It's not easy to live every moment wholly aware of death. It's like trying to stare the sun in the face: you… — Irvin D. Yalom Copy Share Image
Our time on this earth is sacred, and we should celebrate every moment. The importance of this has been completely forgotten: even… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
....the ancient ritual of the earth; ploughing and planting, reaping and threshing. The fundamental business remains unaltered; it is only the methods… — Patience Strong Copy Share Image
Anybody can become a widow. There aren't any special qualifications. It happens in less time than it takes to draw a breath.… — Jacquelyn Mitchard Copy Share Image
When people lack teachers, their tendencies are not corrected; when they do not have ritual and moral principles, then their lawlessness is… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The function of ritual... is to give form to the human life, not in the way of a mere surface arrangement, but… — Joseph Campbell Copy Share Image
Galen's observations reflect one of the distinctive features of early Christianity. Roman-era religion was mainly about ritual actions vis-à-vis the gods, and… — Larry Hurtado Copy Share Image
Y'all drinking whiskey is probably a gregarious act. When you're not an alcoholic it's pretty fun to drink whiskey. But when you… — Ketch Secor Copy Share Image
You see that in the news constantly; done both the right way and the wrong way. The most recent example I can… — Jonathan Dee Copy Share Image
“Will you relinquish your heart, your life, and your body into his care—into our care—to be transformed, remade, and reborn? This night,… — Tessa Dawn Copy Share Image
In Wicca, rituals are ceremonies which celebrate and strengthen our relationships with the Goddess, the God and the Earth. — Scott Cunningham Copy Share Image
Gangs have always existed - they are primarily a community a young men trying to find intensity, meaning, a path to the… — Luis J. Rodriguez Copy Share Image
Dance is one of the most powerful forms of magical ritual...It is an outer expression of the inner spirit. — Ted Andrews Copy Share Image
“A master drives you toward the substance so that you will stop defending and protecting the forms.” — Richard Rohr Copy Share Image
Theurgy is ritual magic - but magic that enacts the will of God, not of the magician. It brings divine energies down… — Richard Smoley Copy Share Image
“Dr. Murray points to the Nazarite system as what he calls an external scaffolding supporting human efforts at righteousness, reminding the participant… — David P. Murray Copy Share Image
Toast was a pointless invention from the Dark Ages. Toast was an implement of torture that caused all those subjected to it… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
That's one of the things that I say to myself as far as a ritual that I have every day: "What can… — LaToya Jackson Copy Share Image
I was not religious, but I liked rituals. I liked the idea of connecting an action with remembering. — John Green Copy Share Image
I basically try to visualize the team doing good things on the court the night before the game. I get shots up.… — Trey Burke Copy Share Image
It's called male bonding. You'll never get it. I believe women are as capable as men, deserve equal pay—and that one day,… — Nora Roberts Copy Share Image
As soon as I arrive at the house, Laurie starts running, hits my chest, knocks me down, and licks my face. It's… — Beverly Sills Copy Share Image
“The human soul can always use a new tradition. Sometimes we require them.” — Pat Conroy Copy Share Image
My parents found tradition and ritual very important, because they were both brought up that way and found comfort in it. They… — Chloe Sevigny Copy Share Image
In other words, the unique value of the "authentic" work of art has its basis in ritual, the location of its original… — Walter Benjamin Copy Share Image
