Ancestor Worship Quotes

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

  Alan Dundes

  Children, Grandparent, Asian Culture

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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.

  Ihab Hassan

  Offering, Names, White

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

  Matthew D. Miller

  Fresh Start, Benefits, Worship

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• The ancestor of every action is a thought.

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

  David Allen

  Action, Waldo Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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

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

  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.

  Henry Vollam Morton

  London, Lovers, Worship

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

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

  Maxine Hong Kingston

  Hurt, People, Comfort

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

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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.

  David Henry Hwang

  Religious, Parent, Chinese

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