Ezra Pound Quotes

. . . it seemed to me that where others had prayed before to their God, in their joy or in their agony, was of itself a sacred place.

Man makes holy what he believes.

God's name is not considered good at the banks

Everything is touched by the holy when it is in the presence of death.

The shop, the barn, the scullery, and the smithy become temples when men and women do all to the glory of God! The "divine service" is not a thing of a few hours and a few places, but all life becomes holiness unto the Lord, and every place and thing, as consecrated as the tabernacle and it's golden candlestick.

The temple is a place of holiness. It is the most sacred and holy place on earth and should be treated with the greatest degree of reverence and respect.

There are no unsacred places; there are only sacred places and desecrated places.

I daresay anything can be made holy by being sincerely worshipped.

A belief in God is vitally important, not just in show business, but stability in life. You know, to recognize deity is the most important thing that you can do. I mean, it comes to the Ten Commandments. They weren't ten suggestions. They were Ten Commandments.

Moralities, ethics, laws, customs, beliefs, doctrines - these are of trifling import. All that matters is that the miraculous become the norm.

Humanity is the child of religion.

Either all days are holy or none are.

The true Christian ideal is not to be happy but to be holy.

Goodness can endure a few moments; holiness is life-defining.

My music has a very spiritual background, a sanctity that is almost like worship.

The holy land was supposed to be spotless, a serious equivalent of Disneyland in which not a single candy wrapper is to stay on the ground for more than a few minutes.

Sainthood is acceptable only in saints.

I enjoy ritual and ceremony. What I don't like is when it's badly done or sloppily done. This is actually a theological issue - the forms we adopt, the actions we take, the way we do things, are, as it were, a sacrament.

The thing that brings people to wail at a wall, or face Mecca, or to go to church, is a search for that feeling of purity.

I look at the Star of David as a symbol of righteousness.

I suppose I should say that I treasure blasphemy, as a faith of the highest order.

The temple is a place of worship. Reverence is a supernal form of worship. It is the form of worship found in the celestial kingdom.

It is easy to talk on religion, but difficult to practice it.

Every act of his life is, in a very real sense, a religious act.