#ritual

To rely upon conviction, devotion, and other excellent spiritual qualities; that is not to be taken seriously in politics. ↗

— Vladimir Lenin

#devotion #excellent #other #politics #qualities

The book is openly a kind of spiritual autobiography, but the trick is that on any other level it's a kind of insane collage of fragments of memory. ↗

— Jonathan Lethem

#autobiography #book #collage #fragments #insane

The statistics show that when you've done something for so long, it'll either be, yeah, you're slowing down, or someone's doing it better. But physically, I feel great. More than that, it's mental and spiritual. ↗

— Steven Lopez

#doing #done #down #either #feel

Women know what men have long forgotten. The ultimate economic and spiritual unit of any civilization is still the family. ↗

— Clare Boothe Luce

#civilization #economic #family #forgotten #know

Liberalism is a religion. Its tenets cannot be proved, its capacity for waste and destruction demonstrated. But it affords a feeling of spiritual rectitude at little or no cost. ↗

— David Mamet

#cannot #capacity #cost #demonstrated #destruction

Today we are searching for things in nature that are hidden behind the veil of appearance... We look for and paint this inner, spiritual side of nature. ↗

— Franz Marc

#behind #hidden #inner #look #nature

If the music in a groove fits with what you're playing, then play it; if not, then you can play it backwards. If that doesn't work, you try it at a different speed. If it really doesn't work you just break it. The whole ritual to put a record on a turntable just to listen to it, I don't do that too often. ↗

— Christian Marclay

#break #different #fits #groove #i

I'm appalled that an industry has grown around teaching a practice as wholesome and spiritual as yoga, so I decided to create my own free video to help people get started. ↗

— Andrew Mason

#around #create #decided #free #get

I can be quite surprised by what makes me cry, but it's usually spiritual things. ↗

— Rachel McAdams

#i #i can #makes #me #quite

I can't explain it, but spiritually it makes sense - though I don't understand how it does make sense. ↗

— Kevin McDonald

#explain #how #i #make #makes