Quotes About Observance

As noted by Ronald Inglehart, director of the World Values Survey, people in richer countries tend to be less religious, but the United States is an exception, as a rich country with a high rate of religious observance and belief; see figure 6.1.

Since 1985, I have written about contemporary Jewish practice and the Jewish community.

I think religion is very personal. I definitely identify as Muslim. I consider myself practicing, but I don't think people who observe me from the outside would think of me as devout, and that doesn't bother me because one of the beauties of Islam is the fact that it is personal: you read the Koran, and what you believe is what you believe.

You are not practicing Judaism if you celebrate Christmas.

The ambassador was never present, but his presence was never absent.

Be present and in the moment.

Occasionally the ideals seemed more honored in the breach than in the observance, but in times of moral quandary a conscientious officer could anchor himself with a few simple questions: Is it good for the troops? Is it good for the country? Is it honorable?

They had to serve their masters, but if they seemed to fawn, if they curried favor too obviously, the other courtiers around them would notice and would act against them.

must be seen and not heard.

To observe the seventh day does not mean merely to obey or to conform to the strictness of a divine command. To observe is to celebrate the creation of the world and to create the seventh day all over again, the majesty of holiness in time, "a day of rest, a day of freedom," a day which is like "a lord and king of all other days," 17 a lord and king in the commonwealth of time.

Let me not be understood as saying that there are no bad laws, nor that grievances may not arise for the redress of which no legal provisions have been made. I mean to say no such thing. But I do mean to say that although bad laws, if they exist, should be repealed as soon as possible, still, while they continue in force, for the sake of example they should be religiously observed.

He went out of the door, and she watched him through the little window, walking slowly to the door of the church. Then she sat down at his table, and put her head on it, and was silent, with the patient suffering of black women, with the suffering of oxen, with the suffering of any that are mute.

137 years later, Memorial Day remains one of America's most cherished patriotic observances. The spirit of this day has not changed - it remains a day to honor those who died defending our freedom and democracy.

18 Entonces Jesús acercándose les habló en estos términos: A mí se me ha dado toda potestad en el cielo, y en la tierra; 19 Vayan pues, e instruyan a todas las naciones en el camino de la salud, bautizándolas en el nombre del Padre, y del Hijo, y del Espíritu Santo; 20 enseñándolas a observar todas las cosas que yo les he mandado. Y estén ciertos que yo mismo estaré continuamente con ustedes hasta la consumación de los siglos.

I think most observance is really more a way of conceptualizing day-to-day life as what it actually is for many people, a progress of meaningful failures.

Christmas is a season which almost all Christians observe in one way or another. Some keep it as a religious season. Some keep it as a holiday. But all over the world, wherever there are Christians, in one way or another Christmas is kept.

We were Orthodox Jews, but we really didn't deserve it. I mean, bacon - my father said, 'Don't put bacon in the house,' but we had bacon. We didn't keep kosher. And we observed which today would be Conservative Jews. But in those days, we belonged to an Orthodox temple. So we made out we were Orthodox Jews, but we really weren't.

Robin wondered how aware men were of the power dynamics that played out between them, while women stood watching.

Hold me up, and I shall be safe, and I shall observe Your statutes continually. – Psalm 119:117

Proof of our society's decline is that Halloween has become a broad daylight event for many.

Our muddy machine gun pits were transformed into Courage Clubs when bombs fell or Japanese warships pounded us from the sea. There was protocol to be observed, too, and it was natural that the poor fellow who might break into momentary terror should cause pained silence and embarrassed coughs. Everyone looked the other way, like millionaires confronted by the horrifying sight of a club member borrowing five dollars from the waiter.

presence. No

The deviant that does not observe the trivial uses of the language is a poet, a deviant who violates the banal customs of society is a criminal.

We are to a large extent an imitative society.