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Quotes About Pillar

If the main pillar of the system is living a lie," wrote Havel, "then it is not surprising that the fundamental threat to it is living in truth." Since
~ Timothy Snyder
The spirit of truth and the spirit of freedom—they are the pillars of society.
~ Henrik Ibsen
The spirit of truth and the spirit of freedom - these are the pillars of society.
~ Henrik Ibsen
I think, at times of stress, you have to trust the pillars of democracy.
~ Jay Nixon
We assume that the ring with the single pillar represents the house of David, the kingly line, and the twin pillar ring represents the joint messiah.
~ Christopher Knight
If the main pillar of the system is living a lie, then it is not surprising that the fundamental threat to it is living the truth. This is why it must be suppressed more severely than anything else.
~ Vaclav Havel
La nature est un temple où de vivants piliers / Laissent parfois sortir de confuses paroles.
~ Philip Pullman
Michel Cukiermann, my son-in-law: heir of suffering, pillar of the community, contemporary stand-in for the sons of Abraham, disciple of Moses.
~ Yasmina Reza
Every skyscraper is built on a strong foundation of pillars. And the life of each and every one in our family is built on a pillar of support called Mom. Dearest mother, wishing you a very Happy Birthday!
~ Unknown
Have you been moonlighting in my life as my pillar of strength and support while you're actually an angel sent from the heavens? You're too good to be true! I wish you a very Happy Birthday.
~ Unknown
Yes, sir," answered the boatswain, a pillar of red meat overgrown with red hair.
~ Unknown
Almost immediately, my bruised eardrums were assaulted by another explosion, then another and a fourth. Five or six more barrels touched off in rapid succession. All I could think was thank God I was on the other side of the pillar.
~ Unknown
Cowdery had been called to preach the gospel to the Lamanites and "rear up a pillar as a witness where the Temple of God shall be built, in the glorious New-Jerusalem.
~ Unknown
Beneath the violet pillar, in the vacuum before the roar of the cloud, there came a soft sound that might have been heard by those who listened closely: the gentle sigh of an idea unbound.
~ Lydia Millet
Thou mayest rule over sin,' Lee. That's it. I do not believe all men are destroyed. I can name you a dozen who were not, and they are the ones the world lives by. It is true of the spirit as it is true of battles — only the winners are remembered. Surely most men are destroyed, but there are others who like pillars of fire guide frightened men through the darkness. 'Thou mayest, Thou mayest!' What glory!
~ John Steinbeck
Immigration was not just Trumpism's sine qua non, it was the fundamental intellectual pillar that any dope could understand.
~ Michael Wolff
Sitting there in the saddle, the thing explained itself as I looked. The fallen pillar had been built upon older ruins; all Egypt is that way, ruin founded on the ruin of ruins—like human hopes.
~ Mike Ashley
Biblical conception of the world: (1) waters above the firmament; (2) storehouses of snows; (3) storehouses for hail; (4) chambers of winds; (5) firmament; (6) sluice; (7) pillars of the sky; (8) pillars of the earth; (9) fountain of the deep; (10) navel of the earth; (11) waters under the earth; (12) rivers of the nether world.
~ Unknown
Early the next morning, Jacob took the stone that he had placed under his head, and he set it up as a pillar. He poured oil on top of it,
~ Genesis 28:18
So Jacob picked out a stone and set it up as a pillar,
~ Genesis 31:45
So Jacob set up a pillar in the place where God had spoken with him—a stone marker—and he poured out a drink offering on it and anointed it with oil.
~ Genesis 35:14
Jacob set up a pillar on her grave; it marks Rachelís tomb to this day.
~ Genesis 35:20
And she looked out and saw the king standing by the pillar, according to the custom. The officers and trumpeters were beside the king, and all the people of the land were rejoicing and blowing trumpets. Then Athaliah tore her clothes and screamed, “Treason! Treason!”
~ 2 Kings 11:14
Each pillar was eighteen cubits tall and twelve cubits in circumference; each was hollow, four fingers thick.
~ Jeremiah 52:21