In today's impoverished dialogue, critiques of liberalism are often naively called "conservative," as if twenty-five hundred years of Western intellectual tradition presented… — Camille Paglia Copy Share Image
Every heart that has beat strongly and cheerfully has left a hopeful impulse behind it in the world, and bettered the tradition… — Robert Louis Stevenson Copy Share Image
Brexit has changed everything in British politics - it has blown open a cosy, zombie-like closed world of Westminster parliamentary politics. It… — Claire Fox Copy Share Image
I think I affiliate with somebody like Ben Howard. He's quite a bit younger than I am, but I think what he's… — Jason Isbell Copy Share Image
It has seemed so strange to me that the larger culture, with its own absence of spirit and lack of attachment for… — Linda Hogan Copy Share Image
The difficulty of carrying on a leisure-oriented tradition of culture in a work-oriented society is enough in itself to keep the present… — Clement Greenberg Copy Share Image
This country, the Republic of Indonesia, does not belong to any group, nor to any religion, nor to any ethnic group, nor… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
An unexamined faith is not worth having, for fundamentalism and uncritical certitude entail the rejection of one of the great human gifts:… — Jon Meacham Copy Share Image
It's not as though there aren't many, many art works and many other cultures, but there was something special about the civic… — Martha C. Nussbaum Copy Share Image
I would love to add to the rich tradition that Duke University holds on and off the court, and play for one… — Kevin Knox Copy Share Image
By creating a self-policing, self-reporting, sort of self-monitoring culture through law, through statute, and imposing that on the academic world, I think… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
It should not be strange that the values cherished by all the three major religions are the same, since they originate from… — King Hussein I Copy Share Image
Tradition! We scarcely know the word anymore. We are afraid to be either proud of our ancestors or ashamed of them. We… — Dorothy Day Copy Share Image
Why can't we simply borrow what is useful to us from Buddhism, Hinduism, Taoism, especially Zen, as we borrow from Christianity, science,… — Edward Abbey Copy Share Image
The most essential characteristic of scientific technique is that it proceeds from experiment, not from tradition. The experimental habit of mind is… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
Books have their destinies like men. And their fates, as made by generations of readers, are very different from the destinies foreseen… — Aldous Huxley Copy Share Image
The immense value of becoming acquainted with a foreign language is that we are thereby led into a new world of tradition… — Havelock Ellis Copy Share Image
In terms of the first Christmas when I met everybody, I went over to Nick's grandfather's house where they were having the… — Megan Mullally Copy Share Image
In varying degrees, the authority of the dharma was replaced by the authority of the guru, who came, in some traditions, to… — Stephen Batchelor Copy Share Image
The modern tradition of equating death with an ensuing nothingness can be abandoned. For there is no reason to believe that human… — Larry Dossey Copy Share Image
We cannot, by total reliance on law, escape the duty to judge right and wrong... There are good laws and there are… — Alexander Bickel Copy Share Image
The Spirit works through community. Somebody will have a stupid, screwy idea. That's okay. The point of having creeds and confessions and… — Eugene H. Peterson Copy Share Image
The choices a writer makes within a tradition - preferring Milton to Moliere, caring for Barth over Barthelme - constitute some of… — Zadie Smith Copy Share Image
Like most people of my generation, I fell in love with the philosophy of existentialism. There is no particular religious tradition in… — Stanley Elkin Copy Share Image
In mystical traditions, it is one's own readiness that makes experiences exoteric or esoteric. The secret isn't that you're not being told.… — Ram Dass Copy Share Image
It is obvious that the war which Hitler and his accomplices waged was a war not only against Jewish men, women, and… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
If you have fear, you are bound by tradition, you follow some leader or guru. When you are bound by tradition, when… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
While it may be impossible to 'disprove' the existence of some 'Higher Power' or abstract Creator, it is entirely possible — through… — David G. McAfee Copy Share Image
It was just an honor for me to be doing the role of Miguel because I identify with him. I grew up… — Anthony Gonzalez Copy Share Image
The bird that would soar above the level plain of tradition and prejudice must have strong wings. It is a sad spectacle… — Kate Chopin Copy Share Image
Like other parents in this country, we want to give our children the best opportunities, to shower them with love, to teach… — Jennifer Chrisler Copy Share Image
People substitute tradition for the living experience of the love of God. They talk and think as though walking with God was… — Francis Howgill Copy Share Image
The Kantian imperative to have the courage to think for oneself has involved a contemptuous disregard for the resources of tradition and… — Terry Eagleton Copy Share Image
'Hindu terrorism' is not even a word. By linking Hindu with terrorism, Congress has disrespected the country's culture, tradition, and legacy. It… — Yogi Adityanath Copy Share Image
In my short experience of human life, the outward obstacles, if there were any such, have not been living men, but the… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
People get strange about whether you've written your own songs, which seems really stupid considering that, especially in Country Music, it's about… — Neko Case Copy Share Image
I still noticed that little streak of rebelliousness coming up in me again - the same sense of dissatisfaction I had felt… — Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche Copy Share Image
Sometimes religion becomes yet another source for more division and even open conflict. Because of that situation, I feel the different religious… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
Of course, in our country, developing in a region with somewhat conservative traditions, women were desperately needed to be more engaged -… — Queen Noor of Jordan Copy Share Image
There's a grand tradition of a lot of interesting stuff that happens to these post-presidents. Especially in this day and age where… — David Mandel Copy Share Image
