68 Quotes About Rituals

What is a prayer for those who don't have the ability to kneel; to rotate beads with hands they don't have; or need to see to believe that there is spirituality?

Way back before you were born, Calla and Persephone and I were messing around with things we probably shouldn't have been messing around with--""Drugs?""Rituals. Are you messing around with drugs?""No. But maybe rituals""Drugs might be better.

Human culture arises directly from how we overcome the challenges of survival. Some call culture a balance between decadence and celebration. The need for shelter becomes architecture, the rituals of fine cuisine wrought by celebrity chefs. Perhaps the most enduring are the rituals of romance. At its highest expression the artistry of love is the subject of exquisite effort. It is when we are the most human.

Dare to create your own rituals. Not for anyone else to follow, but for your own Zen well-being.

Death is universal. The rituals associated with it, however, vary substantially—and are greatly influenced by their religious and cultural context.

Jeg skriver dette i angst. I angst for den flydende overgang. For ikke at have mærket, at jeg er blevet voksen. Uden overgangsritualer eller manddomsprøver er jeg bare gledet gennem livet, til jeg var tredive. Har bestået alle eksaminer, overholdt alle aftaler, smilet meget, grædt lidt, kun lidt, men frem for alt smilet.

Misha didn't finish flossing his sculpted popcorn molars, though the upkeep of his teeth was the closest he had to a sacred rite.

Your brain loves habits because they are simple, structured, well-known, energy efficient, quick, and automatic.

The quality of your life is in direct relationship to the quality of your habits and rituals.