Tom Robbins

What bothers most critics of my work is the goofiness. One reviewer said I need to make up my mind if want to be funny or serious. My response is that I will make up my mind when God does, because life is a commingling of the sacred and the profane, good and evil. To try and separate them is fallacy.

American Author

Sabine Baring-Gould

History, whether sacred or profane, hides her teaching from those who study her through coloured glasses. She only reveals truth to those who look through the cold clear medium of passionless inquiry, who seek the Truth without determining first the masquerade in which alone they will receive it.

English Clergyman

Chuck Palahniuk

If you start in the pit of despair with these profane, awful things, even a glimmer of hope or awareness is going to occur that's much brighter coming from this dark, awful beginning.

American Novelist

Emile Durkheim

By definition, sacred beings are separated beings. That which characterizes them is that there is a break of continuity between them and the profane beings.

French Sociologist

George Washington

The foolish and wicked practice of profane cursing and swearing is a vice so mean and low that every person of sense and character detests and despises it.

American President

Henry Van Dyke

Half of the secular unrest and dismal, profane sadness of modern society comes from the vain ideas that every man is bound to be a critic for life.

American Poet

Thomas Hobbes

The secret thoughts of a man run over all things, holy, profane, clean, obscene, grave, and light, without shame or blame.

English Philosopher

Isaac Newton

There are more sure marks of authenticity in the Bible that in any profane history.

English Mathematician

Henry David Thoreau

Night is certainly more novel and less profane than day.

Norman Schwarzkopf

American General

Often used when someone disrespects religious practices or places.

Religious Context

Be aware of different beliefs to avoid unintentionally profaning what others consider sacred.

Cultural Sensitivity

Profaning something is seen as a serious offense by many people.

Intensity Matters

Profane as an adjective describes language that offends religious sentiments.

Watch Your Words

Avoid using profane terms in formal or religious settings.

Respect Boundaries

The adjective 'profane' carries strong negative connotations.

Negative Emotion

Profane can mean improper use of something beyond religious context.

Beyond Religion

Can relate to irreverent treatment of culturally important works or ideas.

Cultural Works

It's less common but still correct to use 'profane' about non-religious misconduct.

Niche Applications

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Replying to the Wow...

 but modern, secular society was built to satisfy our lower, profane selves. It's really comfortable down here on the lower level. Come, have a seat in my home entertainment center. One great challenge of modern life is to find the staircase amid all the clutter

Jonathan Haidt:...

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