Corn Quote by Gilbert K. Chesterton

Ritual is the way you carry the presence of the sacred. Ritual is the spark that must not go out.

— Christina Baldwin

Ritual is one of the ways in which humans put their lives in perspective, whether it be Purim, Advent, or drawing down the moon.…

— Clarissa Pinkola Estes

Ritual is important to us as human beings. It ties us to our traditions and our histories.

— Miller Williams

[Ritual] dwells in an invisible reality and gives this reality a vocabulary, props, costume, gesture, scenery. Ritual makes things separate, sets them apart from…

— Barbara Myerhoff

“Rituals are the kindergarten of religion. They are absolutely necessary for the world as it is now; only we shall have to give people…

— Swami Vivekananda

Ritual is necessary for us to know anything.

— Ken Kesey

“Purification and redemption are such recurrent themes in ritual because there is a clear and ubiquitous need for them: we all do regrettable things…

— Susan Cain

Rituals are magical.

— Andre Aciman

Ritual affirms the common patterns, the values, the shared joys, risks, sorrows, and changes that bind a community together. Ritual links together our ancestors…

— Starhawk

Ritual consists of the external practices of spirituality that help us become more receptive and aware of the closeness of our lives to the…

— Christina Baldwin

Rituals are the end of fidelity and honesty, and the beginning of confusion.

— Laozi

“As the French know well, ritual is how we give meaning to different aspects of being alive, including the most elemental: birth, marriage, death,…

— Mireille Guiliano