Rite Quotes

168 quotes by 148 authors

Writing a novel is one of those modern rites of passage, I think, that lead us from an innocent world of contentment, drunkenness, and good… — J. G. Ballard
I think it's sort of a rite of passage for a British actor to try and get the American accent and have a good crack… — Orlando Bloom
My rule of life prescribed as an absolutely sacred rite smoking cigars and also the drinking of alcohol before, after and if need be during… — Winston Churchill
Wide open and unguarded stand our gates And through them presses a wild motley throng Men from the Volga and the Tartar steppes Featureless figures… — Thomas Bailey Aldrich
Lovers can do their amorous rites by their own beauties — William Shakespeare
We have got to dispel this myth that bullying is just a normal rite of passage. — Barack Obama
For what is Mysticism? It is not the attempt to draw near to God, not by rites or ceremonies, but by inward disposition? Is it… — Florence Nightingale
Getting a tattoo should hurt. It's a rite of passage. — Jenna Jameson
It is indeed remarkable that the nature of our dealings with our fellowmen will determine, in large measure, our status in the kingdom of heaven....We… — Mark E. Petersen
To the Greeks, the supreme function of music was to "praise the gods and educate the youth". In Egypt... Initiatory music was heard only in… — Plutarch
Prayer brings to us blessings which we need, and which only God can give, and which prayer can alone convey to us ... This service… — Gerhard Tersteegen
If you really look at hip-hop dance, it's really a rites-of-passage thing. You never see the arms release down. They're always up in fighting position.… — Rennie Harris
Our Pastoral solicitude induces us to earnestly protect and preserve in everything and especially in the sacred rites of the Church the best and old… — Pope Clement VIII
That rule must be absolutely observed which states that, except for the most serious reasons and with the Apostolic See, no innovations are to be… — Pope Gregory XVI
The Roman Pontiffs have always...held that all those rites should be preserved which deviate neither from accuracy in matters of faith, nor from what is… — Pope Pius IX
The sacred rites, although not instituted specifically for proving the truth of the dogmas of the Catholic Faith incontrovertibly, are effectively the living voice of… — Pope Leo XIII
For what concerns diversity of rites in the sacred liturgy, the Apostolic See has always made its position clear: not only it does not condemn… — Pope Leo XIII
Only if you have some knowledge of the human sacrifices, the vicious temple rites, the degrading superstitions and customs that were practiced . . .… — Carlton J. H. Hayes
If your Bible tells you that gay people ought not be married in your church, don't tell them they can't be married at city hall.… — Julian Bond
According to Miller, Pharisee Judaism is not a religion at all, but a secret society posing as a religion, a "sect with Judaism as a… — Edith Starr Miller

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