The Temple Mount, located in Jerusalem, can be accessed through eleven gates, and contains a further six sealed gates.
Famous quotes containing the words gates of, gates, temple and/or mount:
“Drugs bring us to the gates of paradise, then keep us from entering.”
—Mason Cooley (b. 1927)
“Drugs bring us to the gates of paradise, then keep us from entering.”
—Mason Cooley (b. 1927)
“The divinity in man is the true vestal fire of the temple which is never permitted to go out, but burns as steadily and with as pure a flame on the obscure provincial altar as in Numa’s temple at Rome.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“If you would feel the full force of a tempest, take up your residence on the top of Mount Washington, or at the Highland Light, in Truro.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)