Rite Quotes

168 quotes by 139 authors

For Death must be somewhere in a society; if it is no longer (or less intensely) in religion, it must be elsewhere; perhaps in this… — Roland Barthes
Mysteries, like the Masonic rites, are ones parents and elders are sworn not to reveal to the uninitiated, which include all children. And so we… — Anthony Hecht
The overcoming of adversity and, ultimately, denying it the rite of passage, has been a constant and perpetual motive throughout my life. — Heather Mills
The source of most human violence and suffering has been a hidden children's holocaust throughout history, whereby billions of innocent human beings have been routinely… — Lloyd deMause
Arms are instruments of ill omen.... When one is compelled to use them, it is best to do so without relish. There is no glory… — Laozi
Perhaps already I am dead, And these perhaps are phantoms vain;â€” These motley phantasies that pass At night through my disordered brain. Perhaps with ancient… — Heinrich Heine
And if there are no cars or planes, and if no oneâ€™s Uncle John is out in the wood lot west of town banging away… — Stephen King
Many of the rites of passage, those rituals of growing up found in our society, are in the form of such comic, practical joking affairs--which… — Ralph Ellison
The slaying of multitudes should be mourned with sorrow. A victory should be celebrated with the funeral rite. — Laozi
I think the prom is very serious also. It's an American ritual, it's a rite of passage, and it's very much a part of this… — Mary Ellen Mark
Lots of models have played mermaids throughout history and it is, kind of, a funny rite of passage. — Gemma Ward
We do not want nowadays temples of worship and outward rites and ceremonies. What we really want is an Asram. We want a place where… — Rabindranath Tagore
My rite of passage into my brave new world, life on the road. — Kenny Loggins
I wanted to play a TV detective because it's a rite of passage; I wanted to experience every area of acting. I haven't done comedy… — Olivia Williams
It's a rite of passage for the everyman, to a higher ground. — Bob Seger
Few of us go through life without taking part in some kind of rite of passage. — Hank Nuwer
Sometimes I feel that 'Footloose' is the rite of passage. — Craig Brewer
A poet feels the impulse to create a work of art when the passive awe provoked by an event is transformed into a desire to… — Wystan Hugh Auden
L'absurde est la notion essentielle et la premie' re ve? rite? . The absurd is the fundamental idea and the first truth. — Albert Camus
I, schooled in misery, know many purifying rites, and I know where speech is proper and where silence. — Aeschylus

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