--- title: "7 Religious Ritual Quotes by 5 authors" description: "Browse 7 Religious Ritual quotes by 5 authors. Discover the best Religious Ritual sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/098/jonathan-safran-foer-136_changed_the-way-that-i-feel-about-my-jewish-iden_50540.jpg" --- > [The way that I feel about my Jewish identity has been really radically changed by events in life. Like, becoming a writer…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-safran-foer/the-way-that-i-feel-about-my-jewish-identity-has-been-really/) [Jonathan Safran Foer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-safran-foer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/098/jonathan-safran-foer-136_changed_the-way-that-i-feel-about-my-jewish-iden_50540.jpg) > [“The Indians around here tell a cautionary fable about a great saint who was always surrounded in his Ashram by loyal devotees.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-gilbert/the-indians-around-here-tell-a-cautionary-fable-about-a-great-saint/) [Elizabeth Gilbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-gilbert/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3f0/elizabeth-gilbert-131_god_the-indians-around-here-tell-a-cautionar_117839.jpg) > [“Religious ritual invariably offers a sacrificial display of commitment to supernatural agents that is materially costly and emotionally convincing. Such ritual conveys…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-atran/religious-ritual-invariably-offers-a-sacrificial-display-of/) [Scott Atran](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scott-atran/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4c9/scott-atran-26630_faith_religious-ritual-invariably-offers-a-sac_1242549.jpg) > [The Jewish festival of freedom is the oldest continuously observed religious ritual in the world. Across the centuries, Passover has never lost…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-sacks/the-jewish-festival-of-freedom-is-the-oldest-continuously-observed/) [Jonathan Sacks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-sacks/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/320/jonathan-sacks-2788_century_the-jewish-festival-of-freedom-is-the-ol_2408542.png) > [With the advance of knowledge, therefore, prayer and sacrifice assume the leading place in religious ritual; and magic; which once ranked with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-g-frazer/with-the-advance-of-knowledge-therefore-prayer-and-sacrifice-assume/) [James G. Frazer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-g-frazer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/11a/james-g-frazer-17815_art_with-the-advance-of-knowledge-therefore_2768183.jpg) > [“Be very careful, warns this tale, not to get too obsessed with the repetition of religious ritual just for its own sake.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-gilbert/be-very-careful-warns-this-tale-not-to-get-too-obsessed-with-the/) [Elizabeth Gilbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-gilbert/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/474/elizabeth-gilbert-131_religion_be-very-careful-warns-this-tale-not-to-g_2934908.jpg) > [Religious ritual is a way of structuring time so that we, not employers, the market or the media, are in control. Life…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-sacks/religious-ritual-is-a-way-of-structuring-time-so-that-we-not/) [Jonathan Sacks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-sacks/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/292/jonathan-sacks-2788_break_religious-ritual-is-a-way-of-structuring_3059214.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/religious-ritual/#itemlist", "name": "Religious Ritual Quotes", "numberOfItems": 7, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The way that I feel about my Jewish identity has been really radically changed by events in life. Like, becoming a writer is one. Having children is another. And getting older and watching, you know, my parents and grandparents get older has been another, the seasons of - being witness to the seasons of life and wanting to have some kind of infrastructure to deal with it, to cope with them. Ritual has become more important to me as I've gotten older. 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