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Ritual Quotes

And there are my cats, engaged in a ritual that goes back thousands of years, tranquilly licking themselves after the meal. Practical animals, they prefer to have others provide the food... some of them do. There must have been a split between the cats who accepted domestication and those who did not Picture Quote #1

To pray together, in whatever tongue or ritual, is the most tender brotherhood of hope and sympathy that men can contract in this life Picture Quote #1

Baseball has the largest library of law and lore and custom and ritual, and therefore, in a nation that fundamentally believes it is a nation under law, well, baseball is America's most privileged version of the level field Picture Quote #1

This is a cardinal Ya-Ya rule: you must meet each person's eyes while clinking glasses in a toast. Otherwise, the ritual has no meaning, it's just pure show. And that is something the Ya-Yas are not Picture Quote #1

Hope and God were buddies. Theirs was not a formal relationship steeped in ritual and tradition. It was more of a close yet casual friendship Picture Quote #1

Modern bodybuilding is ritual, religion, sport, art, and science, awash in Western chemistry and mathematics. Defying nature, it surpasses it Picture Quote #1

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Gogol is unaccustomed to this sort of talk at mealtimes, to the indulgent ritual of the lingering meal, and the pleasant aftermath of bottles and crumbs and empty glasses that clutter the table Picture Quote #1

A commercial society whose members are essentially ascetic and indifferent in social ritual has to be provided with blueprints and specifications for evoking the right tone for every occasion Picture Quote #1

Therefore, a person should first be changed by a teacher's instructions, and guided by principles of ritual. Only then can he observe the rules of courtesy and humility, obey the conventions and rules of society, and achieve order Picture Quote #1

But, you know, they don't enjoy the dinner hour together. It's just not as much of a ritual at night and it's interesting. I think the ritual is taking place perhaps more in the morning Picture Quote #1

The two stallions, the silver and the black, represent the equine God (whomsoever horses pray to) in this ritual so ancient that no one knows what God to thank Picture Quote #1

Even the most understated ceremony involves a certain respect for ritual and pageantry. No one plays more of a significant role than the bride’s attendants Picture Quote #1

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Feeding is a very important ritual for me. I don’t trust people who don’t like to eat Picture Quote #1

I love to cook comfort food. I’ll make fish and vegetables or meat and vegetables and potatoes or rice. The ritual of it is fun for me, and the creativity of it Picture Quote #1

In all the antique religions, mythology takes the place of dogma; that is, the sacred lore of priests and people... and these stories afford the only explanation that is offered of the precepts of religion and the prescribed rules of ritual Picture Quote #1

When people lack teachers, their tendencies are not corrected; when they do not have ritual and moral principles, then their lawlessness is not controlled Picture Quote #1

I suppose that the scope and implications of such forces have rendered my personal accounting ritual pretty much obsolete. That’s how things sometimes go Picture Quote #1

The point is, the political reporters are the ones who no longer understand the ritual they are covering. They keep searching for political meanings in the tepid events when a convention is now essentially a human drama and only that Picture Quote #1

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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 being, that life is not too bad after all are required more and more Picture Quote #1

I don’t have a special place or ritual for writing songs, basically I write songs whenever an idea hits me, in my hotel room, on the road, in the plane Picture Quote #1

Even the highest forms of sacrificial worship present much that is repulsive to modern ideas, and in particular it requires an effort to reconcile our imagination to the bloody ritual which is prominent in almost every religion which has a strong sense of sin Picture Quote #1

I wasn’t losing my focus but I was getting tired of focusing. What I was focusing on was becoming too routine, too ritual, not something that was interesting, new and exciting Picture Quote #1

Ircumcision, an archaic ritual mutilation that has no justification whatever and no place in a civilized society Picture Quote #1

Any ritual is an opportunity for transformation. To do a ritual, you must be willing to be transformed in some way. The inner willingness is what makes the ritual come alive and have power. If you aren’t willing to be changed by the ritual, don’t do it Picture Quote #1

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Ritual is the way you carry the presence of the sacred. Ritual is the spark that must not go out Picture Quote #1

I had this whole ritual with my mother making the bed with me inside it so I would be invisible Picture Quote #1

Since the nature of people is bad, to become corrected they must be taught by teachers and to be orderly they must acquire ritual and moral principles Picture Quote #1

No known human group... simply throw out its dead without any ritual or ceremony. In stark contrast, no animal practices burial of dead individuals of its own species Picture Quote #1

Ritual disposal of the dead speaks clearly of an awareness of death, and thus an awareness of self Picture Quote #1

Ideology is not the product of thought; it is the habit or the ritual of showing respect for certain formulas to which, for various reasons having to do with emotional safety, we have very strong ties of whose meaning and consequences in actuality we have no clear understanding Picture Quote #1

