“Almost all wars, perhaps all, are trade wars connected with some material interest. They are always disguised as sacred wars, made in the name of God, or civilization or progress. But all of them, or almost all of the wars, have been trade wars.” Has BeensMadeWarNamesInterestProgressMaterialsCivilizationSacredTradeConnected Author:Eduardo Galeano
“Faith exalts the human heart, by removing it from the market-place, making it sacred and unexchangeable. Under the jurisdiction of religion our deeper feelings are sacralized, so as to become raw material for the ethical life: the life lived in judgement.” HumansHeartFeelingsMaterialsSacredDeeperJudgementEthicalHuman HeartRaw MaterialsJurisdiction Book:Modern Culture Source: Modern Culture
“My notion of art is very maximalist and souped-up: I love spectacle, overload, magic materials, magic words, incantation and litany, incarnation and possession, spilling and wounds. Art as a sacred event.” ArtMagicEventsMaterialsArt IsSacredNotionPossessionWoundsIncarnationOverloadSpillingMagic Words Author:Joyelle McSweeney
“In liberal society we claim that freedom of speech is sacred and therefore has an absolute character. But we know (or should know) that "free speech" inhabits a structured space: not only is "hate speech" legally forbidden in liberal societies, but there are also laws protecting the circulation of copyrighted material, and the reproduction of trademarks and patents without explicit permission.” KnowsShouldCharacterLawHateSpaceMaterialsSpeechClaimsAbsolutesSacredFree SpeechFreedom Of SpeechPermissionForbiddenReproductionPatentsCirculationExplicitHate SpeechTrademarks Author:Talal Asad
“We can hardly imagine a state of mind in which all material objects were regarded as symbols of spirtual truths or episodes in sacred history. Yet, unless we make this effort of imagination, Medieval art is largely incomprehensible.” MindArtStatesImaginationEffortImagineObjectsMaterialsArt IsMathematicsSacredSymbolsState Of MindEpisodesMedieval Author:Kenneth Clark
“Striving for longevity through versatility facilitates what we might call an ecological or true materialism. ... we are not truly materialist because we fail to invest deep or sacred meanings in material goods. Instead, our materialism connotes an unbounded desire to acquire followed by a throwaway mentality. True materialism could become part of a new ecological consciousness.” MightDesireConsciousnessFailingMaterialsSacredStriveAcquireMaterialismGoodsMentalityLongevityEcologicalFacilitateVersatility Author:Juliet B. Schor
“If you repeat something enough it can literally physically change the air particles around you and it can infuse the air with this sacred sound vibration, or it can change your material body, like transform your flesh to spirit. These are all beliefs within the Hare Krishna philosophy we were brought up with.” IfsEnoughPhilosophyBodySpiritBeliefSoundAirMaterialsSacredFleshRepeatsParticlesVibrationsKrishnaHaresHare Krishna Author:Taraka Larson
“We've got to temper anything we say with that. On the other hand, you've got to be serious about what you do. And you've got to understand the price you pay for frivolity or just for greed - it's a very high price, especially if you're involved in this sacred material, which is about the human heart and human desire and human tragedy.” IfsHumansHeartHandsDesirePaySeriousMaterialsInvolvedTragedySacredGreedTemperHuman HeartHigh PricesFrivolity Author:Leonard Cohen
“LSD is really just a small chemical modification of a very old sacred drug of Mexico. LSD belongs, therefore, by its chemical structure and by its activity, in the group of the magic plants of Mesoamerica. It does not occur in nature as such, but it represents just a small chemical variation of natural material.” DoeNaturalMagicGroupsMaterialsDrugActivitySacredStructurePlantChemicalsMexicoVariationLsdModificationNatural Materials Author:Albert Hofmann
“Now the images and temples constructed by mechanics are made of inert matter, so that they too are inert, material, and profane. Even if you perfect the art, it partakes of mechanical coarseness. Works of art cannot then be sacred and divine.” IfsArtMadeMatterReligiousPerfectDivineMaterialsSacredTemplesWorks Of ArtMechanicProfane Author:Clement of Alexandria
“The characteristic property of hallucinogens, to suspend the boundaries between the experiencing self and the outer world in an ecstatic, emotional experience, makes it posible with their help, and after suitable internal and external perparation, to evoke a mystical experience according to plan, so to speak. I see the true importance of LSD in the possibility of providing material aid to meditation aimed at the mystical experience of a deeper, comprehensive reality. Such a use accords entirely with the essence and working character of LSD as a sacred drug.” WorldSelfCharacterHelpingUseRealitySpeakLibertyMeditationPlansPossibilityEmotionalMaterialsDrugEssenceImportanceSacredPropertyDeeperAidsBoundariesCharacteristicsInternalsProvidingMysticalAccordComprehensiveSuitableEvokeEcstaticLsdOuter WorldsMystical ExperiencesHallucinogensAccording To Plan Author:Albert Hofmann
“Our Nation, a great stage for the acting out of great thoughts, presents the classic confrontation between Locke's views of the state of nature and Rousseau's criticism of them... Nature is raw material, worthless without the mixture of human labor; yet nature is also the highest and most sacred thing. The same people who struggle to save the snail-darter bless the pill, worry about hunting deer and defend abortion. Reverence for nature, mastery of nature- whichever is convenient.” PeopleHumansStatesNationsViewsActingWorryStruggleStageMaterialsHighestLaborCriticismSacredClassicAbortionBlessReverenceMasteryHuntingWorthlessPillsMixturesConvenientConfrontationDeerRaw MaterialsSnailActing OutSacred Things Author:Allan Bloom
“Your little army, derided for its want of arms, derided for its lack of all the essential material of war, has met the grand army of the enemy, routed it at every point, and now it flies, inglorious in retreat before our victorious columns. We have taught them a lesson in their invasion of the sacred soil of Virginia.” WantLittlesWarEnemyTaughtMaterialsArmsLessonsMetsEssentialsArmySacredCivil WarSoilRetreatInvasionColumnsVirginia Author:Jefferson Davis
“Material possessions and honors of the world do not endure. But your union as wife, husband, and family can. No sacrifice is too great to have the blessings of an eternal marriage. By making and keeping sacred temple covenants, we evidence our love for God, for our companion, and our real regard for our posterity-even those yet unborn. Our family is the focus of our greatest work and joy in this life; so will it be throughout all eternity.” WorldRealJoyFocusWifeSacrificeMaterialsHonorBlessingHusbandEternalEvidenceEternityRegardSacredUnionsEndurePossessionThis LifeGod LoveOur FamilyTemplesCompanionOur LovePosterityCovenantUnbornMaterial PossessionsEternal Marriage Author:Russell M. Nelson
“...well this US eight, with all its material occupying every seat just would not go fast. They rowed their hearts out but it never started to sing through the water. And no one ever found out why. The answer to this is slightly mystical because the sum of a crew is greater than its parts. Those eight heavyweights had not time to develop the bond, the sacred trust, that can make a racing eight fly.” WellsHeartFoundWaterAnswersGreaterMaterialsSacredEightSeatsRacingCrewMysticalRowingHeavyweights Author:Daniel Topolski