Tradition Quotes · Page 20

Ours is a country with diversified culture and centuries-old tradition, which have to be preserved at any cost.

— P. T. Usha

“Some problems were generational; you just had to wait for the relevant elders to die off and be replaced with more progressive…

— Iain M. Banks

I know that everything essential and great originated from the fact that the human being had a homeland and was rooted in…

— Martin Heidegger

Tradition simply means that we need to end what began well and continue what is worth continuing

— Jose Bergamin

I went to a boarding school with a strong Maori tradition, where we were taught all about the haka.

— Jonah Lomu

Unfortunately (or fortunately), this world is all about being good on records.

— Mohit Sharma

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

— Voltairine de Cleyre

You do not understand your own tradition if you do not see it in relation to others.

— John Searle

No matter what the legislature may say, a man has the right to make his speech, print his handbill, compose his newspaper,…

— William O. Douglas

The use of history is to tell us what we are, for at our birth we are nearly empty vessels and we…

— Learned Hand

“The advantage of having an artistic tradition is that the younger artist could see an organic link between the real life of…

— Kuo Pao Kun

The great divide is not between faiths, but one between intolerant zealots of any tradition and the large numbers of decent, peaceful…

— Nicholas Kristof

Spiritual formation in a Christian tradition answers a specific human question: 'What kind of person am I going to be?' It is…

— Dallas Willard

In the Sikh tradition there is no prohibition of showing your hair. It's not that hair cannot be seen. It's an identity,…

— Jagmeet Singh

You run into people who want to write poetry who don't want to read anything in the tradition. That's like wanting to…

— Gary Snyder

There's an honourable tradition of British actors who've gone to Hollywood playing baddies. Part of that is because we grow up with…

— Mark Strong

Let us settle ourselves, and work and wedge our feet downwards through the mud and slush of opinion and tradition, and pride…

— Henry David Thoreau

..I sought a world philosophy-or an integral philosophy-that would believably weave together the many pluralistic contexts of science, morals, aesthetics, Eastern as…

— Ken Wilber

The vast majority of Muslims would never accept the lawfulness of an active homosexual lifestyle. I don't see that happening. But there…

— Hamza Yusuf

Curtailment of free speech is rationalized on grounds that a more compelling American tradition forbids criticism of the government when the nation…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

Meditation and spiritual practice are good, but also action. It's very important to be clear about who you are, and also about…

— Carlos Barrios

Conservatives, in general, are anti-immigrant for the same reasons they have always been anti-immigrant - a proud tradition in our nation of…

— Molly Ivins

When I was sixteen I started acting, and I also started to embrace my tradition and culture. I had a young medicine…

— Adam Beach

I tend to like the way poets form communities. Writing can be lonely after all. Modern life can be lonely. Poets do…

— Rae Armantrout

I find it inspiring to actively choose which traditions to celebrate and also come up with new ideas for traditions of my…

— Sara Sheridan

Forming an alliance is not the tradition of the AAP and we will not fight elections in collaboration with any political party…

— Gurpreet Ghuggi

People struggle most with seeing new ways of doing things and often need help in breaking through their tradition-bound mindsets.

— Stewart D. Friedman

The problem to be faced is: how to combine loyalty to one's own tradition with reverence for different traditions.

— Abraham Joshua Heschel

I call myself a traditionalist, although I have fought against tradition all my life.

— Philip Johnson

Tradition is an important help to history, but its statements should be carefully scrutinized before we rely on them.

— Joseph Addison

Folk singers are the unsung heroes. They keep our tradition and culture alive but don't expect anything in return.

— Devi Sri Prasad

Sometimes it is easy... to enhance your prestige by not exercising your responsibility, but that's not been the tradition of the court.

— Anthony Kennedy

I have such a personal life history with R&B - it's the first music I remember hearing, and it feels like a…

— Giveon

Tradition, if not constantly recreated, can be as much a millstone as a mill-wheel.

— Colin MacInnes

Alas, all traditions lose their primal purity and we all fail our founders.

— Karen Armstrong

I tried my best to ensure I kept the respect for the middleweight division in the tradition of Sugar Ray Robinson and…

— Marvin Hagler

I loved the Woody Guthrie tradition of speaking about what's happening to the country.

— Sixto Rodriguez

We should never lose sight of the very close link between individual giving and the formation of philanthropic traditions.

— Robert L. Payton

I can assure you that there is no question of us throwing away the tradition of the Grammar Schools.

— Hugh Gaitskell

I think our sexuality is all yet to be recounted and that the rich male literary tradition constitutes a huge obstacle.

— Elena Ferrante