Quotes about Rituals

Rituals are the formulas by which harmony is restored. Votes: 4

Rituals keep us from forgetting what must not be forgotten and keep us rooted in a past from which we must not be disconnected. Votes: 4

Rituals build brands. Votes: 3

Rituals are important. Votes: 3

Rituals are comforting; rituals combat loneliness. Votes: 3

Rituals are the end of fidelity and honesty, and the beginning of confusion. Votes: 3

Rituals are a good signal to your unconscious that it is time to kick in. Votes: 3

Rituals are important. Nowadays it's hip not to be married. I'm not interested in being hip. Votes: 3

"Rituals" don't make you righteous, it's uprightness: living up to moral principles and ethical principles, and submitting to universal law established by God. Votes: 3

Nothing good ever happens at lunch. The cafeteria is a giant sound stage where they film daily segments of Teenage Humiliation Rituals. And it smells gross. Votes: 3

Rituals, even unhappy ones, provide a measure of comfort. Like a superstitious ballplayer who will only use certain bats, my depression rituals have become a fixed, normal part of my life. ... I need rituals to prevent unnecessarily rocking my already shaky emotional boat. Votes: 3

Rituals are the kindergarten of religion. They are absolutely necessary for the world as it is now; only we shall have to give people newer and fresh rituals. A party of thinkers must undertake to do this. Old rituals must be rejected and new ones substituted. Votes: 3

Rituals, anthropologists will tell us, are about transformation. The rituals we use for marriage, baptism or inaugurating a president are as elaborate as they are because we associate the ritual with a major life passage, the crossing of a critical threshold, or in other words, with transformation. Votes: 3

We lack rituals in this modern world. Votes: 1

Stressed souls need the reassuring rhythm of self-nurturing rituals. Votes: 1

I only want to protect animals from barbarous, cruel, inhuman and backward rituals. Votes: 1

The legal system is often a mystery, and we, its priests, preside over rituals baffling to everyday citizens. Votes: 1

I'm not very good at being domesticated. I've tried. The domestic life I find claustrophobic - the rituals and habits and patterns. Votes: 1

We are, at almost every point of our day, immersed in cultural diversity: faces, clothes, smells, attitudes, values, traditions, behaviours, beliefs, rituals. Votes: 1

God doesn't want us to have rigid rituals with Him. In the new covenant, He is more interested in having a relationship with us. Votes: 1

In every ancient culture, there are rituals to mortify the body as a way of understanding that the energy of the soul is indestructible. Votes: 1

The opening and closing ceremonies of the London Olympics are mass satanic rituals disguised as a celebration of Britain and sport. Their medium is the language of symbolism. Votes: 1

I'm condemned by some inner compulsion to think about the daily rituals of my life. I have a low grade fever for improving myself in many ways, including everyday tasks. Votes: 1

Fall in love with a dog, and in many ways you enter a new orbit, a universe that features not just new colors but new rituals, new rules, a new way of experiencing attachment. Votes: 1

I have rituals for cleaning out resentments, disappointments, heartbreak, depression and for work. One of the things I do is go over old stuff if I have been unable to write for a while. Votes: 1

I do a little thing about the way people shake the sweetener packet. You know, like they're all excited. I want to get all the granules down to one end. I love all these rituals. Votes: 1

The great help of being in the Army is to understand why are the armies clever in what they describe as emotional intelligence, making soldiers come to terms with the death of comrades by certain rituals. Votes: 1

Spiritual life can certainly follow the pattern one sees in the fake martial arts, with most teachers making nebulous and magical claims that never get tested, while their students derange themselves with weird ideas, empty rituals, and other affectations. Votes: 1

Bedtime rituals for children ease the way to the elsewhere of slumber - teeth brushing and pajamas, the voice of a parent reading, the feel and smell of the old blanket or toy, the nightlight glowing in a corner. Votes: 1

Throughout human history, people have developed strong loyalties to traditions, rituals, and symbols. In the most effective organizations, they are not only respected but celebrated. It is no coincidence that the most highly admired corporations are also among the most profitable. Votes: 1

Religion can make it worse. Are you supposing that if people were encouraged to believe in a transcendent reality, and to be encouraged by grand rituals and music and preaching, to love their neighbors, then they would put jealousy and frustration aside? Votes: 1

It might kill you to say it, because the film really takes on the Catholic Church, but I do think there is a sort of affection for certain rituals, and an authenticity to the presentation of those rituals, in 'Mea Maxima Culpa.' Votes: 1

