“Down in adoration falling, Lo! the sacred Host we hail; Lo! o'er ancient forms departing, Newer rites of grace prevail; Faith for all defects supplying, Where the feeble senses fail.” FormFallGraceFailingSacredAncientSensesHostDefectsAdorationHailRiteDeparting Author:Thomas Aquinas
“The sacred gift of prayer is in the right hand of our Savior, and according to the measure that you empty yourself of yourself, that is of love of your senses and of your own will, and make progress in rooting yourself in holy humility, to that extent the Lord will speak to your heart.” HeartHandsSpeakPrayerLordProgressHumilityHolyEmptySacredSensesSavior Author:Pio of Pietrelcina
“Actually, if you go back to what Marx said in The Communist Manifesto over a hundred years ago, when in talking about the constant revolutions in technology, he ended that paragraph by saying, "All that is sacred is profaned, all that is solid melts into air, and men and women are forced to face with sober senses our conditions of life and our relations with our kind." We're at that sort of turning point in human history.” IfsMenYearsHumansKindSaidFacesTalkingTechnologyAirConditionsRevolutionHundredMen And WomenYears AgoRelationSacredConstantSensesCommunistSoberHuman HistoryParagraphTurning PointsManifestosCommunist Manifesto Author:Grace Lee Boggs
“Were I called on to define, very briefly, the term Art, I should call it 'the reproduction of what the Senses perceive in Nature through the veil of the soul.' The mere imitation, however accurate, of what is in Nature, entitles no man to the sacred name of 'Artist.'” MenShouldArtSoulArtistNamesTermNaturePerceptionArt IsSacredMereSensesPerceiveAccurateImitationVeilsReproduction Book:The Unknown Poe: An Anthology of Fugitive Writings Source: The Unknown Poe: An Anthology of Fugitive Writings
“Within my body are all the sacred places of the world, and the most profound pilgrimage I can ever make is within my own body.” WorldI CanPhilosophyBodySpiritualSpiritualityMy OwnInspiringSacredMedicineProfoundSensesPilgrimageSomaSacred Places Author:Saraha
“To romanticize the world is to make us aware of the magic, mystery and wonder of the world; it is to educate the senses to see the ordinary as extraordinary, the familiar as strange, the mundane as sacred, the finite as infinite.” WorldWonderMagicMysteryStrangeOrdinaryInfiniteSacredExtraordinarySensesFamiliarEducateFiniteMundaneWonder Of The World Author:Novalis
“The Kama Sutra is neither exclusively a sex manual nor, as also commonly used art, a sacred or religious work. It is certainly not a tantric text. In opening with a discussion of the three aims of ancient Hindu life – dharma, artha and kama – Vatsyayana's purpose is to set kama, or enjoyment of the senses, in context. Thus dharma or virtuous living is the highest aim, artha, the amassing of wealth is next, and kama is the least of three.” ArtUsedPurposeThreeNextSexReligiousWealthHighestAimSacredAncientSensesOpeningDiscussionEnjoymentWorking ItVirtuousDharmaManuals Author:Indra Sinha
“The mere imitation, however accurate, of what is in Nature, entitles no man to the sacred name of Artist” MenArtistNamesSacredMereSensesPerceiveAccurateImitationReproduction Book:The Unknown Poe: An Anthology of Fugitive Writings Source: The Unknown Poe: An Anthology of Fugitive Writings
“Life (ayu) is the combination (samyoga) of body, senses, mind and reincarnating soul. Ayurveda is the most sacred science of life, beneficial to humans both in this world and the world beyond.” WorldMindHumansSoulBodyThis WorldSacredSensesCombinationBeneficialAyurveda Author:Charaka