#temple

Temples and churches have become social centers. They have lost their original purpose because the minds of the people are more attracted to worldly things than to prayer. The lips repeat the prayer mechanically like a phonograph record, but the mind wanders to other places. (23-24) ↗

— Swami Satchidananda

#prayer #purpose-of-prayer #temples #yoga

Live are a really good band. I like Stone Temple Pilots, Radiohead I love. Even Oasis. ↗

— Nuno Bettencourt

#even #good #good band #i #i love

The general who wins the battle makes many calculations in his temple before the battle is fought. The general who loses makes but few calculations beforehand. ↗

— Sun Tzu

#before #beforehand #calculations #few #fought

I had a bat mitzvah, was confirmed, went to Jewish summer camp, I go to temple for the High Holy Days. I think, like most people in their early 20s, I kind of strayed away from it. I think once I have a family I'll be back into it. ↗

— Lizzy Caplan

#back #bat #camp #confirmed #days

God is not present in idols. Your feelings are your god. The soul is your temple. ↗

— Chanakya

#god #idols #present #soul #temple

Discussing how old you are is the temple of boredom. ↗

— Ruth Gordon

#discussing #how #old #temple #you

There's an air of mystery around the Masons, but the reality is that they're mostly a bunch of veterans getting drunk in a lodge that they've built to look like a temple. It's just a bunch of guys trying to get away from their wives. ↗

— Jimmy Kimmel

#around #away #built #bunch #drunk

The moment I have realized God sitting in the temple of every human body, the moment I stand in reverence before every human being and see God in him - that moment I am free from bondage, everything that binds vanishes, and I am free. ↗

— Swami Vivekananda

#before #being #binds #body #bondage

I'm against the capturing of Eastern Orthodox temples. ↗

— Vladimir Zhirinovsky

#capturing #eastern #i #orthodox #temples

Trying to live up to yourself is the most trying thing. ↗

— Ren Garcia

#author #inspiration #interview #league-of-elder #literature