The Roman Catholic Church and its rituals were so much part of life that, although my parents would often question a small matter of dogma and none of us seemed more religious than anyone else, no one ever questioned the rituals or the basic tenets of belief. Votes: 1

Much of my reading time over the last decade and a half has been spent reading aloud to my children. Those children's bedtime rituals of supper, bath, stories, and sleep have been a staple of my life and some of the best, most special times I can remember. Votes: 1

I'm in awe of the universe, but I don't necessarily believe there's an intelligence or agent behind it. I do have a passion for the visual in religious rituals, though, even though they may be completely empty and bereft of substance. The incense is powerful and provocative, whether Buddhist or Catholic. Votes: 1

Medical training taught me the art of breaking down the complex maze of stories, symbols and rituals into clear systems. You could say that it helped me figure out the anatomy and physiology of mythology and its relevance in a society more incisively. How is it that no society can, or does, exist without them? Votes: 1

It is clear that rituals and sacrifices can bring people together, and it may well be that a group that does such things has an advantage over one that does not. But it is not clear why a religion has to be involved. Why are gods, souls, an afterlife, miracles, divine creation of the universe, and so on brought in? Votes: 1

The core of the person is what he or she loves, and that is bound up with what they worship - that insight recalibrates the radar for cultural analysis. The rituals and practices that form our loves spill out well beyond the sanctuary. Many secular liturgies are trying to get us to love some other kingdom and some other gods. Votes: 1

All acts of love and pleasure are my rituals Votes: 0

I do have rituals. I'm a fairly superstitious person. Votes: 0

I am in the continual process of transcending fear-based rituals Votes: 0

A family has its own rituals and its own superstitions. Votes: 0

No special writing rituals. And my desk is usually cluttered. Votes: 0

People and their rituals. They cling to things so hard sometimes. Votes: 0

You have to trust someone before you can have rituals with them. Votes: 0

Those rituals of getting ready to write produce a kind of trance state. Votes: 0

Writers are said to have superstitions and little rituals. Readers have them too. Votes: 0

My mom has beautiful eyes, and I inherited a lot of her rituals, accentuating eyes. Votes: 0

You have to know your triggers for stress and then have rituals for combating them. Votes: 0

Walter Parmenter sometimes seemed to his daughter a restless subterranean force held together by rituals. Votes: 0

To seek God by rituals is to get the ritual and lose God in the process Votes: 0

Of all the sad rituals of this inconsequential life, dating must be the saddest of all." Votes: 0

I listen to instrumental jazz and bluegrass, but aside from my AM workout, I have no rituals. Votes: 0

It's so important to engage your kids to create rituals and moments that they will always remember. Votes: 0

I have always had an interest in how cultural rituals play into something as unpredictable as romance. Votes: 0

Let My worship be in theheart that rejoices, for behold,all acts of love and pleasureare My rituals. Votes: 0

I was not religious, but I liked rituals. I liked the idea of connecting an action with remembering. Votes: 0

The culture of the Epic Fail, in its rituals of comic sacrifice, is a culture of sublimated predation. Votes: 0

In Wicca, rituals are ceremonies which celebrate and strengthen our relationships with the Goddess, the God and the Earth. Votes: 0

Human life began in flight and fear. Religion rose from rituals of propitiation, spells to lull the punishing elements. Votes: 0

There are so many spiders, and their rituals, their mating rituals, their courtship ritual, can be very, very different. Votes: 0

I do not want to credit my life to spells and rituals, cushioning me from the consequences of living. Votes: 0

When the fruit appears the blossom drops off. Love of God is the fruit, and rituals are the blossom. Votes: 0

In our society many of the old rituals have lost much of their power. New ones have not arisen. Votes: 0

There is a comfort in rituals, and rituals provide a framework for stability when you are trying to find answers. Votes: 0

Funerals are important rituals. They don't just recognize that a life has ended; they recognize that a life was lived. Votes: 0

But away from the rituals of Washington, alongside the elation of [Donald] Trump supporters, there is deep anxiety, anger and fear. Votes: 0

If you want to find out what it means to have a society without any rituals, read the New York Times. Votes: 0

We humans have always needed rituals to draw like curtains over the chasms of the unknown. Without them we go mad, I think. Votes: 0

I think Latin American cultures are really rich and fascinating. I like the pomp and circumstance of some of their rituals and ceremonies. Votes: 0

The natural world is full of females falling hard for stupid male display behavior, including bright feathers, big antlers, and bombastic courtship rituals. Votes: 0

Throughout history, civilizations have built a common cause through coming-of-age rituals. But we don't do that anymore. Maybe we should think about that. Votes: 0

