Ancestor Worship Quotes

• We were not the victims of ancestor worship. We had the benefits of a fresh start.

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  Matthew D. Miller

  Fresh Start   Benefits   Worship  

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• We rarely quote nowadays to appeal to authority... though we quote sometimes to display our sapience and erudition. Some authors we quote against. Some we quote not at all, offering them our scrupulous avoidance, and so make them part of our "white mythology." Other authors we constantly invoke, chanting their names in cerebral rituals of propitiation or ancestor worship.

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  Ihab Hassan

  Offering   Names   White  

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• People who can comfort the dead can also chase after them to hurt them further-a reverse ancestor worship.

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  Maxine Hong Kingston

  Hurt   People   Comfort  

  Maxine Hong Kingston (2014). “The Woman Warrior: Picador Classic”, p.17, Pan Macmillan

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• Ancestor worship, or filial piety so characteristic of Asian cultures, for example, does not really resonate with Americans who favor children, not grandparents.

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  Alan Dundes

  Children   Grandparent   Asian Culture  

  1989

• The ancestor of every action is a thought.

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  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Learning   Knowledge   Positive Thinking  

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (2008). “The Spiritual Emerson: Essential Works by Ralph Waldo Emerson”, p.53, Penguin

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• Building the future holds more attraction than ancestor worship, whichever ancestor we're talking about.

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  Douglas Alexander

  Talking   Worship   Building  

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• Behind everything in London is something else, and, behind that, is something else still; and so on through the centuries, so that London as we see her is only the latest manifestation of other Londons, and to lover her is to plunge into ancestor-worship.

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  Henry Vollam Morton

  London   Lovers   Worship  

  Henry Vollam Morton (1951). “In Search of London”

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• Chinese culture in general is not very religious. Confucianism is more a code of ethics than a religion, and ancestor worship is a way for parents to control you even after theyre dead.

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  David Henry Hwang

  Religious   Parent   Chinese  

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• The ancestor of every action is a thought. —Ralph Waldo Emerson

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  David Allen

  Action   Waldo Emerson   Ancestor Worship  

  David Allen (2015). “Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity”, p.35, Penguin

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