[I'm often called a Deviant Calvinist] but that only goes to underline the point I'm trying to make about the need to… — Oliver D. Crisp Copy Share Image
Testimony is an integral part of the Black religious tradition. It is the occasion where the believer stands before the community of… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Somewhere in my early twenties I realized I was pretty constantly monitoring myself, judging how I was always falling short, whether it… — Tara Brach Copy Share Image
“Takamasa Saegusa: 'Seigen, a mere member of the Toudouza, had the effrontery to sully the sacred dueling ground. For that reason, our… — Takayuki Yamaguchi Copy Share Image
The most essential characteristic of scientific technique is that it proceeds from experiment, not from tradition. — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
W. Kamau Bell is in the vanguard of a new era of American comedy for an unsettling, troubling, and strangely hopeful time.… — Vernon Reid Copy Share Image
The land flourished because it was fed from so many sources--because it was nourished by so many cultures and traditions and peoples. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Because it's not only that a child is inseparable from the family in which he lives, but that the lives of families… — Bernice Weissbourd Copy Share Image
The tradition of nonviolence, optimism, concern for the individual, and unconditional compassion that developed in Tibet is the culmination of a slow… — Robert Thurman Copy Share Image
All I knew about Ireland before I went there was what I learned from watching soap commercials all my life. I was… — Arj Barker Copy Share Image
Tradition can, to be sure, participate in a creation, but it can no longer be creative itself. — Kenzo Tange Copy Share Image
I was a lousy academic. I spent most of my time in the cafeteria. But I met fantastic people from all kinds… — Aleksandra Mir Copy Share Image
Italian is a very different poetic situation and there are these hard and fast rhythmic periods, settenari, ottonari of seven and eight… — Jonathan W. Galassi Copy Share Image
Traditions, when vital, embody continuities of conflict. Indeed when a tradition becomes Burkean, it is always dying or dead. — Alasdair MacIntyre Copy Share Image
The Occultists, however, know that the traditions of Esoteric Philosophy must be the right ones, simply because they are the most logical,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Many scientists have been drawn to Buddhism out of a sense that the Western tradition has delivered an impoverished conception of basic,… — Sam Harris Copy Share Image
It has long been a tradition among novel writers that a book must end by everybody getting just what they wanted, or… — Willa Cather Copy Share Image
The rise of community among cultures and religious traditions makes possible what we can call 'interspirituality': the assimilation of insights, values, and… — Wayne Teasdale Copy Share Image
With vampires, there is such a great tradition that you suddenly find yourself a part of. Each generation reinvents what that means… — Michael Sheen Copy Share Image
Hong Kong has a reputation for freedom in spite of the People's Republic of China. It has a strong tradition of free… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
The husbandman is always a better Greek than the scholar is prepared to appreciate, and the old custom still survives, while antiquarians… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
New Orleans had a great tradition of celebration. Opera, military marching bands, folk music, the blues, different types of church music, ragtime,… — Wynton Marsalis Copy Share Image
The tradition you have at the University of Texas is like no other. It helped me in the future where I got… — Roger Clemens Copy Share Image
I think prejudice and tradition count for three-quarters in matters of religion. — Beatrix Potter Copy Share Image