Ritual Quotes

Rituals build brands.

— Martin Lindstrom

One must observe the proper rites.

— Antoine de Saint-Exupery

I have a very wonderful bath ritual.

— Michael Bastian

Rituals are important.

— John Lennon

A pool game mixes ritual with geometry.

— Mary Karr

I do love the idea of ritual.

— Sarah Silverman

Religion is more than rite and ritual.

— Yann Martel

Loneliness is random; solitude is ritual.

— Pearl Cleage

The preparation for the ritual is the ritual.

— Kate Green

“second ritual. This is the Ritual of Physicality.”

— Robin S. Sharma

It is my contention that ritual begins at home, in domestic magic.

— E. M. Broner

Amnesia may well be the highest sacrament in the great gray ritual of existence.

— Thomas Ligotti

Ritual is necessary for us to know anything.

— Ken Kesey

“Ritual may be vital to reaction, but it is also the life blood of revolution.”

— David I. Kertzer

A family has its own rituals and its own superstitions.

— Tea Obreht

I do have rituals. I'm a fairly superstitious person.

— Justin Bartha

I'm not very good at being domesticated. I've tried. The domestic life I find claustrophobic - the rituals and habits and patterns.

— Ralph Fiennes

For as long as we can trace back human life, there's always been some sort of music - ceremonies, rituals. It's part…

— Ingrid Michaelson

“I felt fresh and ready for anything. Well, except for maybe a sacrificial ritual, but no one was ever ready for that.”

— Deanna Chase

Without the tao, Kindness and compassion are replaced by law and justice; Faith and trust are supplanted by ritual and ceremony.

— Laozi

Religion becomes a hollow shell of its former self when ritual remains and thoughtful reflection disappears.

— Nouman Ali Khan

But away from the rituals of Washington, alongside the elation of [Donald] Trump supporters, there is deep anxiety, anger and fear.

— George Stephanopoulos

Women’s loyalty has to be earned with trust and affection, rather than barbaric rituals. The time has come to leave the old…

— Waris Dirie

“this ritual requires you to take daily, incremental action to build your character.”

— Robin S. Sharma

The old images seem like a caricature now: the shadowy world of secret rituals, the aging dons behind high-walled estates, the passion…

— Robert D. McFadden

May we, as image makers, shapers of the culture, set our sights on things we value, rituals we engage in that heal…

— Jan Phillips

Truth is not over there, wherever over there is. Truth is neither housed in religious rituals nor secret doctrines, nor in a…

— Adyashanti

I don't like the whole blowing the candles out ritual... blowing their germs all over the cake. If I want to catch…

— Craig Ferguson

There's a song called 'Live Blogging the Himmel Family Bris.' I kind of went for it here in terms of - it…

— Rick Moranis

It happens that there are a lot of people who are very talented who also happen to have a mental disorder. A…

— H. A. Berlin

Electronic culture created soulless replacements for connective rituals- television supplanted tribal legends told by the fire; 'fast food' consumed in distraction took…

— Daniel Pinchbeck

Could it be that first love was the only true love? And that after those first fires had been doused or burned…

— Simon Van Booy

Henceforth, whilst there are a great many theories and models proposed as to how, or why, magic works (based on subtle energies,…

— Phil Hine

Boxing is fascinating. It's good for the soul to be made to feel clumsy. I swank around during the week thinking I'm…

— Hugh Laurie

“I'm back in the basement of the Ascension Catholic Church, Francisco. And Little Suzie is here. She's lying on an alter, and…

— Suzie Burke

The Mackenzie had never met folk so poor in story and song and legends, and it moved him to a pity that…

— S.M. Stirling

I think the important thing to learn is that we can retain a sentimental loyalty to the cultural and literary traditions of,…

— Richard Dawkins

“After the monkeys came down from the trees and learned to hurl sharp objects, they had had to move into caves for…

— Tom Robbins

I wonder how, among the Fremont, mothers and daughters shared their world. Did they walk side by side along the lake edge?…

— Terry Tempest Williams

One ritual is that I don't speak to anyone before I write in the morning. I like to get to my desk…

— Luanne Rice