I beg you, reject antiquity, tradition, faith, and authority! Let us begin anew by doubting everything we assume has been proven! — Giordano Bruno Copy Share Image
Habit is not mere subjugation, it is a tender tie; when one remembers habit it seems to have been happiness. — Elizabeth Bowen Copy Share Image
There's a very healthy tradition in America of skepticism of centralized power. If we ever lose the skepticism of centralized power, we'll… — Howard Fineman Copy Share Image
We have a strong tradition in our country of senior leaders being apolitical, nonpartisan. — Joseph Dunford Copy Share Image
The Indians have such strong traditions and aesthetics, and the people are beautiful, as are their goods. — Georgina Chapman Copy Share Image
I consider myself spiritual and I'm married to a man who is both an atheist and a humanist, and my kids have… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
If there are still honest-smart men and women within those old and noble traditions, they should think carefully, observe and diagnose the… — David Brin Copy Share Image
“Once Modern men discern that traditional things offer certain advantages, they are always tempted to say, “There is an awful lot about… — Joshua Gibbs Copy Share Image
Many modern scholars have found the asceticism expressed in Plato unacceptable; it does not sound like the advice of a reasonable man… — Thomas McEvilley Copy Share Image
From the Muslims I learned from the extraordinary pluralism of the Koran, the fact that the Koran endorses every single one of… — Karen Armstrong Copy Share Image
Sport carries on without deviation the mechanical tradition of furnishing relief and distraction to the worker after he has finished his work… — Jacques Ellul Copy Share Image
I don't think I have any right to say I belong to that [Woody Guthrie/Bob Dylan tradition]. I think that's something that… — Justin Townes Earle Copy Share Image
We can no longer have forbidden areas of the human mind, or cultural machinery. We have taken upon ourselves the acquisition of… — Terence McKenna Copy Share Image
I consider myself an ordinary Muslim who is constantly working to put himself in the framework established by the Koran and the… — Fethullah Gulen Copy Share Image
Don't let tradition paralyze your mind. Be receptive to new ideas. Be experimental. Try new approaches. Be progressive in everything you do. — David J. Schwartz Copy Share Image
One could surely argue that the Buddhist tradition, taken as a whole, represents the richest source of contemplative wisdom that any civilization… — Sam Harris Copy Share Image
I like to be buttoned onto tradition. The thing is to improve it, twist it and mold it; to make something new… — Philip Johnson Copy Share Image
Italian style for me is to have a sense of tradition, respect for one's roots, and a sartorial approach. — Domenico Dolce Copy Share Image
Everybody in my family were great storytellers. My dad and his brothers would just go on and on; they could tell amazing… — Irvine Welsh Copy Share Image
Deconstruction never had meaning or interest, at least in my eyes, than as a radicalization, that is to say, also within the… — Jacques Derrida Copy Share Image
Our traditions have been waking up on Christmas morning and feasting on a southern breakfast. I'm from the South. We eat grits… — Leigh-Allyn Baker Copy Share Image
But I was obsessed with 'Lord of the Rings' when I was little. It still is a Christmas tradition in my family.… — Madeleine Madden 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
Old custom is hard to break and scarce any man will be led otherwise than seemeth good unto himself. — Thomas a Kempis Copy Share Image
Our culture has few taboos that can't be violated, and our establishment has largely given up on setting standards in the first… — Ross Douthat Copy Share Image
