Isaac Watts, of course, is a hymn writer in the tradition of Congregationalism who lived in the seventeenth and early eighteenth century.… — Marilynne Robinson Copy Share Image
This prophecy of a coming enlightenment is echoed in virtually every faith and philosophical tradition on Earth. Hindus call it the Krita… — Dan Brown Copy Share Image
You can use the [Barack] Obama administration as a recent example. For seven years they've been unopposed. The Republican Party's not trying… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
In the Jewish tradition of the Bible it says, "Speak to her softly, so that she will want to engage in sexual… — Ruth Westheimer Copy Share Image
“Zeal to expunge every trace of Romish superstition resulted in text scrutinizing and “arguments from silence” that forbade traditions such as the… — Lori Branch Copy Share Image
“In actual fact, conventions are the death of real tradition as they are of all real life. They are parasites which attach… — Thomas Merton Copy Share Image
Most of what the founders knew about the Hebraic republic, it must be emphasized, they learned from the Bible. These Americans were… — Daniel L Dreisbach Copy Share Image
Nobody I know is as committed to excellence as Donald Palmisano. He symbolizes everything that is good about our country. If Horatio… — Paul Galanti Copy Share Image
The central objective in decolonising the African mind is to overthrow the authority which alien traditions exercise over the African. This demands… — Chinweizu Ibekwe Copy Share Image
It is really very important while you are young to live in an environment in which there is no fear. Most of… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
Adam Nevill a spine-chiller in the classic tradition, a writer who draws you in from the world of the familiar, eases you… — Michael Koryta Copy Share Image
We all have views on what our Irishness means to us. Two members of the band were born in England and were… — Larry Mullen, Jr Copy Share Image
Walter Benjamin knew that the break in tradition and loss of authority which occurred in his lifetime were irreparable, and he concluded… — Hannah Arendt Copy Share Image
The philanthropic tradition is older than democracy, older than Christianity, and older than higher education. It gives form and purpose to personal… — Robert L. Payton Copy Share Image
No civilization would ever have been possible without a framework of stability, to provide the wherein for the flux of change. Foremost… — Hannah Arendt Copy Share Image
African tradition deals with life as an experience to be lived. In many respects, it is much like the Eastern philosophies in… — Audre Lorde 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
After my mother died, I learned that she'd had a scholarship to the University of Nebraska, but - in kind of a… — Barry Barish Copy Share Image
Embracing and rejecting tradition, bound and liberated by faith, torn between obscurantism and reason, self-assured and self-critical, they were a kaleidoscope of… — Israel Shenker Copy Share Image
Renovating temples does not mean building great gate towers or receptacles for offerings. What we should focus on is the regular conduct… — Mata Amritanandamayi Copy Share Image
Protestantism, of course, is much more explicitly divided into different traditions - the Pentecostals, the Anglicans. But there is the main tradition… — Marilynne Robinson Copy Share Image
By 18th century standards, they [Great Britain] were the freest, most dynamic, most willing to challenge tradition and authority. They had the… — Charles R. Morris Copy Share Image
One thing that's important to point out is that this kind of populism has a long and mixed history. It's part of… — Astra Taylor Copy Share Image
How very important it is to bring about in the human mind the radical revolution. The crisis is a crisis in consciousness,… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
As we become more mature we will learn to master the interplay between the past and the present and not be so… — Alvin Lustig Copy Share Image
When considering the Islamic world, Turkey is the best example of a country where democracy irreversibly gained a foothold despite religious and… — Garry Kasparov Copy Share Image
To value the tradition of, and the discipline required for, the craft of fiction seems today pointless. The real Arcadia is a… — Alexander Theroux Copy Share Image
“...What I have denied and what my reason compels me to deny, is the existence of a Being throned above us as… — Thomas A. Edison Copy Share Image
The old Catholic church traditions are worth more than all you have said. Here is a principle of logic that most men… — Joseph Smith, Jr Copy Share Image
I think parenting is one of the most important jobs, because you can hit two or three generations with the values in… — Van Jones Copy Share Image
Generally speaking, an Indian university must regard itself as one of the living organs of national reconstruction. It must discover the best… — Syama Prasad Mukherjee Copy Share Image
One of the things I really respect about Doug Moo is that he is constantly grappling with the text. Where he hears… — N. T. Wright Copy Share Image
We will never get great art from women if their education exposes them only to the second-rate and if the idea of… — Camille Paglia Copy Share Image
“There was no singles problem until singles got so single-minded that they stopped wasting time with anyone ineligible. Before that, it was… — Judith Martin Copy Share Image
The truth is that only 1% of all new words are totally new, and of those an even smaller percentage are conjured… — Susie Dent Copy Share Image
But you see," said Roark quietly, "I have, let’s say, sixty years to live. Most of that time will be spent working.… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
“Our mother tongue, so far ahead of me, Displays her goods, hints at each bond and link, Provides the means, leaves it… — Ivor A. Richards Copy Share Image
Tradition is the living faith of the dead; traditionalism is the dead faith of the living. Tradition lives in conversation with the… — Jaroslav Pelikan Copy Share Image
If Nixon is not forced to turn over tapes of his conversations with the ring of men who were conversing on their… — Earl Warren Copy Share Image
The spiritual traditions of all the religions have certain similarities that are unmistakable. They share many of the same basic practices like… — Thomas Keating Copy Share Image