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Out in this profane city,
sometimes sidewalks
seem the only cement that connects us,
pressed by the sacred strangers
we will never touch. — B.J. Ward

[W]omen will never be taken seriously until they accept full responsibility for their sexuality. — Camille Paglia

A beast sacred and profane bore him north, with a beautiful, terrifying woman, to defend a city wonderful in its horrors. — Max Gladstone

No facts to me are sacred; none are profane. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

Who, under pressing temptations to lie, adheres to truth, nor to the profane betrays aught of a sacred trust, is near the summit of wisdom and virtue. — Johann Kaspar Lavater

Do not shut up the young people against their will in a pew, and force the children to ask them questions for an hour against their will. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

Writing is sacred, other activities are profane, and I don't want them to corrupt my writing. — Nassim Nicholas Taleb

I have always loved magic realism as a form of writing. I have also been fascinated for a long time with the intersection of science and religion. — Alan Lightman

What is art to the dilettante but the initiation of the sacred few to the exclusion of the profane crowd? ... — John Geddes

[T]ruth is considered profane, and only illusion is sacred — Ludwig Feuerbach

We hereby declare the end to the wall dividing the sacred from the profane: from now on, all is sacred. — Paulo Coelho

What is sacred to one is profane to another. — Matshona Dhliwayo

Scriptures, n. The sacred books of our holy religion, as distinguished from the false and profane writings on which all other faiths are based. — Ambrose Bierce

No facts are to me sacred; none are profane; I simply experiment, an endless seeker with no Past at my back. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

And remember: the flesh is as sacred as it is profane. — Brian McGreevy

It is hereby decreed that the wall separating the sacred and the profane be toen down. From now on everything is sacred. — Paulo Coelho

The sacred is a fine hiding place for the profane. — David Mitchell

We live, after all, in a world where illusions are sacred and truth profane. — Tariq Ali

My words in her mind: cold polished stones sinking through a quagmire. — James Joyce

There are not two histories, one profane and one sacred, 'juxtaposed' or 'closely linked.' Rather there is only one human destiny. — Gustavo Gutierrez

I don't look at myself as a leader. I do look at myself as part of a community. — Michael J. Fox

Angels need an assumed body, not for themselves, but on our account. — Thomas Aquinas

For transformation to be successful, we the people must first liberate ourselves and our brethren from the clutches of religion. — Sunday Adelaja

There is then no sacred or profane, spiritual or sensual, but everything that lives is pure and void. — Ananda K. Coomaraswamy