There's a long tradition in Western thought that humans are not shackled by biology, whereas animals are pure instinct machines. — Frans de Waal Copy Share Image
I think the important thing to learn is that we can retain a sentimental loyalty to the cultural and literary traditions of,… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
Most people are fragile. They're fragile in the sense that they're afraid of the unknown, so they cling to each other. They… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
We must find a way to balance our tradition as a state welcoming of refugees while ensuring the safety and security of… — Bruce Rauner Copy Share Image
Just as the pioneers made the desert blossom as a rose, so too our lives and families will blossom if we follow… — L. Tom Perry Copy Share Image
Books hold no passports. There's only one true literary tradition: the human. — Carlos Ruiz Zafon Copy Share Image
From the inception of this series, Mike and I were very interested in exploring the theme of tradition versus progress. We always… — Bryan Konietzko Copy Share Image
My love of storytelling comes from oral tradition, the stories from my grandmother and conversations with [my] mother. The world is full… — Lucrecia Martel Copy Share Image
As soon as tradition has come to be recognized as tradition, it is dead. — Allan Bloom Copy Share Image
I have simply wished to assert the reasoned and independent feeling of my own individuality within a total knowledge of tradition. — Henri Matisse Copy Share Image
There are insistent calls for autonomy, appeals for a new resource ethic based on the tradition of the commons, demands for the… — Paul Hawken Copy Share Image
The battleground has been moderates of all faith traditions in all the countries of the world against the radicals of all faith… — Feisal Abdul Rauf Copy Share Image
The thinking man must oppose all cruelties no matter how deeply rooted in tradition or surrounded by a halo. — Albert Schweitzer Copy Share Image
There is no basis in text, tradition, or even in contemporary practice (if that were enough), for finding in the Constitution a… — Antonin Scalia Copy Share Image
Tradition, thou art for suckling children, Thou art the enlivening milk for babes, But no meat for men is in thee. — Stephen Crane Copy Share Image
Confucius was not so much a philsopher as a proto-ideologist: what interested him was not metaphysical Truths but rather a harmonious social… — Slavoj Žižek Copy Share Image
Then the highest state of love is prayerfulness. In prayerfulness there is communion. In sex there is the I/it relationship, in love… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
I never feel to force my doctrine upon any person; I rejoice to see prejudice give way to truth, and the traditions… — Joseph Smith, Jr Copy Share Image
I've always thought New Year's Day was an especially American tradition, full of the optimism and hope we're famous for in our… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
In the yogic tradition, this principle of using intense effort to burn through life's distractions is called Tapas. It's another Sanskrit word,… — Russell Simmons Copy Share Image
Change is always good. You can't keep tradition all the time. Yes, Grandma cooked on a wood stove but she would have… — Alvin Leung Copy Share Image
Those humble but indomitable workers, to whom later generations referred by the collective name of Baale Masorah, Masters of Tradition, performed in… — Robert Gordis Copy Share Image
Change does not change tradition, it strengthens it. Change is a challenge and anopportunity, not a threat. — Prince Philip Copy Share Image
The Old Religion, as we call it, is closer in spirit to Native American traditions or to shamanism of the Arctic. It… — Starhawk Copy Share Image
