dha; Selected Writings

“As long as a person is involved with warfare, trying to defend or attack, then his action is not sacred; it is mundane, dualistic, a battlefield situation.”

Trying Persons Long Action Situation Involved Sacred Warfare Mundane Duality Battlefields

Book:The Collected Works of Chogyam Trungpa: Volume Three: Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism; The Myth of Freedom; The Heart of the Bud dha; Selected Writings

Source: The Collected Works of Chogyam Trungpa: Volume Three: Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism; The Myth of Freedom; The Heart of the Bud dha; Selected Writings

“Remember this always: The living of your own life writes the book of your most sacred truth, and offers evidence of it.”

Writing Book Action Remember Integrity Offers Evidence Sacred

Book:Tomorrow's God: Our Greatest Spiritual Challenge

Source: Tomorrow's God: Our Greatest Spiritual Challenge

“When we make our art a practice, when we make our workspace sacred and enter it daily with respect and high intention, then we elevate our actions (even if they're taking place within the profane arena of commerce) beyond ego and above gimme-gimme ambition.”

Ifs Art Action Practice Ego Ambition Sacred Intention Commerce Arena Our Actions Profane Workspace

Author:Steven Pressfield

“The film is therefore a form of science fiction, in which humans, beasts and machines are on the verge of extinction - 'sacred motors' linked together by a common fate and solidarity, slaves to an increasingly virtual world. A world from which visible machines, real experiences and actions are gradually disappearing.”