One constant writing ritual, no matter what I'm writing, is that I cannot write if people are around me. It wigs me… — Jennifer Armentrout Copy Share Image
I like the ritual, the liturgy of a well-crafted, emotional fashion show. I will never be jaded with this side of fashion.… — Hedi Slimane 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
“Some people use bullfights, some the Mass, some art in order to ritualize or transform death into life or at least meaning.… — Marilyn French Copy Share Image
There are few pages of history which do not demonstrate that public prayer and ritual never inoculated people against mass-madness and cruelty.… — Steve Allen 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've never met anybody who enjoys every moment of making a movie as much as Pierce Brosnan. He doesn't stress out too… — Salma Hayek Copy Share Image
“I'm not particularly in favor of doctrine or creed, ordination, the elevation of holy texts, the institution of church, or, for that… — Elizabeth J. Andrew Copy Share Image
I am convinced that everything that is worth while in the world has been accomplished by the free, inquiring, critical spirit, and… — Sinclair Lewis 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
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
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
Gogol remembers having to do the same thing when he was younger, when his grandparents died...He remembers, back then, being bored by… — Jhumpa Lahiri Copy Share Image
“The word hygge has been sifted to the surface in recent years but the concept is not new. It is a practice… — Louisa Thomsen Brits 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
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
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
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
“The function of ritual and myth is to make possible, and then to facilitate, the jump—by analogy. Forms and conceptions that the… — Joseph Campbell Copy Share Image
It is indeed remarkable that the nature of our dealings with our fellowmen will determine, in large measure, our status in the… — Mark E. Petersen Copy Share Image
“…is methodical abuse, often using indoctrination, aimed at breaking the will of another human being. In a 1989 report, the Ritual Abuse… — Chrystine Oksana 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
“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
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
“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
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
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
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