In order to understand the history of the banjo, and the history of bluegrass music, we need to move beyond the narrative… — Rhiannon Giddens Copy Share Image
Tolerance has been a very important feature of Christianity from its very roots, despite all the other things that have gone on… — Ninian Smart Copy Share Image
I put up with the music business because I understand that I'm in the tradition, I'm in a tradition that's of far… — Billy Corgan Copy Share Image
Liberated from the error of pagan tradition through the benevolence and loving kindness of the good God with the grace of our… — Saint Basil Copy Share Image
Julie Taymor. She is my gold standard of stage directors. I think she has a comprehensive knowledge of theatrical form, since she… — Harry Lennix Copy Share Image
Any narrative, whether it's fiction or not, you have to approach it as though it really happened to you. I think that's… — Jason Isbell 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
When you ban people from predominantly Muslim countries from coming into the U.S., even people who accompanied our soldiers and helped them… — Tim Kaine Copy Share Image
“It preoccupies me until it's time to leave. It seems such the right expression of grief. I am sad, so in whatever… — Jael McHenry (The Kitchen Daughter Copy Share Image
All the classical meditation traditions, in one way or another, stress nonattachment to the self as a goal of practice. Oddly, this… — Daniel Goleman Copy Share Image
It is actually a nice question how far Descartes himself endorses the monological and metaphysically dualistic theory of mind associated with his… — Allen W. Wood Copy Share Image
A kernel of truth lurks at the heart of religion, because spiritual experience, ethical behavior, and strong communities are essential for human… — Sam Harris Copy Share Image
One moment it's a cathedral, at another time there is no words to describe it when it ceases, for short periods of… — John Diefenbaker Copy Share Image
Women represent 70 percent of the 1.3 billion people in our world who live in absolute poverty. Consequently, as Joan Holmes, president… — Riane Eisler Copy Share Image
I have no expertise of other religious traditions so I'm not going to opine on them, but in Islam the more you… — Haroon Moghul Copy Share Image
Early economic theory was rooted in the Italian, French, and Spanish traditions, which were subjectivist oriented. Then it shifted onto the terrible… — Murray Rothbard Copy Share Image
The Protestant reformation was an attempt to recast the Christian faith in terms of the new learning of the 16th century, the… — John Shelby Spong Copy Share Image
I can tell you there is no finer stadium to play in. The traditions that they place in that stadium like when… — Les Miles Copy Share Image
I think that one of the things that is happening in the so-called "clash of civilizations" is that the confidence that was… — James Toback Copy Share Image
Maia Sharp is one of America's great singer-songwriters. Her storytelling runs profound and deep while honoring a pop tradition that urges you… — Don Was Copy Share Image
In view of the tide of religiosity engulfing a once secular republic it is refreshing to be reminded by Freethinkers that free… — Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr Copy Share Image
Broadly speaking, it is my conclusion that a pretty good guide to most issues of natural law is to look at those… — Bruce Babbitt Copy Share Image
“When I observe Gram, I see how fragile the notion of tradition can be. If I take my eyes off the way… — Adriana Trigiani Copy Share Image
If you decide to go on a Buddhist path, you have to be careful if you start mixing a lot of different… — Sakyong Mipham Copy Share Image
The people who are abroad are all those that have no religion, neither one based on speculation nor one received by tradition.… — Maimonides Copy Share Image
The Old Religion, as we call it, is closer in spirit to Native American traditions or to shamanism of the Arctic. It… — Starhawk Copy Share Image
Some people imagine that by returning to tradition, you will renew it. This is not true, for by returning to tradition, you… — Jabra Ibrahim Jabra Copy Share Image
Following the invention of writing, the special form of heightened language, characteristic of the oral tradition and a collective society, gave way… — Harold Innis 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
I grew up as a fifth-generation Jew in the American South, at the confluence of two great storytelling traditions. After graduating from… — Bruce Feiler Copy Share Image
Modern European composers...have very largely received their stimulus, their rhythms and impulses from Machine Age America. They have a much older tradition… — George Gershwin Copy Share Image
Freedom, by its nature, must be chosen, and defended by citizens, and sustained by the rule of law and the protection of… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
“The Enlightened spirit is not like some safe cracker whose ear is pressed to the metal while his fingers imperceptibly turn a… — Joshua Gibbs Copy Share Image
I believe that if the silent majority were to protest against those who believe in irrational blind faith - who want to… — Taslima Nasrin Copy Share Image
Ancient traditions have long associated holy wells and springs as very special places of the Goddess or anima mundi: symbolic of the… — Christopher McDowell Copy Share Image
It seems that just Being, the sheer fact of existence, that there is something rather than nothing, already inspires a wonder akin… — George Pattison Copy Share Image
I know well the coequal role of the Congress in our constitutional process. I love the House of Representatives. I revere the… — Gerald R. Ford Copy Share Image
Founded in rebellion against colonial tyranny, our country is naturally suspicious of government intrusion, interference, and snooping. European systems, by comparison, grow… — Jacob Weisberg Copy Share Image
There was a time when a certain type of Tory could have been relied on to swing from the chandeliers in defence… — Emily Thornberry Copy Share Image
Essential to the attainment of these national goals is the moral imperative of ensuring social justice and respect for human dignity. The… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
