Tradition Quotes

1555 Tradition quotes by 1164 unique authors

Whether he is aware of it or not, every human being dwells in tradition and history. Human memory is this constant dwelling in tradition. It… — Medard Boss
Classical music is an unbroken, living tradition that goes back over 1,000 years, and every one of those years has had something unique and powerful… — Michael Tilson Thomas
Classical music is a wonderful 1200 year-old tradition that witnesses everything that it has meant and what it means right now to be human. — Michael Tilson Thomas
But, I don't want to assume that our tradition of excellence is a guarantee of future excellence. — Dave Heineman
This overcoming of all the usual barriers between the individual and the Absolute is the great mystic achievement. In mystic states we both become one… — William James
What is supposed to be the very essence of Judaism - which is the notion that it is by study that you make yourself a… — Harold Bloom
There is nothing antithetical in American history, culture, or traditions to teamwork. Teams were important in America's history - wagon trains conquered the West, men… — Lester Thurow
The Way of the warrior does not include other ways, such as Confucianism, Buddhism, certain traditions, artistic accomplishments, and dancing. But even though these are… — Miyamoto Musashi
Every religious tradition on which we draw has a reverence for life. We are a part of an intricate web of life. Every tradition on… — Unknown Author
This concern for the poor is in the Gospel, it is within the tradition of the Church, it is not an invention of communism and… — Pope Francis
We think of cannabis as a drug, in accordance with international opinions. This means that even consuming small amounts can lead to very severe dependence.… — Angela Merkel
When they talk about family values, it's in a repressive way, as if our American tradition were only the Puritan tradition or the 19th century… — James Hillman
Even those who identify themselves as libertarians follow an overtly anti-rationalist philosophy, as even a brief acquaintance with the work of Friedrich Hayek should make… — Philip E. Agre
Many mathematicians derive part of their self-esteem by feeling themselves the proud heirs of a long tradition of rational thinking; I am afraid they idealize… — Edsger Dijkstra
There are insistent calls for autonomy, appeals for a new resource ethic based on the tradition of the commons, demands for the reinstatement of cultural… — Paul Hawken
When you create something new, you're breaking tradition - which is an act of defiance. — Steven Strogatz
Tradition is the living faith of the dead; traditionalism is the dead faith of the living. Tradition lives in conversation with the past, while remembering… — Jaroslav Pelikan
We are not familiar with losing, and that is one thing we stress in this locker room: Dont get familiar with losing, because we never… — Donald Driver
It is true that we have not deliberately or wholly abandoned the Christian element in our tradition, but does that element count with us as… — Robert McCracken
The great truths of human life do not spring new born to each new generation. They derive from long experience. They are the gathered wisdom… — Frederick Osborn
All of Western tradition, from the late bloom of the British Empire right through the early doom of Vietnam, dictates that you do something spectacular… — June Jordan
In the West the whole Western tradition of religion and psychology propounds, preaches, persuades people to have strong egos - because unless you have a… — Rajneesh
Outsiders have the intuitive ability to continually view problems in fresh ways and to identify ineffective practices and traditions. — John P. Kotter
Put away the book, the description, the tradition, the authority, and take the journey of self-discovery. Love, and don't be caught in opinions and ideas… — Jiddu Krishnamurti
Almost always tradition is nothing but a record and a machine-made imitation of the habits that our ancestors created. The average conservative is a slave… — Walter Lippmann

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