Chant Quotes
79 quotes by 67 authors
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I used a lot of pancake makeup and a prayer, and a Buddhist chant.
— Steven Cojocaru
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So it's really a process of actually having a realization of God, which all becomes clear with the expanded state of consciousness that develops when…
— George Harrison
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Students may feel the criticism is harsh, but I think it's possible they haven't had criticism before. It's my job to point out when something…
— Louise Wilson
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I tell you truly, when we are born, we enter the world with the sound of God in our ears, even the singing of the…
— Edmond Bordeaux Szekely
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The Dalai Lama was once asked for his favorite chant, and he said it was better not to have a favorite anything, which I think…
— Jeremy Piven
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I hate to blow the mystique, but at the time we really liked bubblegum music, and we really liked the Bay City Rollers. Their song…
— Joey Ramone
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If you don’t have at least a working knowledge of the Hawaiian language… you can’t chant well. You cannot… receive the images of poetry paints…
— Keali'i Reichel
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I get into certain yoga positions at times, when Im working out and for exercises. I use a little of it in some of my…
— John Astin
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The best argument for Christianity is the Gregorian chant. Listening to that music, one can believe anything -- while the music lasts.
— Edward Abbey
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One really ought to be afraid of self-torture. But it tempted me. It begged. The dark place that my mind was fast becoming blends, in…
— Marya Hornbacher
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The "Kumulipo" is an old Hawaiian prayer chant that poetically describes the creation of the world. The word literally means "beginning-in-deep-darkness." Here darkness doesn't connote…
— Rob Brezsny
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I was not able to work up much enthusiasm over the ball game, and in the midst of it I was handed a note informing…
— Herbert Hoover
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Jewish cantors employ a peculiar art and method of singing in their delivery. They are unexcelled in the art of covering the voice, picking up…
— Enrico Caruso
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In my opinion, the trombone is the true head of the family of wind instruments, which I have named the 'epic' one. It possesses nobility…
— Hector Berlioz
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Winning an award is a great feeling but winning the Vodafone Crossword Popular Choice Award is particularly exhilarating because it is based upon public voting.…
— Ashwin Sanghi
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The sweetest lives are those to duty wed, Whose deeds, both great and small Are close-knot strands of an unbroken thread There love ennobles all.…
— Elizabeth Barrett Browning
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Shonin: I have composed a poem. Kokushi: Let's hear it. Shonin: When I chant, Both Buddha and self Cease to exist. There is only the…
— Takuan Soho
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The word enchant comes from the Latin 'incantare', meaning to sing or chant magical words or sounds.
— Jonathan Goldman
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It is likewise to be observed that this society hath a peculiar chant and jargon of their own, that no other mortal can understand, and…
— Jonathan Swift
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Lyric night of the lingering Indian Summer, Shadowy fields that are scentless but full of singing, Never a bird, but the passionless chant of insects,…
— Sara Teasdale
Who Wrote These Chant Quotes
67 authors contributed a total of 79 Chant Quotes, led by these top contributors: