Quotes about Temples

Thomas Paine

All national institutions of churches, whether Jewish, Christian or Turkish, appear to me no other than human inventions, set up to terrify and enslave mankind, and monopolize power and profit.

Alexander Pope

See the wild Waste of all-devouring years! How Rome her own sad Sepulchre appears, With nodding arches, broken temples spread! The very Tombs now vanish'd like their dead!

Cassius Dio

Though a breach was made in the wall by means of engines, nevertheless the capture of the place did not immediately follow even then. On the contrary, the defenders killed great numbers [of Romans] who tried to crowd through the opening and they also set fire to some of the buildings nearby, hoping thus to check the further progress of the Romans. Nevertheless, the soldiers, because of their superstition, did not immediately rush in but at last, under compulsion from Titus, they made their way inside. Then the Jews defended themselves much more vigorously than before, as if they had discovered a piece of rare good fortune in being able to fight near the Temple and fall in its defense.” The populace was stationed below in the court and the elders on the steps and the priests in the Sanctuary itself. And though they were but a handful fighting against a far superior force, they were not conquered until part of the Temple was set on fire. Then they met their death willingly, some throwing themselves on the swords of the Romans, some slaying one another, others taking their own lives and still others leaping into the flames. And it seemed to everybody and especially to them that so far from being destruction, it was victory and salvation and happiness to them that they perished along with the Temple. While the holy house (The Temple) was on fire, everything was plundered that came to hand, and ten thousand of those that were caught were slain; nor was there a commiseration of any age…but children and old men…and priests, were all slain in the same manner….The flame was also carried a long way, and made an echo, together with the groans of those who were slain…one would have thought the whole city would have been on fire. Nor can one imagine anything greater and more terrible than this noise.

Describing the conquest and destruction of Jerusalem and the Second Temple in 70 AD.

Calvin Coolidge

The man who builds a factory, builds a temple.

Samuel Rogers

By many a temple half as old as Time.

Raymond d'Aguiliers

Some of our men cut off the heads of their enemies … others tortured them longer by casting them into flames. Piles of heads, hands, and feet were to be seen in the streets of the city …. In the Temple and Porch of Solomon, men rode in blood up to the knees and bridle reigns.

Qin Shi Huang

The reason why China suffers bitterly from endless wars is because of the existence of feudal lords and kings. A reliance on ancestral temples initially brought stability, but the revival of states results in the spread of soldiers. Doing so will never bring about stability.

Note the importance placed on stability even in ancient China. This value even in the 21st Century preoccupied the Chinese government. Next to independence, it is probably the most important Chinese objective because China has seen so many periods of instability some of which killed more Chinese than the Germans did in WWII.

Ezra Pound

The temple is holy because it is not for sale.

Albert Pike

Every Masonic Lodge is a temple of religion; and its teachings are instruction in religion.

Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

When art find no temple open, it takes refuge in the workshop.

Ayn Rand

In the temple of his spirit, each man is alone.

Dalai Lama

My Brain and My Heart are my Temples. My true Religion is Kindness.

Meryl Streep

I follow no doctrine. I don't belong to a church or a temple or a synagogue or an ashram.

Diana Eck

India is a culture in which religious life and spirituality is very much on the surface of things. That doesn't mean it doesn't have depth, but it is very visible. There are lots of temples, lots of Islamic centers, lots of gurdwaras, and lots of teachers.

Jeffrey Kluger

I grew up in a suburb of Baltimore with an extremely high concentration of Jewish families - where the Levys and Cohens in the high school yearbook went on for pages, where I could count far more temples than I ever could churches. Anti-Semitism, in our cultural biodome, was mostly an abstract concept.

Carl T. Rowan

The library is the temple of learning.

John Milton

The great Emathian conqueror bid spare The house of Pindarus, when temple and tower Went to the ground.

Narendra Modi

I think toilets are more important than temples.

Romesh Ranganathan

I've had a Hindu upbringing. There's a lot about it I think is cool. Temples are amazing. It's a nice vibe when people are praying. And there's lots about it where I understand why they believe those things. But I'm not practising.

Maya Angelou

Try to be all you can be to be the best human being you can be. Try to be that in your church, in your temple. Try to be that in your classroom. Do it because it is right to do.

Thomas S. Monson

In the temple we can find peace. The blessings of the temple are priceless.

Henry B. Eyring

There are more temples across the earth than there have ever been. More people in all the world have felt the Spirit of Elijah move them to record the identities and facts of their ancestors' lives.

John Milton

We read not that Christ ever exercised force but once; and that was to drive profane ones out of his Temple, not to force them in.

Alex Grey

An angel once told me, "The inevitable consequence of love is the building of Temples."

Pixie Lott

I would really love to go to Thailand as so many people have told me how wonderful it is.

Temples Quotes