Sacred Wisdom

Famous quotes containing the words sacred and/or wisdom:

“Sacrifice is nothing other than the production of sacred things.”
—Georges Bataille (1897–1962)

“How earthy old people become—mouldy as the grave! Their wisdom smacks of the earth. There is no foretaste of immortality in it. They remind me of earthworms and mole crickets.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)