"One needs the invented, the spontaneous, the impromptu for ritual. Skepticism, that grain of salt, is inappropriate."

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Source : E. M. Broner (1999). “Bringing Home the Light: A Jewish Woman's Handbook of Rituals”, Council Oaks Distribution

E. M. Broner

#Grain Of Salt Quotes #Needs Quotes #Inappropriate Quotes

“Once you establish a look, and once everybody recognizes that look as your look, you never have to think about fashion again.”
“Student, tell me, what is God? He is the breath inside the breath.”

Source : Kabir (1977). “The Kabir book: forty-four of the ecstatic poems of Kabir”
“You can find out how to do something and then do it or do something and then find out what you did.”
“The workings of the man's mind sit there naked and exposed, and all the stripped gears and misaligned cogs and broken engines of his misperception are there for easy examination. Read it, and you'll wonder how a man so confused could have acquired such a high reputation; you might even think that philosophy has been Sokaled.”
“Faith takes us to deep places, to the ruptures in our self-confidence and our lives. Do not settle for spiritual comfort all the time...Darkness is divine also. Faith is not about positive thinking so much as about what kicks in when we are weak, sick, and short of self-confidence. The via positiva never stands alone. The via negativa is always with us on our faith journey as well.”
“You're always with yourself, so you might as well enjoy the company.”
“Medicare is immune from the competitive pressures that force private insurers to pay attention to what patients and doctors want.”
“We have a lot of players in their first year. Some of them are also in their last year.”

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