Great men Quote by Swami Vivekananda

“In every religion there are three parts: philosophy, mythology, and ritual. Philosophy”

— Swami Vivekananda

“A ritual is the enactment of a myth. And, by participating in the ritual, you are participating in the myth. And since myth is…

— Joseph Campbell

A ritual is the enactment of a myth. And, by participating in the ritual, you are participating in the myth. And since myth is…

— Joseph Campbell

“Here and here only in all time the myth must have become fact; the Word, flesh; God, Man. This is not 'a religion', nor…

— C.S. Lewis

“The function of ritual and myth is to make possible, and then to facilitate, the jump—by analogy. Forms and conceptions that the mind and…

— Joseph Campbell

“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

“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

[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

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

— Christina Baldwin

But we must not forget, this ritual expressed, certain ideas which lie at the very root of true religion, the fellowship of the worshippers…

— William Robertson Smith

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

— Miller Williams

Religion is more than rite and ritual.

— Yann Martel