Youll almost encounter a superstition amongst musicians, people sort of go through strange rituals, what they need to do to write a song. Votes: 0

"The way of Cain" describes any religious system that attempts to earn God's favor by works and rituals rather than reliance on God's grace. Votes: 0

We should think of a photographer as a Samurai who makes rituals, moves and gestures in order to develop his techniques and his instinct. Votes: 0

I think people are happier when they have structure, you know? You realize that as you get older. You have to have rituals and structure. Votes: 0

A pathological business, writing, don't you think? Just look what a writer actually does: all that unnatural tense squatting and hunching, all those rituals: pathological! Votes: 0

Well I wasn't really attacking the religious beliefs, I was attacking the formality of the rituals of the Catholic church; however, people took it wrongly. Votes: 0

I think when you compete every week, when you play under pressure daily, you find your rituals to be 100 percent focused on what you're doing. Votes: 0

Every day my mother had tea. My dad has his ritual cigar. They had their evening cocktail. Those rituals were done nicely, with flair and feeling. Votes: 0

For as long as we can trace back human life, there's always been some sort of music - ceremonies, rituals. It's part of the human makeup. Votes: 0

In the New Hebrides, any dancer making a mistake was assaulted, wounded, and possibly killed by bowmen posted to keep careful watch for inaccuracies in rituals. Votes: 0

Many successful people get up before 6am in the morning. They have rituals. They exercise, stretch, organize their day, and walk through that series of rituals. Votes: 0

I became one of those anonymous Americans who tries to keep his mind sharp and inquisitive while performing all the humiliating rituals of the middle class Votes: 0

The church must provide postmoderns with an alternity of rituals by which they can turn and tune to one another and feel connected to the cosmos. Votes: 0

I absolutely love religions and the rituals. Even though I don't believe in God, we celebrate pretty much every religion in our family with the kids. Votes: 0

Women's loyalty has to be earned with trust and affection, rather than barbaric rituals. The time has come to leave the old ways of suffering behind Votes: 0

Though the details differ across the world, no known culture lacks some version of the time-consuming, wealth consuming, hostility provoking rituals, the anti-factual, counter-productive fantasies of religion. Votes: 0

I write on sacred stories, symbols and rituals of all cultures - European, American and Chinese - but my audiences, typically, like me to focus on India. Votes: 0

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 people that bind. Votes: 0

A citizenship of wholesale delegation and abdication to public and private power systems, such as prevails now, makes such periodic checks as elections little more than rituals. Votes: 0

Sharing food has always had a central place in civilized societies; it's no accident that so many of our cultural, religious and patriotic rituals are involved with eating. Votes: 0

There are rituals not structures for being a poet, drinking too much, taking too many drugs, being a lady chaser, having your nervous breakdown, being irresponsible about money. Votes: 0

Religion is the rules, regulations, ceremonies and rituals developed by man to create conformity and uniformity in the approach to God. Spirituality is God's call in your soul. Votes: 0

Tinitiations ritual or astral voyage that is imbedded in the occult traditions of every culture."65 Thus, "the structure of abduction stories is identical to that of occult initiation rituals. Votes: 0

It is also absolutely correct that some British folk customs have descended directly from pagan rituals, such ... the giving of presents and decoration of homes with greenery at midwinter. Votes: 0

When the Way is lost there is virtue. When virtue is lost there is benevolence. When benevolence is lost there is righteousness. When righteousness is lost there are rituals. Votes: 0

I'm not religious, but I've always been attracted to the rituals of religion; as a kid, Sunday church was the closest thing I had to an interactive, theatrical experience. Votes: 0

Some people are in stultifying environments where there are rigid rules and rituals and they need that to thrive, where other people are just asphyxiated by stuff like that. Votes: 0

What I do is look at ancient African tribes, and the way they dress. The rituals of how they dress. . . . There’s a lot of tribalism in the collections, Votes: 0

I don't like to say that my kitchen is a religious place, but I would say that if I were a voodoo priestess, I would conduct my rituals there. Votes: 0

Salvation is not a religion. It's not rules or regulations or rituals. Salvation is a relationship. That relationship doesn't begin when you get to Heaven; it begins here on Earth. Votes: 0

She knows the rituals, she knows how we're supposed to be behaving...But I think these things are impenetrable and fraudulent, and I can't do them without feeling I'm acting. Votes: 0

I am tolerably ignorant about Judaism, and much of what I do know about it seems hard to swallow, because it is so grounded in legalism, and adherence to rituals. Votes: 0

