“When a man dies, his wife is burned alive with him, but if the wife dies before her husband, the man does… — Al Masudi Copy Share Image
Rituals, anthropologists will tell us, are about transformation. The rituals we use for marriage, baptism or inaugurating a president are as elaborate… — Abraham Verghese Copy Share Image
Scaremongering is an age-old political ritual. There are public officials who have benefited by playing up the 'hacker threat' so that they… — Charles Platt Copy Share Image
Shaving my head was a millennium ritual, to not let it pass as just another New Year's Eve. A lot has happened… — Joan Jett Copy Share Image
It is also absolutely correct that some British folk customs have descended directly from pagan rituals, such ... the giving of presents… — Ronald Hutton Copy Share Image
I would advise anyone who is at the start of a rest ritual like the Sabbath, to take it slowly and grow… — Erica Brown 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
In my midteens I went through a brief stage of religious fanaticism, but it was very much about just saying prayers and… — Robert Crumb Copy Share Image
This is another thing which I really like investigating in my novels: what is it that makes an intimate society, that makes… — Alexander McCall Smith Copy Share Image
It's something that exists on a daily basis on practically every street in India. You have people who are Hindus, Muslims, Christians… — Anita Rau Badami Copy Share Image
When prayer, rituals and ascetic life are just a means of self-indulgence, they are harmful rather than beneficial. This is quite obvious… — Idries Shah Copy Share Image
“Your ritual needs to ensure your brain gets the support it needs to keep operating at a high level of depth. For… — Cal Newport Copy Share Image
“For us the chief point of interest is the place where the game is played. Generally it is a simple circle, dyutamandalam,… — Johan Huizinga Copy Share Image
Sycamore trees were held to be sacred in ancient Egypt and are the first trees represented in ancient art. The sycamore, also,… — Larry Gates Copy Share Image
Myths, as compared with folk tales, are usually in a special category of seriousness: they are believed to have "really happened,"or to… — Northrop Frye Copy Share Image
“We use rituals in our Moon Circle in order to set the evening apart as a sacred space. We use it to… — Lucy Aitkenread 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
My brother, this "religiosity" is not the standard by which true men of God are measured. In all the rituals that Islam… — Louis Farrakhan Copy Share Image
I pray. I try to find space to process with a walk on the beach, a hike in the hills. Nature is… — Roma Downey 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
I have always been fascinated by the values of sport and loved its rituals; in fact, since ancient times sport has been… — Giorgio Armani Copy Share Image
I lay there silently, hoarding my small dignity. I did not ask about the gate or the closet. I did not question… — Anne Sexton 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
I love the entire ritual of getting dressed. When we do a fashion show, we try to send out a message; we… — Marc Jacobs Copy Share Image
An aphorism is a mental exercise, psychical, logical, linguistic, spiritual, ritual, emotional and rational, it is a major conceptual and literary activity,… — William C. Brown Copy Share Image
MARRIAGE CEREMONY, a ritual which should be written (o cut down on divorces) -- by adding a line to the groom's questions… — Nikhil Saluja Copy Share Image
Art, in the widest sense of the word, is the instrument Hellenism has used and would use for that purpose. All the… — Bernard Berenson Copy Share Image
It's become something of a ritual - every year, Google publishes its year-end summary of what the world wants, and every year… — John Battelle Copy Share Image
Myth, legend, and ritual ... function to maintain a status quo. That makes them singularly bad in coping with change, indeed counterproductive,… — Elizabeth Janeway Copy Share Image
When I go and work with people, I never say, 'Your dog is changed for the rest of its life.' It's like… — Cesar Millan Copy Share Image
Everyone's looking for the perfect teacher, but although their teachings might be divine, teachers are all too human, and that's something people… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
People have traditionally turned to ritual to help them frame and acknowledge and ultimately even find joy in just such a paradox… — Michael Pollan Copy Share Image
But always and sometimes questioning the old modes And the new wondering, the poem, growing up through the floor, Standing tall in… — John Ashbery Copy Share Image
It may be a product of me being raised in episcopal church, but I have a love for ritual and theater and… — Jonathan Meiburg 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
MID-TWENTIES BREAKDOWN: A period of mental collapse occurring in one's twenties, often caused by an inability to function outside of school or… — Douglas Coupland Copy Share Image
One of Obama's most impressive attributes is his quiet confidence: Voters sense that he is comfortable in his own skin, a dedicated… — Ron Fournier Copy Share Image
“We need rituals for all traumas and loss, whether it is betrayal or infidelity or violence or murder. Ritual helps us heal,… — Desmond Tutu Copy Share Image
I think we all live in a world that is so fast-paced, it's threatening and absolutely saturated with change and novelty and… — Nigella Lawson Copy Share Image
Ritual is a terribly important, binding cement in a society. If we abandon formality and rituals, we're actually weakening the relationships that… — Alexander McCall Smith Copy Share Image