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And there are my cats, engaged in a ritual that goes back thousands of years, tranquilly licking themselves after the meal. Practical animals, they prefer to have others provide the food... some of them do. There must have been a split between the cats who accepted domestication and those who did not (Ritual Quotes) To pray together, in whatever tongue or ritual, is the most tender brotherhood of hope and sympathy that men can contract in this life (Ritual Quotes) Baseball has the largest library of law and lore and custom and ritual, and therefore, in a nation that fundamentally believes it is a nation under law, well, baseball is America's most privileged version of the level field (Ritual Quotes) This is a cardinal Ya-Ya rule: you must meet each person's eyes while clinking glasses in a toast. Otherwise, the ritual has no meaning, it's just pure show. And that is something the Ya-Yas are not (Ritual Quotes) Hope and God were buddies. Theirs was not a formal relationship steeped in ritual and tradition. It was more of a close yet casual friendship (Ritual Quotes) Modern bodybuilding is ritual, religion, sport, art, and science, awash in Western chemistry and mathematics. Defying nature, it surpasses it (Ritual Quotes) Gogol is unaccustomed to this sort of talk at mealtimes, to the indulgent ritual of the lingering meal, and the pleasant aftermath of bottles and crumbs and empty glasses that clutter the table (Ritual Quotes) A commercial society whose members are essentially ascetic and indifferent in social ritual has to be provided with blueprints and specifications for evoking the right tone for every occasion (Ritual Quotes) Therefore, a person should first be changed by a teacher's instructions, and guided by principles of ritual. Only then can he observe the rules of courtesy and humility, obey the conventions and rules of society, and achieve order (Ritual Quotes) But, you know, they don't enjoy the dinner hour together. It's just not as much of a ritual at night and it's interesting. I think the ritual is taking place perhaps more in the morning (Ritual Quotes) The two stallions, the silver and the black, represent the equine God (whomsoever horses pray to) in this ritual so ancient that no one knows what God to thank (Ritual Quotes) Even the most understated ceremony involves a certain respect for ritual and pageantry. No one plays more of a significant role than the bride’s attendants (Ritual Quotes) Feeding is a very important ritual for me. I don’t trust people who don’t like to eat (Ritual Quotes) I love to cook comfort food. I’ll make fish and vegetables or meat and vegetables and potatoes or rice. The ritual of it is fun for me, and the creativity of it (Ritual Quotes) In all the antique religions, mythology takes the place of dogma; that is, the sacred lore of priests and people... and these stories afford the only explanation that is offered of the precepts of religion and the prescribed rules of ritual (Ritual Quotes) When people lack teachers, their tendencies are not corrected; when they do not have ritual and moral principles, then their lawlessness is not controlled (Ritual Quotes) I suppose that the scope and implications of such forces have rendered my personal accounting ritual pretty much obsolete. That’s how things sometimes go (Ritual Quotes) The point is, the political reporters are the ones who no longer understand the ritual they are covering. They keep searching for political meanings in the tepid events when a convention is now essentially a human drama and only that (Ritual Quotes) 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 being, that life is not too bad after all are required more and more (Ritual Quotes) I don’t have a special place or ritual for writing songs, basically I write songs whenever an idea hits me, in my hotel room, on the road, in the plane (Ritual Quotes) Even the highest forms of sacrificial worship present much that is repulsive to modern ideas, and in particular it requires an effort to reconcile our imagination to the bloody ritual which is prominent in almost every religion which has a strong sense of sin (Ritual Quotes) I wasn’t losing my focus but I was getting tired of focusing. What I was focusing on was becoming too routine, too ritual, not something that was interesting, new and exciting (Ritual Quotes) Ircumcision, an archaic ritual mutilation that has no justification whatever and no place in a civilized society (Ritual Quotes) Any ritual is an opportunity for transformation. To do a ritual, you must be willing to be transformed in some way. The inner willingness is what makes the ritual come alive and have power. If you aren’t willing to be changed by the ritual, don’t do it (Ritual Quotes) Ritual is the way you carry the presence of the sacred. Ritual is the spark that must not go out (Ritual Quotes) I had this whole ritual with my mother making the bed with me inside it so I would be invisible (Ritual Quotes) Since the nature of people is bad, to become corrected they must be taught by teachers and to be orderly they must acquire ritual and moral principles (Ritual Quotes) No known human group... simply throw out its dead without any ritual or ceremony. In stark contrast, no animal practices burial of dead individuals of its own species (Ritual Quotes) Ritual disposal of the dead speaks clearly of an awareness of death, and thus an awareness of self (Ritual Quotes) Ideology is not the product of thought; it is the habit or the ritual of showing respect for certain formulas to which, for various reasons having to do with emotional safety, we have very strong ties of whose meaning and consequences in actuality we have no clear understanding (Ritual Quotes)

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