Meister Eckhart
Theologian, Philosopher
"To seek God by rituals is to get the ritual and lose God in the process"
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Ritual
45 quotes on this topic — from poets, philosophers, and thinkers across history.
Ramakrishna
Spiritual Leader
"When the fruit appears the blossom drops off. Love of God is the fruit, and rituals are the blossom."
Carl Jung
Psychiatrist, Psychoanalyst
"Where do we live symbolically? Nowhere except where we participate in the ritual of life."
John Lennon
Musician, Activist
"Rituals are important."
Sylvia Plath
Poet, Novelist
"There ought, I thought, to be a ritual for being born twice - patched, retreaded and approved for the road."
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"The ritual of our daily lives permeate our very bodies."
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"The gods had gone away, and the ritual of the religion continued senselessly, uselessly."
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"The preparation for the ritual is the ritual."
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"Do nothing that is not natural - and ritual is natural - and all will be for the best."
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"I don't really have a ritual. On the car rides over to the racetrack, I just make sure that the right songs are on."
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"One must observe the proper rites."
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"My only ritual is to just sit down and write, write every day."
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"I am in the continual process of transcending fear-based rituals"
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"You have to know your triggers for stress and then have rituals for combating them."
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"I simply decided that dope wasn't worth the ritual."
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