I'm in awe of the universe, but I don't necessarily believe there's an intelligence or agent behind it. I do have a… — David Bowie Copy Share Image
For someone whose roots in America were strong but only inches deep, and who had no experience, such as a Catholic child… — Philip Roth Copy Share Image
If insemination were the sole biological function of sex, it could be achieved far more economically in a few seconds of mounting… — E. O. Wilson Copy Share Image
Just as there are many Jews who keep the Friday ritual in their home despite describing themselves as atheists, I am a… — Martin Rees Copy Share Image
A prayer couched in the words of the soul, is far more powerful than any ritual. — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
I have a personal ritual. Just like 10 minutes before a show, I'll open a beer, just so it feels like I've… — Ed Robertson Copy Share Image
No music. No rituals. At home I write in my office or on the laptop in the kitchen where our puppy likes… — Gail Carson Levine Copy Share Image
What you encounter, recognize or discover depends to a large degree on the quality of your approach. Many of the ancient cultures… — John O'Donohue Copy Share Image
Even feigning surprise, pretending it was unexpected and saying a ritual thanks, is surely wiser than just expecting everything so carelessly. — Barbara Kingsolver Copy Share Image
We Hoosiers hold to some quaint notions. Some might say we 'cling' to them, though not out of fear or ignorance. We… — Mitch Daniels Copy Share Image
Metaphor is ritual sacrifice. It kills the look-alike. No, metaphor is homeopathy. — Rae Armantrout Copy Share Image
Rituals keep us from forgetting what must not be forgotten and keep us rooted in a past from which we must not… — Tony Campolo Copy Share Image
“Thanks to Karen Connelly who read earlier versions of this manuscript and to Ronald Hatch my editor and publisher.” — Nancy Holmes Copy Share Image
“Ritual may be vital to reaction, but it is also the life blood of revolution.” — David I. Kertzer Copy Share Image
The indications are that swearing preceded the development of cursing. That is, expletives, maledictions, exclamations, and imprecations of the immediately explosive or… — Ashley Montagu Copy Share Image
Growing up, I came to love Egypt and respect Islam, but I never thought to go beyond the surface. Back in Canada,… — Shereen El Feki Copy Share Image
We each have a litany of holiday rituals and everyday habits that we hold on to, and we often greet radical innovation… — Ellen Goodman Copy Share Image
I really love doing yoga. My main ritual is yoga. I do A LOT of yoga — Britney Spears Copy Share Image
Electronic culture created soulless replacements for connective rituals- television supplanted tribal legends told by the fire; 'fast food' consumed in distraction took… — Daniel Pinchbeck Copy Share Image
The recurring theme of all religions is a sympathy, empathy, connection, capacity between the human and the divine - that we were… — Richard Rohr Copy Share Image
I remember sitting at the end of my mum's bed being fascinated by her ritual of getting dressed. It was a very… — Matthew Williamson Copy Share Image
Life can be lived in rules, but then life becomes superficial. Live life not according to the laws but according to consciousness,… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
Various religions offer a variety of theories about life, death, and eternity. And yet, as different as all religions are, they share… — Robert Jeffress Copy Share Image
To seek God by rituals is to get the ritual and lose God in the process — Meister Eckhart Copy Share Image
