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Kenneth Rexroth Quote: “Mary, my little girl, was confirmed…”

Mary, my little girl, was confirmed in a Buddhist temple. She saw the Life write up on Buddhism, with pictures of the ceremony, and she said she wanted to be confirmed there because she only liked Jesus as a kid. She was a little disappointed in him when he grew up.

September 30, 2019 1905, American, December 22, Kenneth Rexroth, Quotes by Poets

Donald Hall Quote: “New poems no longer come to…”

New poems no longer come to me with their prodigies of metaphor and assonance. Prose endures. I feel the circles grow smaller, and old age is a ceremony of losses, which is, on the whole, preferable to dying at forty-seven or fifty-two.

August 14, 2019 1928, American, Donald Hall, Quotes by Poets, September 20

Ludwig Wittgenstein Quote: “Not every religion has to have…”

Not every religion has to have St. Augustine’s attitude to sex. Why even in our culture marriages are celebrated in a church, everyone present knows what is going to happen that night, but that doesn’t prevent it being a religious ceremony.

June 12, 2019 1889, April 26, Austrian, Ludwig Wittgenstein, Quotes by Philosophers

William Cowper Quote: “Ceremony leads her bigots forth, prepared…”

Ceremony leads her bigots forth, prepared to fight for shadows of no worth. While truths, on which eternal things depend, can hardly find a single friend.

February 18, 2019 1731, English, November 26, Quotes by Poets, William Cowper

George Gurdjieff Quote: “Every ceremony or rite has a…”

Every ceremony or rite has a value if it is performed without alteration. A ceremony is a book in which a great deal is written. Anyone who understands can read it. One rite often contains more than a hundred books.

October 20, 2018 1872, Armenian, George Gurdjieff, January 13, Quotes by Philosophers
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