It's become something of a ritual - every year, Google publishes its year-end summary of what the world wants, and every year… — John Battelle Copy Share Image
“{ Wells discussing his experiences with Christianity } I realised as if for the first time, the menace of these queer shaven… — H.G. Wells Copy Share Image
I have a half an hour warm-up I do that my voice teacher gave me. I exercise at least for an hour… — Josh Young Copy Share Image
One constant writing ritual, no matter what I'm writing, is that I cannot write if people are around me. It wigs me… — Jennifer Armentrout Copy Share Image
“Rites and rituals open hearts and clear minds. They help us embody reverence and allow us to get in touch with our… — Ahriana Platten Copy Share Image
Fall in love with a dog, and in many ways you enter a new orbit, a universe that features not just new… — Caroline Knapp Copy Share Image
“For us the chief point of interest is the place where the game is played. Generally it is a simple circle, dyutamandalam,… — Johan Huizinga Copy Share Image
The soul's safety is in its heat. Truth without enthusiasm, morality without emotion, ritual without soul, make for a Church without power.… — Samuel Chadwick Copy Share Image
To each his own way and his own prayer. God does not take us at our word. He looks deep into our… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Like dogs who sniff each other when meeting, chess players have a ritual at first acquaintance: they sit down to play speed… — Anatoly Karpov Copy Share Image
For faithful Catholics, communion is not just a nice ritual: It is the body and blood of Jesus Christ, and the ultimate… — Maggie Gallagher Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Forgiving presupposes remembering. And it creates a forgetting not in the natural way we forget yesterday's weather, but in the way of… — Paul Tillich Copy Share Image
“In our deeds we can structure our lives so that the simple things that we do everyday, from bathing to cooking, have… — Louisa Thomsen Brits Copy Share Image
I was really interested in the ritual of fire dancing. I saw it when I was a kid. My parents took me… — Miroslav Penkov Copy Share Image
If the religious experience were simply some naive impression of the uninformed it would not have resulted in such intellectual insight, such… — Thomas Berry Copy Share Image
It may be a product of me being raised in episcopal church, but I have a love for ritual and theater and… — Jonathan Meiburg Copy Share Image
Ritual consists of the external practices of spirituality that help us become more receptive and aware of the closeness of our lives… — Christina Baldwin Copy Share Image
This commonplace cycle of falling asleep and waking, in darkness, under private cover, with another creature, a pale soft tender mammal, putting… — Ian Mcewan Copy Share Image
We talked--recent history only--and Lucas relayed the story of how Francis came to be his roommate. "He showed up at the door… — Tammara Webber Copy Share Image
Growing up in Ireland, when my family received important news, good or bad, we would boil water and make tea. It was… — Roma Downey Copy Share Image
There's a need for a ritual and for real joy and real bliss. Real fun. — Jerry Garcia Copy Share Image
Many people get what they need from church attendance because the Word is preached, and the rituals are carried on, and God… — Dallas Willard Copy Share Image
“Political movements for justice are part of the fuller development of the cosmos, and nature is the matrix in which humans come… — Matthew Fox Copy Share Image
