Music is a gut thing. You're working in a medium which is more in touch with the primal than the modern. A gig is a ritual. There's a congregation.
I only want to protect animals from barbarous, cruel, inhuman and backward rituals.
Food is a gift and should be treated reverentially--romanced and ritualized and seasoned with memory.
Don't confuse the teacher with the lesson, the ritual with the ecstasy, the transmitter of the symbol with the symbol itself.
Dancing should transcend hobby, it should be a ritual, a meeting point between mortals and immortals.
There is no ceremony, no initiation ritual, no secret hand-shake. All you need to be a writer is to write.
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.
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.
In 'The Odyssey,' every feast is extremely ritualized; high-status individuals even get a better cut of meat.
Let My worship be in the heart that rejoices, for behold, all acts of love and pleasure are My rituals.
I think Latin American cultures are really rich and fascinating. I like the pomp and circumstance of some of their rituals and ceremonies.
There is such a tremendous need for spiritual guidance for those who are facing death, as a patient or with a loved one. Emotions and grief flood everyone involved. There are so many unknown factors. Many times doctors can predict what may happen phy...
I once asked a rabbi in a large congregation which prayers he used with the dying. "You mean the Mourner's Kaddish?" he asked, referring to the prayer recited on behalf of the deceased. "No," I replied. "I mean the prayers said when a person is actua...
Not wanting the girls to endure the shame of a crazy mother, I spent my days acting as normal as possible. I walked through life, an actor in a Leave it to Beaver episode, determined to disguise all clues of my real condition until... well, until I c...
Cuando oración, rituales y vida ascética son solo los medios para la autoindulgencia, son más dañinos que beneficiosos. Esto resulta muy obvio para la gente hoy en día, cuando es comúnmente reconocido que las fijaciones no son lo mismo que las ...
Non-professionals can also misrepresent the personal characteristics, religious beliefs, and appearance, of these therapists, can name-call and otherwise mock them, and can attribute false agendas to them, such as assigning religious motives to secul...
People and their rituals. They cling to things so hard sometimes.
Religion realizes philosophy by adapting it to the weaknesses of the vulgar....
I’m halfway to being a father. Not 4.5 months out of 9, but ½ of a mating ritual.
In the end, the gesture of painting becomes almost meditative, like a ritual.
In every ancient culture, there are rituals to mortify the body as a way of understanding that the energy of the soul is indestructible.
