We don't have too much ritual in our life anymore. And these life symbols which people rely on to keep their feeling… — John Hench Copy Share Image
In a democracy, every ordinary citizen is effectively a king--but a king in a constitutional democracy, a monarch who decides only formally,… — Slavoj Žižek Copy Share Image
“[The Lord's Supper teaches that] Rituals are good, and they are instituted and used by God to 'connect' his people with him.… — Peter Enns Copy Share Image
What really counted was the possibility of escape, a leap of freedom, out of the implacable ritual, a wild run for it… — Albert Camus Copy Share Image
Establish a closing ritual. Know when to stop working. Try to end each work day the same way, too. Straighten up your… — Daniel Kahneman Copy Share Image
The idea of hunting and gathering as the best way for life has become quite popular recently, much more populare in some… — Walter Truett Anderson Copy Share Image
The function of ritual, as I understand it, is to give form to human life, not in the way of a mere… — Joseph Campbell Copy Share Image
The routines of almost all famous writers, from Charles Darwin to John Grisham, similarly emphasise specific starting times, or number of hours… — Oliver Burkeman Copy Share Image
Ritual is important to us as human beings. It ties us to our traditions and our histories. — Miller Williams Copy Share Image
I don't feel any great need to subscribe to a certain notion of Buddhism that says "You have to do this" or… — Pankaj Mishra Copy Share Image
The Italians and Spanish, the Chinese and Vietnamese see food as part of a larger, more essential and pleasurable part of daily… — Anthony Bourdain Copy Share Image
Eventually, ritual was developed as a means of contacting and utilizing the energy within humans as well as in the nature world. — Scott Cunningham Copy Share Image
Christianity is not a system of philosophy, nor a ritual, nor a code of laws; it is the impartation of a divine… — Merrill C. Tenney Copy Share Image
There are rituals not structures for being a poet, drinking too much, taking too many drugs, being a lady chaser, having your… — Diane Wakoski Copy Share Image
We rarely quote nowadays to appeal to authority... though we quote sometimes to display our sapience and erudition. Some authors we quote… — Ihab Hassan Copy Share Image
Alice doesn't seem to mind because she's laughing too, and biting her lip, all doe-eyed, and tossing her freshly washed hair, and… — David Nicholls Copy Share Image
Whether religious or racial, anti-Semitism is always repugnant, one of the most destructive manifestations of human stupidity and evil. What is profoundly… — Mario Vargas Llosa Copy Share Image
Love is a religion, and its rituals cost more than those of other religions. It goes by quickly and, like a street… — Honore de Balzac Copy Share Image
There is a single main definition of the object of all magical Ritual. It is the uniting of the Microcosm with the… — Aleister Crowley Copy Share Image
“It is possible to induce incorrect notions of cause and effect in most people in just a few minutes. All that is… — Naomi janowitz Copy Share Image
And there are my cats, engaged in a ritual that goes back thousands of years, tranquilly licking themselves after the meal. Practical… — William S. Burroughs Copy Share Image
People feel that you'll never be able to recreate the birthplace of a song that has, at its core, the hardship of… — Measha Brueggergosman Copy Share Image
Many of the religious apologists out there are not stupid people, they are often brilliant. People working in the field of theology… — PZ Myers Copy Share Image
Today's Gypsies, who have lived in Prague for only two generations, light a ritual fire wherever they work, a nomads' fire crackling… — Bohumil Hrabal Copy Share Image