I knew that I would speak in the language of the vanquished No more durable than old customs, family rituals, Christmas tinsel, and once a year the hilarity of carols. Votes: 0

As the world's finest democracy, we do not do guillotines. But there are other less bloody rituals of humiliation, designed to reassure the populace that order is restored, the Republic cleansed. Votes: 0

Milla Jovovich introduced me to [anthropologist and author of the Don Juan series of books involving shamanic peyote rituals] Carlos Castaneda because I was all into the hallucinogens for a minute. Votes: 0

The Hopi Indians of Arizona believe that our daily rituals and prayers literally keep this world spinning on its axis. For me, feeding the seagulls is one of those everyday prayers. Votes: 0

She was a great cook, but she cooked more for herself than for other people, not because she was hungry but because she was comforted by the rituals of the kitchen. Votes: 0

I am not a believer in religious rituals. I was brought up in the Arya Samaj environment which taught us to shun rituals. Puja, of course, but simple, elegant and brief. Votes: 0

Atheism is not a religion. One of the things, in fact, that atheism lacks are the kinds of rituals that religion does provide and I would be the first to say that. Votes: 0

That is the problem with comedy in India. Spoofing sells. Come up with original comedy about the hilarious nation we are, with funny accents and odd rituals, and we get into trouble. Votes: 0

Religious traditions are easy to lose sight of in today's marketing frenzy. Make sure you take time to gently usher your little ones into the rituals that have special meaning for you. Votes: 0

Our comfort in theological traditions should never usurp our desire for spiritual Truth. If we vigorously pursue the rituals rather than a relational experience with God then we've missed His message entirely. Votes: 0

I have always been fascinated by the values of sport and loved its rituals; in fact, since ancient times sport has been a byword for top physical prowess and spectacular athletic performance. Votes: 0

Every place is a place to practice. Every time is a time to practice. Zen is concerned with the thought we have this moment rather than with rituals or rules of behavior Votes: 0

Those of us who preach religion: Preach the meaning of "ritual," and stop burying the people and enslaving the people by religious rituals, and then showing them a hypocritical example in leadership! Votes: 0

My spirituality is parochial, terrestrial. I do qualify as a W.I.T.C.H. , but my irrecular practice and impromptu rituals don't aim at producing any dramatic results except, perhaps, in me. Votes: 0

I still noticed that little streak of rebelliousness coming up in me again - the same sense of dissatisfaction I had felt earlier with the empty rituals and institutionalized values of all religious traditions. Votes: 0

If we fail to provide boys with pro-social models of the transition to adulthood, they may construct their own. In some cases, gang initiation rituals, street racing, and random violence may be the result. Votes: 0

Under Confucianism, the use of precisely measured court music, prescribed steps, actions, and phrases all added up to an extremely complex system of rituals, each used for a particular purpose at a particular time. Votes: 0

I participated in many different rituals, but for me, I'm very spiritual and I believe that there's definitely be a greater force that defines us and leads us. For sure. No question for me. Votes: 0

You could also say that a precious brand often has rituals associated with it. They reinforce the specialness of the brand. And of course the brand owner can help ensure those rituals are created. Votes: 0

I don't have any weird night rituals. I definitely am a ritualistic person... I like to go downstairs and remind my roommate-drummer not to practice early the next morning, so I can sleep in. Votes: 0

You can't put a price on the rituals of love, because you never know what will happen next. I suppose fear is part of the excitement and we can't have one without the other. Votes: 0

Love is a religion, and its rituals cost more than those of other religions. It goes by quickly and, like a street urchin, it likes to mark its passage by a trail of devastation. Votes: 0

One of Obama's most impressive attributes is his quiet confidence: Voters sense that he is comfortable in his own skin, a dedicated father and friend who won't waste time with the phony rituals of Washington. Votes: 0

I really love the traditional aspects of Judaism. My wife is born and raised a Catholic and I enjoy celebrating those rituals as well. I am very spiritual but not in any way religious, no. Votes: 0

I have a half an hour warm-up I do that my voice teacher gave me. I exercise at least for an hour during the day. I don't have any superstitious rituals or anything like that. Votes: 0

If God is Mother, then we need only gather together with people and adore her through rituals intended to satisfy the female soul, ritual involving dance, fire, water, air, earth, songs, music, flowers, and beauty. Votes: 0

It's vital to establish some rituals-automatic but decisive patterns of behavior-at the beginning of the creative process, when you are most at peril of turning back, chickening out, giving up, or going the wrong way. Votes: 0