Tradition Quotes

1555 Tradition quotes by 1164 unique authors

So when modern-day religious conservatives wax nostalgic about how marriage is a sacred tradition that reaches back into history for thousands of uninterrupted years, they… — Elizabeth Gilbert
The use of drugs like mescaline may serve an appropriate purpose. Indeed, "Psychedelic" drugs have been widely used in the spiritual traditions of the world,… — Georg Feuerstein
H. G. Wells was not the only one to mention Churchill and Hitler in the same breath: "Churchill and Hitler are striving to change the… — Mahatma Gandhi
People substitute tradition for the living experience of the love of God. They talk and think as though walking with God was attained by walking… — Francis Howgill
The fact that tradition hinders the individual savage from thinking logically by no means proves that he cannot think logically. — James Mark Baldwin
We are programmed by our past beliefs, which we inherited from our parents, our cultural traditions sometimes, and our social conditioning. — Deepak Chopra
Across the Atlantic, commercial therapy of all kinds provides so many more comfortable outlets for people when they are under pressure. The English tradition is… — Peter York
I find it inspiring to actively choose which traditions to celebrate and also come up with new ideas for traditions of my own. — Sara Sheridan
To complete the rout of traditionalists, in America an impression began to arise that the new industrial and acquisitive interests are the conservative interest, that… — Russell Kirk
If you believe that man is inherently flawed-what religious people call 'original sin'-it follows that man, if left to his own devices, will tend towards… — Rod Dreher
Art is collective. Always, it has a tradition behind it. — Joanna Russ
People are combining traditions like never before and finding somehow a fundamental unity for this human race of ours. I think working with each other… — Pete Seeger
This wasn’t just an attack against the Boston Marathon... It was an attack against the American public and our democratic use of the streets. We… — Amby Burfoot
Christmas is far and away my favorite holiday. I love everything about it, from the event that inspired it, hoping for a white one, to… — Ellen Hopkins
The first priority will consist in restoring a sense of the acceptance of life as a gift from God. According to both Sacred Scripture and… — Pope Benedict XVI
If thought corrupts language, language can also corrupt thought. A bad usage can spread by tradition and imitation even among people who should and do… — George Orwell
There was a time when conservative intellectuals raised the level of American public debate and helped to keep it sober. Those days are gone. As… — Mark Lilla
The emergence and blossoming of understanding, love, and intelligence has nothing to do with any tradition, no matter how ancient or impressive-it has nothing to… — Toni Packer
We seem to have lost. We have not lost. To refuse to fight would have been to lose; to fight is to win. We have… — Patrick Pearse
A crowd, whether it be a dangerous mob, or an amiably joyous gathering at a picnic is not a community. It has a mind, but… — Josiah Royce
Sola scriptura means at least this: that the church's proclamation is always subject to potential correction from the canon. It is for this reason that… — Kevin Vanhoozer
Imagination continually frustrates tradition; that is its function. — Jules Feiffer
When I today ask myself whence I got the moral courage, for it takes moral courage to make a move (or form a plan) running… — Aron Nimzowitsch
Scientology is the science of knowing how to know answers. It is a wisdom in the tradition of ten thousand years of search in Asia… — L. Ron Hubbard
It is a mark of civilised man that he seeks to understand his traditions, and to criticise them, not to swallow them whole. — Moses Finley

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