Tradition Quotes · Page 66

I believe that there is a God, and coming from an African tradition, I believe also that there are gods.

— Ishmael Beah

Cult leaders are often self-styled prophets who have not studied with great teachers or undergone lengthy training or discipline themselves. . .…

— John Welwood

Long customs are not easily broken; he that attempts to change the course of his own life very often labors in vain;…

— Samuel Johnson

The numerous ecstatic traditions - including free jazz and funk - have all been great inspirations.

— David First

Pakistan is heir to an intellectual tradition of which the illustrious exponent was the poet and philosopher Mohammad Iqbal. He saw the…

— Benazir Bhutto

I had this duality growing up with my dad being a strict Catholic and his brother being a priest and my mother…

— David LaChapelle

Our belief in salvation through the market is very much in the Utopian tradition. The economists and managers are the servants of…

— John Ralston Saul

“1. Thou shalt respect Scotland's history but not become a pastiche. Tradition is a dish best served fresh, so instead of perpetuating…

— Gabriella Bennett

The central objective in decolonising the African mind is to overthrow the authority which alien traditions exercise over the African. This demands…

— Chinweizu Ibekwe

I was here at Spurs as a kid, too, and I cleaned David Ginola and David Howells boots. I got a nice…

— Peter Crouch

My understanding of God is an experience. God is. That's all I know. In the Biblical tradition, it would be expressed as,…

— Elizabeth Lesser

Education does not mean knowledge (gyan) only, it also contains a life within it; it is not an arrangement, it is a…

— Narendra Modi

It was a tradition to represent a dancer frozen in a chosen position, like a snapshot. I broke away from this tradition…

— Sonia Delaunay

Liberalism is a really old British tradition and it has a completely different attitude towards the individual and the relationship between the…

— Nick Clegg

The use of drugs like mescaline may serve an appropriate purpose. Indeed, "Psychedelic" drugs have been widely used in the spiritual traditions…

— Georg Feuerstein

Denzal Sinclaire embodies the tradition of the great singers I love like Nat Cole, yet definitely has his own voice. He is…

— Diana Krall

It's important for me to really play with the traditions and keep things simple and easy. Ultimately I believe in animal instincts…

— Peter Dundas

Merrie Destefano storms the world of urban fantasy with AFTERLIFE, breathing new life into the vast genre of the undead. Gritty, poignant,…

— Tosca Lee

We are going to unite the people, rescue the family, respect religions and our Judeo-Christian tradition, combat gender ideology, conserving our values.

— Jair Bolsonaro

There is no right to a job or a wage rate, but there is a right to move from one country to…

— Alex Tabarrok

I feel proud to be a part of rock n' roll and the whole tradition of rock n' roll.

— Ed Kowalczyk

We are trying to make politics more open. It became a Ukrainian tradition to make decisions behind closed doors.

— Vitali Klitschko

Everybody has their own way of remembering and every culture has their traditions. When you compare the similarities and differences to other…

— Edward James Olmos

Informed decision-making comes from a long tradition of guessing and then blaming others for inadequate results.

— Scott Adams

We must embrace our differences, even celebrate our diversity. We must glory in the fact that God created each of us as…

— Desmond Tutu

If the Christian is a restorationist, a legalist, if he wants everything clear and safe, then he will find nothing. Tradition and…

— Pope Francis

There wasn't a big tradition of comedy at Dartmouth. More than that, there wasn't really anything artsy going on in Hanover, or…

— Mindy Kaling

In the end, you do need institutions to transmit the faith for the long haul. That's why I make the case that,…

— Ross Douthat

There's a very old tradition of theater actors doing their own makeup. It's like putting on your mask. There's an element of…

— Phillipa Soo

Julie Taymor. She is my gold standard of stage directors. I think she has a comprehensive knowledge of theatrical form, since she…

— Harry Lennix

The people of Iran have been battling against consecutive conflicts between tradition and modernity for over 100 years... some have tried and…

— Shirin Ebadi

I view Witchcraft as a religion that has evolved over the centuries. I do not consider Witchcraft to be a modern invention.…

— Raven Grimassi

The Western music tradition is mostly addressed to a public that has a critical mind, and judges the quality of the writing,…

— Gaspar Claus

We must see with our own eyes and not accept any laid-down tradition as if it had some magical power in it.

— Chogyam Trungpa

No single tradition monopolizes the truth. We must glean the best values of all traditions and work together to remove the tensions…

— Nhat Hanh

The strongest continuous thread in America's political tradition is skepticism about government.

— George Will

You hold onto religion, you know, rules, regulations, traditions. I think what God is interested in is people's hearts, and that's hard…

— Edward de Bono

As to the American tradition of non-meddling, Anarchism asks that it be carried down to the individual himself.

— Voltairine de Cleyre

Humans have been riding a roller coaster of ups and downs for thousands of years. The yoga tradition, which started at least…

— Rajmani Tigunait

The surplus of society overrides all our traditions and shapes all our philosophies.

— Walter Weyl