There are traditionalists, and there are people in the middle, which is where I am. I still get my newspaper delivered. I… — Glenda Bailey Copy Share Image
What you encounter, recognize or discover depends to a large degree on the quality of your approach. Many of the ancient cultures… — John O'Donohue Copy Share Image
Ultimately I think I learned a lot from my mother - the way she used fashion to make herself feel better; it… — Matthew Williamson Copy Share Image
“Our point of departure must be the conception of an almost childlike play-sense expressing itself in various play-forms, some serious, some playful,… — Johan Huizinga Copy Share Image
The very ritual practices that the New Atheists dismiss as costly, inefficient and irrational turn out to be a solution to one… — Jonathan Haidt Copy Share Image
Let me say that I don't see any conflict between science and religion. I go to church as many other scientists do.… — Martin Rees Copy Share Image
We consult astrology charts like the Babylonians, try to make our children into our own image with a firm hand like the… — Ernest Becker Copy Share Image
Before I play a show, I put on lavender oil - it's sort of a ritual. — Caroline Polachek Copy Share Image
My spirit life very much depends on my work. My work very much depends on my spirit life. And I pray every… — Michael Ventura Copy Share Image
I don't like to say that my kitchen is a religious place, but I would say that if I were a voodoo… — Pearl Bailey Copy Share Image
There were tens of thousands of pilgrims, from all over the world. They were of all colors, from blue-eyed blondes to black-skinned… — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
What I do is look at ancient African tribes, and the way they dress. The rituals of how they dress. . .… — Alexander McQueen Copy Share Image
To me, I like and understand ritual and I think it is important. Things that we do that give us comfort are… — Steve Coogan Copy Share Image
I believe in courtesy, the ritual by which we avoid hurting other people's feelings by satisfying our own egos. — Kenneth Clark Copy Share Image
This is what rituals are for. We do spiritual ceremonies as human beings in order to create a safe resting place for… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
Rituals, anthropologists will tell us, are about transformation. The rituals we use for marriage, baptism or inaugurating a president are as elaborate… — Abraham Verghese Copy Share Image
Ritual affirms the common patterns, the values, the shared joys, risks, sorrows, and changes that bind a community together. Ritual links together… — Starhawk Copy Share Image
Instead of a dedicated room, my best trigger is the actual habit of reading over the texts from the day before. Marking.… — Mona Simpson Copy Share Image
...when a phone call competes for attention with a real-world conversation, it wins. Everyone knows the distinctive high-and-dry feeling of being abandoned… — Lynne Truss Copy Share Image
MID-TWENTIES BREAKDOWN: A period of mental collapse occurring in one's twenties, often caused by an inability to function outside of school or… — Douglas Coupland Copy Share Image
Do nothing that is not natural - and ritual is natural - and all will be for the best. — Gore Vidal Copy Share Image
Zen was a reaction. Just as Buddha came into the world and spoke against the fall of Vedanta, so Buddhism lost its… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
There is no ritual that enhances creativity other than just starting. — John Hodgman Copy Share Image
