Temple of Literature

Famous quotes containing the words temple of, temple and/or literature:

    Thou shalt make thy house
    The temple of a nation’s vows.
    Spirits of a higher strain
    Who sought thee once shall seek again.
    I detected many a god
    Forth already on the road,
    Ancestors of beauty come
    In thy breast to make a home.
    Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)

    God builds his temple in the heart on the ruins of churches and religions.
    Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)

    The desire to create literature leads to frights, grunts, and coy looks.
    Mason Cooley (b. 1927)