Do I observe holy days and holidays? Yeah, the ritual is very important to me. It's part of being Ukrainian Catholic. So… — Vera Farmiga Copy Share Image
Ideology is not the product of thought; it is the habit or the ritual of showing respect for certain formulas to which,… — Lionel Trilling 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
Ceremony is-really a protection, too, in times of emotional involvement, particularly at death. If we have a social formula to guide us… — Amy Vanderbilt 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
You can't put a price on the rituals of love, because you never know what will happen next. I suppose fear is… — Simon Van Booy Copy Share Image
The act of creation is a kind of ritual. The origins of art and human existence lie hidden in this mystery of… — Keith Haring Copy Share Image
But, you know, they don't enjoy the dinner hour together. It's just not as much of a ritual at night and it's… — Katie Couric Copy Share Image
...I had grown up in a world that was dominated by immature age. Not by vigorous immaturity, but by immaturity that was… — Ellen Glasgow Copy Share Image
A ritual is the enactment of a myth. And, by participating in the ritual, you are participating in the myth. And since… — Joseph Campbell Copy Share Image
“The postmodern notion of "appropriation" is not a good fit. In New Mexico, the "indigenous" is a syncretic fusion of Native American… — Lucy R. Lippard Copy Share Image
One of the most powerful aspects of drumming and the reason people have done it since the beginning of being human is… — Layne Redmond Copy Share Image
Our time on this earth is sacred, and we should celebrate every moment. The importance of this has been completely forgotten: even… — Paulo Coelho 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
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
Throughout human history, people have developed strong loyalties to traditions, rituals, and symbols. In the most effective organizations, they are not only… — Rosabeth Moss Kanter Copy Share Image
Under Confucianism, the use of precisely measured court music, prescribed steps, actions, and phrases all added up to an extremely complex system… — Benjamin Hoff Copy Share Image
It is one thing to say that the dwelling has symbolic and cosmological aspects... and another to say that it has been… — Anatol Rapoport Copy Share Image
I've begun to recognize myself as a Catholic writer because my whole notion of the image, of symbol, of art and what… — Joyelle McSweeney 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
Whether we're conscious of it or not, our work and personal lives are made up of daily rituals, including when we eat… — Chip Conley Copy Share Image
In order to be creative, you have to know how to prepare to be creative…A lot of habitually creative people have preparation… — Twyla Tharp Copy Share Image
For faithful Catholics, communion is not just a nice ritual: It is the body and blood of Jesus Christ, and the ultimate… — Maggie Gallagher Copy Share Image
Rituals, even unhappy ones, provide a measure of comfort. Like a superstitious ballplayer who will only use certain bats, my depression rituals… — David Karp Copy Share Image
What do we have in life, really? If we're lucky we get to a certain age, and we have each other. We… — David O. Russell Copy Share Image
The Roman Catholic Church and its rituals were so much part of life that, although my parents would often question a small… — Colm Toibin Copy Share Image
fear has always been a diminisher of life. Whether bred in the bogs of superstition or clothed in the brocades of dogma… — Marya Mannes Copy Share Image
I'm not superstitious in my normal daily life but I get that way about writing, even though I know it's all bullshit.… — Quentin Tarantino Copy Share Image
“Rites and rituals open hearts and clear minds. They help us embody reverence and allow us to get in touch with our… — Ahriana Platten Copy Share Image
I worry that friends will slowly become professional pallbearers, waiting for each death, of their lovers, friends and neighbors, and polishing their… — David Wojnarowicz Copy Share Image
Milla Jovovich introduced me to [anthropologist and author of the Don Juan series of books involving shamanic peyote rituals] Carlos Castaneda because… — Michelle Rodriguez Copy Share Image
How infuriating it is to be continually born to war that continues one's whole lifetime, even as one protests it - what… — Anne Waldman Copy Share Image
We are presented with an unpleasant choice between either committing to peculiar concepts about immaterial deities or letting go entirely of a… — Alain de Botton Copy Share Image
I respect the Bible and offer namaz regularly. But I am ritualistic only up to a certain extent. I believe only in… — Emraan Hashmi Copy Share Image
Religion is not an end in itself. One's union with God is the ultimate goal. There are so many religions because immature… — Peace Pilgrim Copy Share Image
My telephone calls and meetings and decisions were now parts of a prescribed ritual aimed at making peace with the past; his… — Richard M. Nixon Copy Share Image
You can use meditation, and prayer, and ritual to foster compassion, love, and inclusiveness, or you can use them to foster hatred,… — Andrew B. Newberg Copy Share Image
My only writing ritual is to shave my head bald between writing the first and second drafts of a book. If I… — Chuck Palahniuk Copy Share Image
But I feel music has a very important role in ritual activity, and that being able to join in musical activity, along… — E. O. Wilson Copy Share Image
I still noticed that little streak of rebelliousness coming up in me again - the same sense of dissatisfaction I had felt… — Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche Copy Share Image