Ceremony Quote by Henry David Thoreau

Ceremony is an invention to take off the uneasy feeling which we derive from knowing ourselves to be less the object of love and…

— Charles Lamb

Ceremony is necessary as the outwork and defense of manners.

— Lord Chesterfield

A certain degree of ceremony is a necessary outwork of manners, as well as of religion; it keeps the forward and petulant at a…

— Lord Chesterfield

We must learn which ceremonies may be breached occasionally at our convenience and which ones may never be if we are to live pleasantly…

— Amy Vanderbilt

Sincerity is the indispensable ground of all conscientiousness, and by consequence of all heartfelt religion.

— Immanuel Kant

It is a melancholy consideration that there should be several among us so hardened and deluded as to think an oath a proper subject…

— Joseph Addison

“ceremony is essential to humans: It's a circle that we draw around important events to separate the momentous from the ordinary. And ritual is…

— Elizabeth Gilbert

I treat my relationships like marriages. The ceremony isn't that important to me.

— Charlize Theron

Ceremonies are the outworks of manners.

— Lord Chesterfield

Ceremony is-really a protection, too, in times of emotional involvement, particularly at death. If we have a social formula to guide us and do…

— Amy Vanderbilt

Ceremony forbids us to express by words things that are lawful and natural, and we obey it; reason forbids us to do things unlawful…

— Michel de Montaigne

“Never offer an oath lightly. For you pledge not only your life and sacred honor, but your people’s honor as well. To break an…

— Raymond E. Feist