Rituals Quotes

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I'm in awe of the universe, but I don't necessarily believe there's an intelligence or agent behind it. I do have a passion for the… — David Bowie
To criticize one's country is to do it a service.... Criticism, in short, is more than a right; it is an act of patriotism-a higher… — J. William Fulbright
If you want to love, take the time to listen to your heart. In most ancient and wise cultures it is a regular practice for… — Jack Kornfield
Forms and rituals do not produce worship, nor does the disuse of forms and rituals. We can use all the right techniques and methods, we… — Richard J. Foster
No special writing rituals. And my desk is usually cluttered. — Stephen Greenblatt
Life can be lived in rules, but then life becomes superficial. Live life not according to the laws but according to consciousness, awareness. Don't live… — Rajneesh
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
We rarely quote nowadays to appeal to authority... though we quote sometimes to display our sapience and erudition. Some authors we quote against. Some we… — Ihab Hassan
Funerals are important rituals. They don't just recognize that a life has ended; they recognize that a life was lived. — Aaron Eckhart
I think the important thing to learn is that we can retain a sentimental loyalty to the cultural and literary traditions of, say, Judaism, Anglicanism… — Richard Dawkins
Terrorism drives out all normal human activity before it, defining life in its own sick terms, if it can. So, a baseball game on a… — Thomas Boswell
Couples are jigsaw puzzles that hang together by touching in just enough points. They're never total fits or misfits. In time, a pair invents its… — Diane Ackerman
Every day my mother had tea. My dad has his ritual cigar. They had their evening cocktail. Those rituals were done nicely, with flair and… — John Travolta
The symbolic display seen by the abductees is identical to the type of initiation ritual or astral voyage that is imbedded in the [occult] traditions… — Jacques Vallee
Rituals, even unhappy ones, provide a measure of comfort. Like a superstitious ballplayer who will only use certain bats, my depression rituals have become a… — David Karp
Travel compels you to discover your spiritual side by elimination: Without all the rituals, routines and possessions that give your life meaning at home, you're… — Rolf Potts
I still noticed that little streak of rebelliousness coming up in me again - the same sense of dissatisfaction I had felt earlier with the… — Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche
I am tolerably ignorant about Judaism, and much of what I do know about it seems hard to swallow, because it is so grounded in… — Fred Melamed
We need the discipline of magic, of consciousness-change, in order to hear and understand what the earth is saying to us. And listening to the… — Starhawk
I'm an atheist. But I absolutely love religions and the rituals. Even though I don't believe in God. We celebrate pretty much every religion in… — Jodie Foster

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