“He loved the darkness and the mystery of the Catholic service--the tall priest strutting like a carrion crow and pronouncing magic in… — Dan Simmons Copy Share Image
It was through reading that I discovered the crucial, even sacrosanct place the rituals of drinking held in the American imagination -… — Daphne Merkin Copy Share Image
I am not a believer in religious rituals. I was brought up in the Arya Samaj environment which taught us to shun… — Dhirubhai Ambani Copy Share Image
You have to know your triggers for stress and then have rituals for combating them. — Gabrielle Bernstein Copy Share Image
I have a very difficult time believing that there is some being who is going to invite me into heaven or not… — Andrew Solomon Copy Share Image
But I feel music has a very important role in ritual activity, and that being able to join in musical activity, along… — E. O. Wilson Copy Share Image
The genius of Freemasonry is not our Masonic buildings and temples or the trappings of our organizations. It is not our great… — Carl H. Claudy Copy Share Image
I think any belief system that says to a person, "I don't need Jesus because I have my ritual" is a problem. — Greg Laurie Copy Share Image
It is also absolutely correct that some British folk customs have descended directly from pagan rituals, such ... the giving of presents… — Ronald Hutton Copy Share Image
“1. Thou shalt respect Scotland's history but not become a pastiche. Tradition is a dish best served fresh, so instead of perpetuating… — Gabriella Bennett Copy Share Image
Jewish cantors employ a peculiar art and method of singing in their delivery. They are unexcelled in the art of covering the… — Enrico Caruso Copy Share Image
When the entire process becomes a prescribed ritual that does not allow for spontaneous variations and reactions, the vitality of the medium… — Jerry Uelsmann Copy Share Image
I try and get on my yoga mat at least three times a week, and if I don't, things start to unravel.… — Sameer Gadhia 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
The purpose of ritual is to change the mind of the human being. It's a sacred drama in which you are the… — Margot Adler Copy Share Image
I don't have any particular rituals, I sometimes like to write in longhand when I'm searching for ideas but I do the… — Erin Morgenstern Copy Share Image
When we develop reverence for food and the miracle of transformation inherent in it, just the simple act of eating creates a… — Deepak Chopra Copy Share Image
You know, when a president is about to leave office, most of the time most people are dying for him to go… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Residents of the squatter community of Christiana, Denmark, for example, have a Christmastide ritual where they dress in Santa suits, take toys… — David Graeber Copy Share Image
I think we ought to close Halloween down. Do you want your children to dress up as witches? The Druids used to… — Pat Robertson Copy Share Image
“It must be pleasant to be occasionally guilty of a small abomination.” — Éliphas Lévi Copy Share Image
I am in the continual process of transcending fear-based rituals — Robert Downey, Jr Copy Share Image
Milla Jovovich introduced me to [anthropologist and author of the Don Juan series of books involving shamanic peyote rituals] Carlos Castaneda because… — Michelle Rodriguez Copy Share Image
I just really enjoy the ritual of going to work and playing, which is essentially what we do. We play pretend. Acting… — Bailey Chase Copy Share Image
Unless you stop him. Perhaps next we meet." "You'll be just as annoying?" I guessed. He fixed my with those warm brown… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
