Ceremony Quote by Alfred Edersheim Download Open image “An outward observance without any real inward meaning is only a ceremony.” — Alfred Edersheim ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.9 out of 5 (6 ratings) Copy quoteShare Ceremony Inward Observance Real
We are nothing but ceremony; ceremony carries us away, and we leave the substance of things; we hang on to the branches and abandon… — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
Ceremony forbids us to express by words things that are lawful and natural, and we obey it; reason forbids us to do things unlawful… — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
A certain degree of ceremony is a necessary outwork of manners, as well as of religion; it keeps the forward and petulant at a… — Lord Chesterfield Copy Share Image
Ceremony is an invention to take off the uneasy feeling which we derive from knowing ourselves to be less the object of love and… — Charles Lamb Copy Share Image
I believe in ceremony. I think ceremony is important, pomp and circumstance, tradition. I'm into those things. — Rob Lowe Copy Share Image
It was not certain what significance the ceremony held... but the formality was no less sacred for it being unintelligible — Mervyn Peake Copy Share Image
But to my mind, though I am native here, And to the manner born, it is a custom, More honored in the breach than… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
“ceremony is essential to humans: It's a circle that we draw around important events to separate the momentous from the ordinary. And ritual is a sort of magical safety harness that guides us from one stage of our lives into the next, making sure we don't stumble or lose ourselves along the way. Ceremony and ritual march us carefully right… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share
“Ritual and ceremony are powerful bonding tools. They result in a sense of community, a feeling of unity far beyond what you might expect.” — Del Suggs Copy Share Image
We cannot understand the meaning of many trials; God does not explain them. To explain a trial would be to destroy its object, which… — Alfred Edersheim Copy Share Image
“The hymn,' with which the Paschal Supper ended, had been sung. Probably we are to understand this of the second portion of the Hallel,… — Alfred Edersheim Copy Share Image
So true is it that all sin is ultimately against the Lord; so bitter is the root of self. — Alfred Edersheim Copy Share Image
“may have been wont to meet the Master. And as such it was known to Judas, and thither he led the armed band, when… — Alfred Edersheim Copy Share Image
For God to explain a trial would be to destroy its purpose, calling forth simple faith and implicit obedience. — Alfred Edersheim Copy Share Image
Let me be one of the upward and outward lookers, not one of the downward and inward lookers. — Alfred Edersheim Copy Share Image
“Indeed, to sacrifice seems as natural to man as to pray; the one indicates what he feels about himself, the other what he feels… — Alfred Edersheim Copy Share Image
“The absolutely highest stage of intercourse with God is the indwelling of the Holy Ghost in the New Testament Church, when man’s individuality is… — Alfred Edersheim Copy Share Image
“Judas Iscariot. Without attempting to gaze into the mysterious abyss of the Satanic element in his apostasy, we may trace his course in its… — Alfred Edersheim Copy Share Image
“So true is it that all sin is ultimately against the Lord; so bitter is the root of self; and so terrible the power… — Alfred Edersheim Copy Share Image
God is the God of the present as well as of the future...even here on earth, He reigneth, dispensing good and evil. — Alfred Edersheim Copy Share Image
“This formation of man from soft clay, and of woman from a hard bone, also illustrated why man was so much more easily reconcilable… — Alfred Edersheim Copy Share Image
We do not want nowadays temples of worship and outward rites and ceremonies. What we really want is an Asram. We want a place… — Rabindranath Tagore Copy Share Image
Jesus never said a word about homosexuality. In all of his teachings about multiple things - he never said that gay people should be… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
It is merely the egoism of the man, who wants to bury a woman like a treasure. All attempts at using vows, contracts, and… — Leopold von Sacher-Masoch Copy Share Image
Layla brought her arms around herself, no doubt because she was remembering the feel of another, stronger set. "I have wanted to, but he holds back. I hope...I believe it is because he wishes to mate me properly first, in ceremony." Payne felt the awful weight of premonition. "Beware, sister. You are a gentle soul." Layla got to her feet,… — J.R. Ward Copy Share
The cocktail party - as the name itself indicates - was originally invented by dogs. They are simply bottom-sniffings raised to the rank of… — Lawrence Durrell Copy Share Image
I am unable to distinguish clearly between your religious ceremonies and apparently identical behavior at the sporting and cultural functions you have transmitted to… — Arthur C. Clarke Copy Share Image
Politics resemble religion; attempting to divest either of ceremony is the most certain mode of bringing either into contempt. — Oliver Goldsmith Copy Share Image
Singing at the Opening Ceremonies of the Sydney Olympics in 2000 was amazing and, probably the highlight of this decade is the opening of the Olivia Newton-John Cancer and Wellness Centre in my hometown of Melbourne, Australia. — Olivia Newton-John Copy Share
Nostalgia is also a trait of the organizations that I call lodges - everything from corporate cultures to religious sects. Their bonding power often exceeds loyalty to family or country because they create intimacy through shared ideals and beliefs, ceremonies, stories, and legends, and depend on it for their survival. The message is clear: Don't question what we're doing. Just… — Jennifer James Copy Share
Over the weekend, former Enron executives Jeffrey Skilling and Rebecca Carter married each other during a huge ceremony in Houston. The happy couple is… — Conan O'Brien Copy Share Image