I think the important thing to learn is that we can retain a sentimental loyalty to the cultural and literary traditions of,… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
Matthew kept hinting that his desire - for blood, chiefly- was so strong that it put everything else at risk. But vampires… — Deborah Harkness Copy Share Image
In the center stood a marble alter, where a kid in a toga was doing some sort of ritual in front of… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
Walls, towns, rules, and day-to-day life doesn't make us civilized ... That's organization and ritual. Civilization lives in our hearts and heads… — Jonathan Maberry Copy Share Image
I never wavered in my certainty that God did not exist. I was simply liberated by the thought that there might be… — Alain de Botton Copy Share Image
Man must learn to believe in that which he does not, at the moment, see in order to grant himself that which… — Neville Goddard Copy Share Image
With the advance of knowledge, therefore, prayer and sacrifice assume the leading place in religious ritual; and magic; which once ranked with… — James G. Frazer Copy Share Image
"Rituals" don't make you righteous, it's uprightness: living up to moral principles and ethical principles, and submitting to universal law established by… — Louis Farrakhan Copy Share Image
Your dreamer may do without a creed, but he always wants a ritual. — Evelyn Underhill Copy Share Image
Travel compels you to discover your spiritual side by elimination: Without all the rituals, routines and possessions that give your life meaning… — Rolf Potts Copy Share Image
If you want to love, take the time to listen to your heart. In most ancient and wise cultures it is a… — Jack Kornfield Copy Share Image
Magic is an exercise of a pattern of thought (sometimes represented by a gesture, ritual, or the calling of a true name)… — Helen Oyeyemi Copy Share Image
Night after night, through years of performing and directing, I've stood in awe of the audience, of its capacity for response. As… — Robert McKee Copy Share Image
I like the ritual, the liturgy of a well-crafted, emotional fashion show. I will never be jaded with this side of fashion.… — Hedi Slimane Copy Share Image
There was no violence, no speed. It moved to the rhythm of an elder dance, putting all the rituals of the world… — Tanith Lee Copy Share Image
Sex is not some sort of pristine, reverent ritual. You want reverent and pristine, go to church. — Cynthia Heimel Copy Share Image
I painted my toenails before Dennis Rodman. One time at training camp, I stubbed my toe and the nail came loose. My… — Shaquille O'Neal Copy Share Image
When the Way is lost there is virtue. When virtue is lost there is benevolence. When benevolence is lost there is righteousness.… — Laozi Copy Share Image
That is the problem with comedy in India. Spoofing sells. Come up with original comedy about the hilarious nation we are, with… — Cyrus Broacha Copy Share Image
“The unknown grayish mystifying forest was benumbed into frost-covered cold, and the tremendous pines towering above the dark marshy soil resembled a… — Simona Panova Copy Share Image
The sense of being Jewish never left me, but when my grandmother died, I rebelled against Judaism as I knew it then,… — Marge Piercy Copy Share Image
Rituals are a good signal to your unconscious that it is time to kick in. — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
If I was making a tea advert, I would want to communicate about tea is that it can console you, it can… — Matt Smith Copy Share Image
When our spirit tells us it is time to weep, we should weep. It is part of the ritual, if you will,… — Joseph M. Marshall III Copy Share Image