“He in whose heart the law was, and who alone of all mankind was content to do it, His sacrifice alone can be the sacrifice all-sufficient in the Father's sight as the proper sacrifice of humanity; He who through the Eternal Spirit offered Himself without spot to God, He alone can give the Spirit which enables us to present our bodies a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God. He is the only High-Priest of the universe.” GivingHeartBodyLawSpiritHumanityUniverseFatherSacrificeMankindHolyEternalSightSpotsSufficientPriestsAcceptable Book:Sermons Preached at Brighton Source: Sermons Preached at Brighton
“In the immense cathedral which is the universe of God, each person, whether scholar or manual laborer, is called to act as the priest of his whole life--to take all that is human, and to turn it into an offering and a hymn of glory.” HumansPersonsWholeTurnsUniverseGloryWhole LifePriestsOfferingScholarImmenseManualsHymnsCathedralsLaborers Author:Paul Evdokimov
“Books, as Dryden has aptly termed them, are spectacles to read nature. Aeschylus and Aristotle, Shakespeare and Bacon, are priests who preach and expound the mysteries of man and the universe. They teach us to understand and feel what we see, to decipher and syllable the hieroglyphics of the senses.” MenFeelsBookUniverseTeachMysterySensesPriestsSyllablesSpectaclesDecipherHieroglyphics Author:Augustus William Hare
“The high-priests and priestesses of Atlantis had discovered many of the deepest secrets of the universe. They had come to understand all about reincarnation, karma, and the innermost workings of the Enlightenment Cycle.” UniverseSecretEnlightenmentAncientKarmaCyclesPriestsReincarnationAncient EgyptAtlantisPriestesses Book:Surfing the Himalayas: conversations and travels with Master Fwap Source: Surfing the Himalayas: conversations and travels with Master Fwap
“Mumbling priests swinging stick cans on their chains and even witch doctors conjuring up curses with a well-buried elephant tooth have a better sense of their places in the world. They know this universe is brimming with magic, with life and riddles and ironies. They know that the world might eat them, and no encyclopedia could stop it.” KnowsWorldWellsMightUniverseMagicDoctorsSticksTeethChainsIronyCursePriestsWitchBuriedElephantsPlaces In The WorldRiddleEncyclopediaConjuringWitch Doctors Author:N.D. Wilson
“I think religion is very anti-man. I think it's a terrible distortion and exploitation of a very natural urge every human has - to be rejoined with the one somehow, to become a part of the universe. Once the high priests and the traders took over, we were lost as a species.” ThinkingMenHumansUniverseLostNaturalTerribleSpeciesUrgesPriestsExploitationDistortionTraders Author:George Carlin