Society has provided [children] no rituals by which they become members of the tribe, of the community. All children need to be… — Joseph Campbell Copy Share Image
“The magnificence of such objects hardly pertains to the human. They live only in a world of icons and there they participate… — Angela Carter Copy Share Image
I have a half an hour warm-up I do that my voice teacher gave me. I exercise at least for an hour… — Josh Young Copy Share Image
Myth is the system of basic metaphors, images, and stories that informs the perceptions, memories, and aspirations of a people; provides the… — Sam Keen Copy Share Image
I was 11 when a teacher suggested to my parents that they should send me to drama classes to curb my disruptive… — David Wenham Copy Share Image
Galen's observations reflect one of the distinctive features of early Christianity. Roman-era religion was mainly about ritual actions vis-à-vis the gods, and… — Larry Hurtado Copy Share Image
I am so used to hints and mixed messages, saying things that might mean what they sort of sound like they mean.… — David Levithan Copy Share Image
“Religion is best when it points beyond itself, like Isaiah or John the Baptist. It is worst when it gives you just… — Richard Rohr Copy Share Image
Ultimately, we know that the way a person finds salvation, the way a person comes into a relationship with God is by… — Greg Laurie Copy Share Image
I think grief is a huge subject; it's one of the things that everybody is going to confront in one way or… — John Darnielle Copy Share Image
I knew what the sanctified life was not. Not a life filled with more rituals, more scrupulously observed. Not more praying. Not… — Vanessa L Ochs Copy Share Image
We talked--recent history only--and Lucas relayed the story of how Francis came to be his roommate. "He showed up at the door… — Tammara Webber Copy Share Image
I grew up in the time just when cassettes were waning and CDs were growing. And so mix tapes - and not… — Lin-Manuel Miranda 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
Disco existed before we were all born and will exist afterwards. It is a ritual - it is a celebration - and… — Grace Jones Copy Share Image
“Let my idle chatter be the muttering of prayer, my every manual movement the execution of ritual gesture, my walking a ceremonial… — Adi Shankaracarya Copy Share Image
Now that I have a 16-month-old son, my weekend ritual has changed - but it's better than ever. We get up early… — Connie Britton Copy Share Image
Worship is not a repetitious exercise of rituals and formulas. These create a veil that actually prevents us from enjoying the presence… — Dave Hunt Copy Share Image
If we fail to provide boys with pro-social models of the transition to adulthood, they may construct their own. In some cases,… — Leonard Sax Copy Share Image
Your first ritual that you do during the day is the highest leveraged ritual, by far, because it has the effect of… — Eben Pagan Copy Share Image
Civil Society is a cluster of institutions and associations strong enough to prevent tyranny, but which are, none the less, entered and… — Ernest Gellner Copy Share Image
For the first time i began to think, consciously and deliberately of religion and other worlds. The Hindu religion especially went up… — Jawaharlal Nehru Copy Share Image
Spirituality is about being ready. All the spiritual disciplines of your life - prayer, study, meditation or ritual, religious vows - are… — Richard Rohr Copy Share Image
Anything that keeps you happy and writing is part of my writing ritual: I like music, so I tend to have it… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
In its effect on family relationships, in its facilitation of parental withdrawal from an active role in the socialization of their children,… — Marie Winn Copy Share Image
Zen was a reaction. Just as Buddha came into the world and spoke against the fall of Vedanta, so Buddhism lost its… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Mobile is a seaport town, and we ate a lot of seafood. We'd go fishing, we'd catch our fish and we'd eat… — Billy Williams Copy Share Image
The Baptists' basic theology is that if you hold someone under water long enough, he'll come around to your way of thinking.… — A. Whitney Brown Copy Share Image
“1. Thou shalt respect Scotland's history but not become a pastiche. Tradition is a dish best served fresh, so instead of perpetuating… — Gabriella Bennett Copy Share Image
A chain is no stronger than its weakest link, and if one of the team cannot handle the forces, everybody is going… — Dion Fortune Copy Share Image
Even the highest forms of sacrificial worship present much that is repulsive to modern ideas, and in particular it requires an effort… — William Robertson Smith Copy Share Image
But we must not forget, this ritual expressed, certain ideas which lie at the very root of true religion, the fellowship of… — William Robertson Smith Copy Share Image
The Jewish festival of freedom is the oldest continuously observed religious ritual in the world. Across the centuries, Passover has never lost… — Jonathan Sacks 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
Bill and Hillary will spend Easter with her brothers Hugh and Tony and Roger Clinton. They have a family ritual at all… — Argus Hamilton Copy Share Image
The soul's safety is in its heat. Truth without enthusiasm, morality without emotion, ritual without soul, make for a Church without power.… — Samuel Chadwick Copy Share Image
Gogol is unaccustomed to this sort of talk at mealtimes, to the indulgent ritual of the lingering meal, and the pleasant aftermath… — Jhumpa Lahiri Copy Share Image
People are losing jobs, people need to be entertained, and I want to make movies that parents and children can look forward… — Nicolas Cage 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
If I were to disclose all their rituals, I think that it would be easy to prove that witches are not diabolists;… — Gerald Gardner Copy Share Image
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