BATH, n. A kind of mystic ceremony substituted for religious worship, with what spiritual efficacy has not been determined. (Ambrose Bierce)

BATH, n. A kind of mystic ceremony substituted for religious worship, with what spiritual efficacy has not been determined.

Ambrose Bierce

Related topics

bath efficacy kind mystic worship

Related quotes

The question of bread for myself is a material question; but the question of bread for my neighbour, for everybody, is a spiritual and a religious question. View quote
Nikolai Berdyaev
All man's failures are either because of the religious denial of man's biological needs or the materialistic denial of man's spiritual desires. View quote
Alija Izetbegović
I'm a character actor, and I made a choice when I was young, after 'Mystic Pizza', not to go for the mainstream stuff, and to do a more eclectic kind of route. View quote
Vincent D'Onofrio
Russians are too kind, they lack the ability to apply determined methods of revolutionary terror. View quote
Vladimir Lenin
Once you attempt legislation upon religious grounds, you open the way for every kind of intolerance and religious persecution. View quote
William Butler Yeats