Culture Quote by Robert A. Johnson

Ritual is a terribly important, binding cement in a society. If we abandon formality and rituals, we're actually weakening the relationships that exist between…

— Alexander McCall Smith

We don't have too much ritual in our life anymore. And these life symbols which people rely on to keep their feeling of well…

— John Hench

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

— Miller Williams

If you want to find out what it means to have a society without any rituals, read the New York Times.

— Joseph Campbell

We lack rituals in this modern world.

— Elizabeth McGovern

From the viewpoint of political power, culture is absolutely vital. So vital, indeed, that power cannot operate without it. It is culture, in the…

— Terry Eagleton

“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

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 and ceremony are powerful bonding tools. They result in a sense of community, a feeling of unity far beyond what you might expect.”

— Del Suggs

“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

In our society many of the old rituals have lost much of their power. New ones have not arisen.

— R. D. Laing

“Human culture arises directly from how we overcome the challenges of survival. Some call culture a balance between decadence and celebration. The need for…

— David Ai