I never was in the Nation of Islam... I mean, what I call myself is a natural Muslim, 'cause it's just me… — Ice Cube Copy Share Image
Christ has given us, not only the ritual of an ordinance, but the pattern for our lives, when He took the cup,… — Alexander MacLaren Copy Share Image
A commercial society whose members are essentially ascetic and indifferent in social ritual has to be provided with blueprints and specifications for… — Marshall McLuhan Copy Share Image
To clink glasses of a freshly made, seasonal beer, preferably in a pub or garden, with friends and perhaps new acquaintances, is… — Michael Jackson Copy Share Image
Religion and ritual can be vehicles for entering stillness. It says in Psalm 46:10, 'Be still, and know that I am God.'… — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
Even the most understated ceremony involves a certain respect for ritual and pageantry. No one plays more of a significant role than… — Vera Wang Copy Share Image
Writers collect stories of rituals: John Cheever putting on a jacket and tie to go down to the basement, where he kept… — Mona Simpson Copy Share Image
Rajneeshism is creating a Noah's Ark of consciousness, remaining centered exactly in the middle of the cyclone. You can only escape within,… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
In the New Hebrides, any dancer making a mistake was assaulted, wounded, and possibly killed by bowmen posted to keep careful watch… — Jamake Highwater Copy Share Image
Mobile is a seaport town, and we ate a lot of seafood. We'd go fishing, we'd catch our fish and we'd eat… — Billy Williams Copy Share Image
Cooking meat over a fire is one of the most stirring of those ritual acts, usually performed outdoors, on special occasions, in… — Michael Pollan Copy Share Image
Spirituality is about being ready. All the spiritual disciplines of your life - prayer, study, meditation or ritual, religious vows - are… — Richard Rohr Copy Share Image
I like to think that the best poetry is or involves a contest between ordinary conversation and ritual. — Miller Williams Copy Share Image
Funerals are important rituals. They don't just recognize that a life has ended; they recognize that a life was lived. — Aaron Eckhart Copy Share Image
But, you know, they don't enjoy the dinner hour together. It's just not as much of a ritual at night and it's… — Katie Couric Copy Share Image
“Everything depends on what is being enacted. Enactment itself, since it is almost synonymous with ceremony, is, as we have seen, part… — Thomas Howard Copy Share Image
I wasn't losing my focus but I was getting tired of focusing. What I was focusing on was becoming too routine, too… — Picabo Street Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
I enjoy ritual and ceremony. What I don't like is when it's badly done or sloppily done. This is actually a theological… — Peter Hollingworth Copy Share Image
But we must not forget, this ritual expressed, certain ideas which lie at the very root of true religion, the fellowship of… — William Robertson Smith Copy Share Image
Modern bodybuilding is ritual, religion, sport, art, and science, awash in Western chemistry and mathematics. Defying nature, it surpasses it. — Camille Paglia Copy Share Image
The Roman Catholic Church and its rituals were so much part of life that, although my parents would often question a small… — Colm Toibin Copy Share Image
