Sacred Site Quotes

Leave it [The Grand Canyon] as it is. The ages have been at work on it, and man can only mar it …. Keep it for your children, your children’s children, and all who come after you, as one of the sights which every American … should see.

The Old City of Jerusalem is in our hands.

Rameswaram has, since antiquity, been an important pilgrimage destination.

Probably the first time I left Italy was to travel by train to Lourdes. I went with my mother and my grandmother - who was a very religious person - so it was a pilgrimage of sorts. I remember it as a very intense, but beautiful experience.

I traveled with then-Senator Obama to Israel in 2008. I will never forget our time in the holy city of Jerusalem and following behind him as he approached the Western Wall - and even in the dark hours of that very early morning, it was a place bustling with energy afforded by one's faith.

I lived in Jerusalem with the Temple Mount as my holy site. My Palestinian neighbors lived in Al-Quds with the Haram al-Sharif.

After all, I think Jerusalem is part of the, of the world's heritage.

In the spring of 1968, The Beatles and I were invited by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi to travel to Riskikesh, India. Riskikesh has been an important spiritual place to many millions of people over the years. It is situated where the Ganges River flows out of the Himalayas, and to be in that atmosphere was something incredibly special.

The view of Jerusalem is the history of the world; it is more, it is the history of earth and of heaven.

The only place that's holier than St. Andrews is Westminster Abbey.

I will continue to defend Najaf as it is the holiest place. I will remain in the city until the last drop of my blood has been spilled.

My tomb shall bless and speak to the needs of my devotees.

Every church, however local, is holy ground, and equally so.

I have visited Ajmer Sharif Dargah a couple of times before, and each time, it fills my heart with so much love and gratitude.

I'm going to my psychoanalyst one more year, then I'm going to Lourdes.

The grandeur of Jerusalem is also... its problem.

There's one profound difference between secular and religious pilgrimages. It's inconceivable that a Muslim would feel a sense of anticlimax when reaching Mecca. But for a secular pilgrim, the potential for disappointment is always there.

But always I regarded myself as one who was born in Jerusalem.

Pebble is a piece of sacred ground. They say it's the greatest meeting of land and water in the world. This course was heaven designed - just the way it fits on the land.

I feel most strongly about Jerusalem, because architects ultimately have to address that city.

For more than 1000 years our spiritual traditions and common values have been nurtured and begotten here. Today, as we restore the value of patriotism, historical memory and cultural tradition, we are seeking firmer bonds with Mount Athos.

We all came to see that site. We all walked around it. It is already sacred.

Jaipur is the hometown of my religious guruji. It has a special place in my heart, and I have been here several times.

There's lots of sentiment for nuking Mecca.

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