Whether surrounded with error or truth, the web woven around them in childhood's days lasts, and seldom wears threadbare...The traditions of my… — Brigham Young Copy Share Image
“The would-be students wish to transcend books. But, ask yourselves: if someone says that books do not contain wisdom, and yet he… — Idries Shah Copy Share Image
I came to the U.K. at the age of 19 and I didn't know anything about the working-class tradition, the Labour Party… — Stuart Hall Copy Share Image
Our understanding of Shakespeare already depends largely on the vitality of Renaissance elements in our education. Each man must live in his… — George Edward Woodberry Copy Share Image
Going around this country, I have found a great hunger in America for spiritual revival; for a belief that law must be… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
God is not good, or wise, or intelligent anyway that we know. So, people like Maimonides in the Jewish tradition, Eboncina in… — Karen Armstrong Copy Share Image
A constitutional tradition that works is one that is in a constant state of dynamic evolution. You have a written constitution that… — Noah Feldman Copy Share Image
“There are many perks to living for twenty-one centuries, and foremost among them is bearing witness to the rare birth of genius.… — Kevin Hearne Copy Share Image
[Dr. Constain James] refuted so well the aberrations of Darwinism… [A system] which is repugnant at once to history, to the tradition… — Pope Pius IX Copy Share Image
“Dead Men's Tale (The Sonnet) They say, time and tide wait for none, Lest the bird learns it can fly. The best… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
My political tradition is on the left, but I think that more modern leftists, they sometimes get stuck with this vision of… — Ilya Ponomarev Copy Share Image
Mathematics as an expression of the human mind reflects the active will, the contemplative reason, and the desire for aesthetic perfection. Its… — Richard Courant Copy Share Image
In reality no food is valued solely for its nutritive power and no garment or house solely for the protection it affords… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
If we will build righteous traditions in our families, the light of the gospel can grow ever brighter in the lives of… — L. Tom Perry Copy Share Image
The people in Japan love jazz music, man, and also in Europe, far more than they ever did here. And that always… — Milt Jackson Copy Share Image
I have behind me not only the splendid traditions and the annals of more than a thousand years but the living strength… — Queen Elizabeth II Copy Share Image
Barcelona, the tournament is, for all the Spanish players, an amazing event. I think is one of the top events on tour… — Rafael Nadal Copy Share Image
Sad will be the day when the American people forget their traditions and their history, and so longer remember that the country… — Roger Sherman Copy Share Image
I was in New York, miserable because I was working supper clubs but I wasn't expressing myself. I was really unhappy with… — Abbey Lincoln Copy Share Image
We find ourselves ethically destitute just when, for the first time, we are faced with ultimacy, the irreversible closing down of the… — Thomas Berry Copy Share Image
In the old fairy tales, often a 'moral' was tacked on at the end of the story - say, if a book… — Kate Bernheimer Copy Share Image
If religion is the opiate of the people, tradition is an even more sinister analgesic, simply because it rarely appears sinister. If… — Zadie Smith Copy Share Image
Let it be our endeavour, let it be our task, to keep alight the torch of imperial patriotism, to hold fast the… — Joseph Chamberlain Copy Share Image
We must stop using the Bible as though it were a potpourri of inerrant proof-texts by which we can bring people into… — Robert D. Brinsmead Copy Share Image
I then greet and cordially thank you all, dear friends belonging to other religious traditions; first of all the Muslims, who worship… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
Do what you do. This Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, New Year's Eve, Twelfth Night, Valentine's Day, Mardi Gras, St. Paddy's Day, and every… — Chris Rose Copy Share Image
It is suggested that all written works, including this one, have dangerous implications to the vitality of an oral tradition and to… — Harold Innis Copy Share Image
I wanted to be supportive of parents rather than to scold them. The book set out very deliberately to counteract some of… — Benjamin Spock Copy Share Image
The Islamic teachings have left great traditions for equitable and gentle dealings and behavior, and inspire people with nobility and tolerance. These… — H. G. Wells Copy Share Image
When I first decided to be a writer, that meant dealing with preoccupations and concerns that took little account of Indian traditions.… — Pankaj Mishra Copy Share Image
“It is at least as possible for a Philadelphian to feel the presence of Penn and Franklin as for an Englishman to… — G.K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
And then there is Pythagoras. The legend is that the founder of theoretical mathematics was so outraged when one of his students,… — Rebecca Goldstein Copy Share Image
I shall borrow two words used for a slightly different purpose by the great demographer Alfred Lotka to distinguish between the two… — Peter Medawar Copy Share Image
You had a socialist get 47 percent of the votes in the Democratic primary: Bernie Sanders. You have an outright white nationalist… — Van Jones Copy Share Image
Now more than ever the world has to come together to make changes. Just because certain cultures have had long-standing traditions does… — Hayden Panettiere Copy Share Image
I have become convinced, through my studies, that the only way to achieve a safe, just and viable world is to live… — Karen Armstrong Copy Share Image
Technology and production can be great benefactors of man, but they are mindless instruments, and if undirected they careen along with a… — Charles A. Reich Copy Share Image
If there is a central theme to what I called "a peaceful warrior's approach to living," and to The Four Purposes of… — Dan Millman Copy Share Image
The wood-carver can fashion whatever he will. Yet his products are but toys of the moment, to be glanced at in jest,… — Murasaki Shikibu Copy Share Image
I think we have two conflicting traditions in this country. I think it's important for us to recognize that we've got a… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image