I believe that we often disguise pain through ritual and it may be the only solace we have. — Rita Mae Brown Copy Share Image
The modern habit of doing ceremonial things unceremoniously is no proof of humility; rather it proves the offender's inability to forget himself… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
In the luxuriance of a bowl of grapes set out in ritual display, in a bottle of wine, the soil and sunshine… — Kevin Starr Copy Share Image
Ah, there's nothing like tea in the afternoon. When the British Empire collapses, historians will find that it had made but two… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
A society that doesn't know any longer how to observe every death with proper rituals, that does not know that death is… — Marina Warner Copy Share Image
There are few pages of history which do not demonstrate that public prayer and ritual never inoculated people against mass-madness and cruelty.… — Steve Allen Copy Share Image
The library is not a shrine for the worship of books. It is not a temple where literary incense must be burned… — Norman Cousins Copy Share Image
Truth without enthusiasm, morality without emotion, ritual without soul, are things Christ unsparingly condemned. Destitute of fire, they are nothing more than… — Samuel Chadwick Copy Share Image
The shared meal elevates eating from a mechanical process of fueling the body to a ritual of family and community, from the… — Michael Pollan Copy Share Image
Passionate grave thought, belief enhanced, ritual returned and magic. — Hilda Doolittle Copy Share Image
An island can be dreadful for someone from outside. Everything is complete, and everyone has his obstinate, sure and self-sufficient place. Within… — Tove Jansson Copy Share Image
If the music in a groove fits with what you're playing, then play it; if not, then you can play it backwards.… — Christian Marclay Copy Share Image
I try to work every day, even when I'm not motivated. Ritual is very important to me. — Mel Ramos Copy Share Image
“I'm back in the basement of the Ascension Catholic Church, Francisco. And Little Suzie is here. She's lying on an alter, and… — Suzie Burke Copy Share Image
A cross between a foreign legion boot-camp and a secret-society initiation ritual, the ordeals were grounded in pain. One thing was obvious:… — Tahir Shah Copy Share Image
The ritual of exorcism is not practiced by an ordinary priest. An exorcist requires specific training and must be thought to have… — Gabriele Amorth Copy Share Image
Spiritual life can certainly follow the pattern one sees in the fake martial arts, with most teachers making nebulous and magical claims… — Sam Harris Copy Share Image
The one thing I remember about Christmas was that my father used to take me out in a boat about ten miles… — John Cleese Copy Share Image
I was deliciously happy filming 'True Blood.' I even kept all the scripts in my office, which I never do with any… — Michelle Forbes Copy Share Image
“For me starting the day without a pot of tea would be a day forever out of kilter.” — Bill Drummond Copy Share Image
Without the letters of condolence, telegrams of congratulations, and occasional postcards, the friendship of a separated friend is not a social reality.… — Mary Douglas Copy Share Image
Ritual disposal of the dead speaks clearly of an awareness of death, and thus an awareness of self. — Richard Leakey Copy Share Image
The main problem is that most commentators are accustomed to thinking of spiritual schools as 'systems', which are more or less alike,… — Idries Shah Copy Share Image
Survivors do not mourn together. They each mourn alone, even when in the same place. Grief is the most solitary of all… — Steven Erikson Copy Share Image
