Patrisse Cullors

My morning rituals are typical. I wake up yearning for a few extra moments of rest. I express gratitude to a higher power for the breath in my body and the blessings in my life. I shower. I dress. I eat breakfast. I exchange laughter and words with my beloveds, embracing each other as we say our daily goodbyes.

American Activist

E. O. Wilson

But I feel music has a very important role in ritual activity, and that being able to join in musical activity, along with dancing, could have been necessary at a very early stage of human culture.

American Scientist

Jonathan Sacks

Religious ritual is a way of structuring time so that we, not employers, the market or the media, are in control. Life needs its pauses, its chapter breaks, if the soul is to have space to breathe.

British Clergyman

John Hench

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.

American Artist

Julien Baker

When you have an addictive personality, you fixate upon things easily. Routines and behaviors, and ritual, becomes very important.

American Musician

Josie Bissett

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

American Actress

John Lennon

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

English Musician

Hideo Kojima

It's part of my ritual to watch a new film every day, no matter what. It's important to me.

Japanese Designer

Gina Gershon

Feeding is a very important ritual for me. I don't trust people who don't like to eat.

Elizabeth McGovern

Ritual isn't always about religion, can describe any routine habit.

Non-Religious Usage

Rituals often have deep cultural roots and significance.

Cultural Significance

Many rituals involve a community or group participation.

Group Activity

The adjective form highlights that actions are part of a ritual.

Describing Behaviors

The adjective can be applied to routine tasks to emphasize regularity.

Routine Tasks

Ritual often implies a private or smaller scale than 'ceremonial'.

Ritual Vs Ceremonial

Used to describe formal religious or spiritual practices.

Religious Context

Religious rituals convey a sense of sacredness and reverence.

Sacredness

Religious rituals often follow a fixed sequence of actions.

Fixed Order

 so that they could learn to deal with different temperatures. Spartan boys were encouraged to steal in order to survive, but if they were caught, they would be disciplined, not because they stole, but because they were caught in the act. During the annual contest of endurance in a religious ritual known as the diamastigosis,

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 and the other female is reaching over and doing what's called a trunk to mouth placing her trunk in the mouth, and it's a sign of respect, it's kind of like a handshake, but it's also like a salute. And this salute is learned at a very young age. Now, ritual and bonding within the family

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 And why did they create this art? Perhaps they were documenting what they knew about the natural world, like modern scientists, or marking their tribal territory. Maybe the images were the culmination of sacred hunting rituals or spiritual journeys.

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 And another red flag is ritual, when the diet in question instructs you to only eat specific foods, prescribed combinations, or to opt for particular food substitutes, like drinks, bars, or powders. The truth is shedding pounds in the long run

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 considers the tradition a vital step she believes the ritual will please our ancestors spirits and protect Philippe from harm happy because he's only going to cry I can console him Philippe's head has been partially shaved so the

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 rich and our ritual has been our work together we understood that we are stronger together that together we could do so much more we could be a bridge between our two continents our two worlds that we could do so much more

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 somehow they find time to indulge in a surprisingly complex mating ritual the Cobb have a dedicated mating ground known as a lek it's where males gather to flaunt themselves and the females turn up to pick a mate

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 in the form of stories, symbols and rituals, which are always indifferent to rationality. And so, when you study it, you realize that different people of the world have a different understanding of the world.

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 is a capacity even more important than their sense of empathy, altruism, and justice. Elephants are the only non-human animals to mourn their dead, performing burial rituals and returning to visit graves.

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 and by education in ritual, literature, and history. A person cultivated in this way works to help others, guiding them by moral inspiration rather than brute force. To put his philosophy into practice,