Tradition Quotes

1555 Tradition quotes by 1164 unique authors

In the comic-book world, there tends to be an overblown sense of tradition. Bad habits die hard. There are ways I think the form could… — Frank Miller
That's why we're doing this, to defend our traditions a little. I don't have anything against it (Halloween), but it's not our tradition. — Fernando Flores
There is a constant in the average American imagination and taste, for which the past must be preserved and celebrated in full-scale authentic copy; a… — Umberto Eco
Our culture has few taboos that can't be violated, and our establishment has largely given up on setting standards in the first place. Except where… — Ross Douthat
The biggest political change in my lifetime is that Americans no longer assume that their children will have it better than they did. This is… — Peggy Noonan
We are a nation called to defend freedom - a tradition that is not a grant of any government or document, but is an endowment… — John Ashcroft
Believe nothing on the faith of traditions, even though they have been held in honor for many generations and in diverse places. Do not believe… — Gautama Buddha
Do not accept what you hear by report, do not accept tradition, do not accept a statement because it is found in our books, nor… — Gautama Buddha
So in this case, Kalamas, don't go by reports, by legends, by traditions, by scripture, by logical conjecture, by inference, by analogies, by agreement through… — Gautama Buddha
Science and technology revolutionize our lives, but memory, tradition and myth frame our response. — Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.
The idea that consciousness is the ground of being is the basis of all spiritual traditions. — Amit Goswami
Know your literary tradition, savor it, steal from it, but when you sit down to write, forget about worshiping greatness and fetishizing masterpieces. — Allegra Goodman
Americans, more than any other culture on earth, are cookbook cooks; we learn to make our meals not from any oral tradition, but from a… — John Thorne
The tradition of nonviolence, optimism, concern for the individual, and unconditional compassion that developed in Tibet is the culmination of a slow inner revolution, a… — Robert Thurman
There is a fundamental spiritual quality to gratitude that transcends religious traditions. Gratitude is a universal human experience that can seem to be either a… — Angeles Arrien
Whether it is seen in personal terms or trans-personal terms, whether it is Heaven or Nirvana or Happy Hunting Ground or the Garden of Paradise,… — John Smith
Do not believe what you have heard Do not believe in tradition because it is handed down many generations Do not believe in anything that… — Gautama Buddha
The time has come to make the protection of children - all our children - a common cause that can unite us across the boundaries… — Olara Otunnu
The modern tradition of equating death with an ensuing nothingness can be abandoned. For there is no reason to believe that human death severs the… — Larry Dossey
I enjoy writing songs that could have been written before [my time]. When I feel like I'm tapping into a deep vein in the body… — Ketch Secor
Women represent 70 percent of the 1.3 billion people in our world who live in absolute poverty. Consequently, as Joan Holmes, president of the Hunger… — Riane Eisler
Tobias Buckell combines old world with new in his novel CRYSTAL RAIN. While the rich cultures, drawn in part from Caribbean history and lore, echo… — Karin Lowachee
If you filter my words through any tradition or '-ism', you will miss altogether what I am saying. The liberating truth is not static; it… — Adyashanti
Soccer isn't the same as Bach or Buddhism. But it is often more deeply felt than religion, and just as much a part of the… — Franklin Foer
No literature is richer than that of the sea. No story is more enthralling, no tradition is more secure. — Felix Riesenberg

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