Ritual Sayings and Quotes

Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous old ritual quotes, ritual sayings, and ritual proverbs, collected over the years from a variety of sources.

Ritual is important to us as human beings. It ties us to our traditions and our histories. Miller Williams
Ritual is the most primitive reflection of serious thought, a slow deposit, as it were, of people's imaginative insight into life. Susanne Katherina Langer
No ritual is too much, provided it is subsidiary to the inner work of worship; and all ritual is too much unless it ministers to that purpose. William Ewart Gladstone
Rituals involving strenuous and/or repetitive physical movements are meant to free the mind of all frivolous thoughts and divert the focus to the point of one-mindedness or absolute concentration. Master Jin Kwon
It is clear that rituals and sacrifices can bring people together, and it may well be that a group that does such things has an advantage over one that does not. But it is not clear why a religion has to be involved. Why are gods, souls, an afterlife, miracles, divine creation of the universe, and so on brought in? Paul Bloom
Social rituals enhance social bonding between commune members and encourage togetherness, which increase members’ perceived value of the inside option and thus alleviate brain drain. Rituals also mitigate adverse selection by demanding a hard-to-fake, costly signal of commitment to the commune. Ran Abramitzky
Rituals are those repeated actions done again and again in the interest of things like focus, grounding, tradition, cultural symbolism, predictable life rhythms, and feeling a part of something. Craig Kelley
Eventually, ritual was developed as a means of contacting and utilizing the energy within humans as well as in the nature world. Scott Cunningham