“There are no unsacred places; there are only sacred places and desecrated places.”

— Wendell Berry

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author 1934

Félicien Ntambue Kasembe (1970) roman-catholic clergyman

Bishop of DR Congo’s Kabinda Diocese Condemns Church Desecration in “the strongest terms” https://www.aciafrica.org/news/4178/bishop-of-dr-congos-kabinda-diocese-condemns-church-desecration-in-the-strongest-terms (August 27 2021)

“Today, the degradation of the inner life is symbolized by the fact that the only place sacred from interruption is the private toilet.”

Lewis Mumford (1895–1990) American historian, sociologist, philosopher of technology, and literary critic

Source: The Culture of Cities (1938), Ch. 1, sct. 5

“Temples have been desecrated, places of worship are destroyed, all in the prejudice view that one religion is the true one and others are not.”

Epeli Ganilau (1951) Fijian politician

80th birthday celebration of Satya Sai Baba, Lautoka, 23 November 2005

“Parting with friends is a sadness. A place is only a place.”

Frank Herbert (1920–1986) American writer

“Ahmad Shah greatly desired to subdue the Sikhs, and his army attacked and gained control of the Sikh's holy city of Amritsar, where he brutally massacred thousands of Sikh followers. Not only did he viciously demolish the sacred temples and buildings, but he ordered these holy places to be covered with animals blood as an insult and desecration of their religion.”

Ahmed Shah Durrani (1722–1772) founder of the Durrani Empire, considered founder of the state of Afghanistan

M. L. Runion (2017). The History of Afghanistan, 2nd Edition. Greenwood. pp. 69–71. ISBN 978-0-313-33798-7

“My songs bring images to the listener's mind. The object is to transport my listeners to another place, some place sacred and spiritual that will make them glad they took the ride.”

Bradley Joseph (1965) Composer, pianist, keyboardist, arranger, producer, recording artist

Official Bio http://www.bradleyjoseph.com/About_Bradley.asp and Reflections Bio http://www.serve.com/gregl7/bradley.htm

“In your life there are a few places, or maybe only the one place, where something happened, and then there are all the other places.”

Alice Munro book Too Much Happiness

Source: "Too Much Happiness", in Too Much Happiness (2009)

“You only are free when you realize you belong no place — you belong every place — no place at all.”

Maya Angelou (1928–2014) American author and poet

Source: Conversations with Maya Angelou

“The place of justice is an hallowed place; and therefore not only the bench, but the foot-place; and precincts and purprise thereof, ought to be preserved without scandal and corruption.”

Francis Bacon (1561–1626) English philosopher, statesman, scientist, jurist, and author

The Essays Or Counsels, Civil And Moral, Of Francis Ld. Verulam Viscount St. Albans (1625), Of Judicature

“Because I know that time is always time
And place is always and only place
And what is actual is actual only for one time
And only for one place
I rejoice that things are as they are and
I renounce the blessèd face”

T.S. Eliot (1888–1965) 20th century English author

Ash-Wednesday (1930)

“There are no unsacred places; there are only sacred places and desecrated places.”

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