Vishnu/sacred Texts

Famous quotes containing the words sacred texts, sacred and/or texts:

“Sacred texts always offend reason.”
—Mason Cooley (b. 1927)

“Whatever has made, or does make, or may make music, should be held sacred as the golden bridle-bit of the Shah of Persia’s horse, and the golden hammer, with which his hoofs are shod.”
—Herman Melville (1819–1891)

“The bases for historical knowledge are not empirical facts but written texts, even if these texts masquerade in the guise of wars or revolutions.”
—Paul Deman (1919–1983)