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Animals have these advantages over man: they never hear the clock strike, they die without any idea of death, they have no theologians to instruct… — Voltaire
Even the best weapon is an unhappy tool, hateful to living things. So the follower of the Way stays away from it. Weapons are unhappy… — Ursula K. Le Guin
This is what rituals are for. We do spiritual ceremonies as human beings in order to create a safe resting place for our most complicated… — Elizabeth Gilbert
When one has nothing left make ceremonies out of the air and breathe upon them. — Cormac McCarthy
In our loss and fear we craved the acts of religion, the ceremonies that allow us to admit our helplessness, our dependence on the great… — Ursula K. Le Guin
Regardless of what I think about Islam or Wicca or any other religion, the fact is that it's a group of people. Every faith has… — Jim Butcher
Life in the world... was nothing more than a system of atavistic contracts, banal ceremonies, preordained words, with which people entertained each other in society… — Gabriel Garcia Marquez
This is what rituals are for. We do spiritual ceremonies as human beings in order to create a safe resting place for our most complicated… — Elizabeth Gilbert
And once we reach the city, my stylist will dictate my look for the opening ceremonies tonight anyway. I just hope I get one who… — Suzanne Collins
Finally he said that if men drink the blood of God yet they do not understand the seriousness of what they do. He said that… — Cormac McCarthy
The master of ceremonies asked people to say what they thought the function of the novel might be in modern society, and one critic said,… — Kurt Vonnegut
Well, there aren’t any graves in mundane wedding ceremonies,” said Tessa. “Though your ability to quote the Bible is impressive. Better than my aunt Harriet’s.”… — Cassandra Clare
There is a good reason they call these ceremonies 'commencement exercises'. Graduation is not the end; it's the beginning. — Orrin Hatch
We are unlikely to cease making gods or inventing ceremonies to please them for as long as we are afraid of death, or of the… — Christopher Hitchens
The myths connected with individual sanctuaries and ceremonies were merely part of the apparatus of the worship; they served to excite the fancy and sustain… — William Robertson Smith
My family is Native American, and I was raised with Native American ceremonies. — Eric Balfour
I think Latin American cultures are really rich and fascinating. I like the pomp and circumstance of some of their rituals and ceremonies. — Bitsie Tulloch
My temples are only in India. When I am in India, I go to the religious ceremonies. — Zubin Mehta
Our Puritan forefathers, though bitterly denouncing all forms and ceremonies, were great respecters of persons; and in nothing was the regard for wealth and position… — Alice Morse Earle
I handle screenings and award ceremonies really badly. — Damien Chazelle
These men were religious when the spirit of religion was buried in forms and ceremonies, and when the priesthood had armed itself with the civil… — Ethan A. Hitchcock
To believe that patriotism will not flourish if patriotic ceremonies are voluntary... is to make an unflattering estimate of the appeal of our institutions to… — Robert H. Jackson
The first time I thought about attempting a body suspension was after watching a documentary on rites-of-passage ceremonies from other cultures. I was completely intrigued… — Criss Angel
By the last decades of the 21st century, church worship will still take the form of reading passages of traditional texts - the Bible, the… — Frank Tipler
Friendship should be surrounded with ceremonies and respects, and not crushed into corners. Friendship requires more time than poor busy men can usually command. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

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