Writing Quote by Steven Pinker

“When we are caught in notions, rituals, and the outer forms of the practice, not only can we not receive and embody the spirit…

— Thích Nhất Hạnh

“On the exoteric level the traditions are irreconcilable. On the esoteric, experiential level of the heart reigns an eloquent, reverential silence.”

— Frederick Franck

“We must uncover our rituals for what they are: completely arbitrary things, tied to our bourgeois way of life; it is good-and that is…

— Michel Foucault

“Symbology and ritual, at best, can only mimic the Truth ... and cannot, and never has had, any mastery over the manifestations of Divinity.”

— Gabriel Brunsdon

“We've learned too well to become good theoreticians, but have not learned to be good practitioners of what we preach. When ideas from books…

— Cristina Metzli Tzintzun

Today, what is important for us is to realize that the old sacred ways are correct, and that if we do not follow them…

— Thomas Yellowtail

“At the behest of the criterion of authenticity, much that was once thought to make up the very fabric of culture has come to…

— Lionel Trilling

Writers are said to have superstitions and little rituals. Readers have them too.

— Ian Mcewan

“ten ancient yet supremely effective rituals”

— Robin S. Sharma

“Rites and rituals open hearts and clear minds. They help us embody reverence and allow us to get in touch with our emotions and…

— Ahriana Platten

“Modern fanaticism thrives in proportion to the quanitity of contradictions and nonsense it poures down the throats of the gaping multitude, and the jargon…

— William Hazlitt

“As for logic and internal consistency, these mundane rules do not apply to sacred writings and never have...”

— Robert A. Heinlein