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Mircea Eliade

“It must be added at once that such a profane existence is never found in the pure state. To whatever degree he may have desacralized the world, the man who has made his choice in favor of a profane life never succeeds in completely doing away with religious behavior.”

Mircea Eliade, The Sacred and the Profane: The Nature of Religion
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The Sacred and the Profane: The Nature of Religion The Sacred and the Profane: The Nature of Religion by Mircea Eliade
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