A Commonplace Book

Category: temples...

  • other than in Christianity, most places of worship are called temples
  • mosque is from the Arabic for "temple"
  • Buddhist temples range from half-buried sanctuaries with richly carved entrances to single, carved towers or statues
  • sitting in a temple, a place of great wisdom, letting healing begin; when you leave, keep the temple inside you
  • ancient Greek temples in Paestum, Italy; Egypt's Abu Simbel, Thebes, Karnak; the Mayan temples of Tikal
  • temple is based on the Latin word for time because of the importance to the Romans of the proper time of sacrifices
  • temple design expresses the nature of the religion; Buddhist temples range from half-buried sanctuaries with richly carved entrances to single carved towers or statues
  • Nature is a temple where living pillars
  • Sometimes emit confused words;
  • Man passes through forests of symbols
  • Which observe him with familiar looks. (Charles Baudelaire)
  • The sound of laughter is like the vaulted dome of a temple of happiness. (M. Kundera)

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