Traditions Quotes

483 Traditions quotes by 408 unique authors

I would love to believe that when I die I will live again, that some thinking, feeling, remembering part of me will continue. But as… — Carl Sagan
A kernel of truth lurks at the heart of religion, because spiritual experience, ethical behavior, and strong communities are essential for human happiness. And yet… — Sam Harris
The purpose of all the major religious traditions is not to construct big temples on the outside, but to create temples of goodness and compassion… — Dalai Lama
Half the people in the world think that the metaphors of their religious traditions, for example, are facts. And the other half contends that they… — Joseph Campbell
They won't listen. Do you know why? Because they have certain fixed notions about the past. Any change would be blasphemy in their eyes, even… — Isaac Asimov
What makes me myself rather than anyone else is the very fact that I am poised between two countries, two or three languages, and several… — Amin Maalouf
If we will build righteous traditions in our families, the light of the gospel can grow ever brighter in the lives of our children from… — L. Tom Perry
In mystical traditions, it is one's own readiness that makes experiences exoteric or esoteric. The secret isn't that you're not being told. The secret is… — Ram Dass
Rank imperialism and warmongering are not American traditions or values. We do not need to dominate the world. — Molly Ivins
Part of the puzzle, surely, lies in the disconnect between official rhetoric and lived realities. Americans are constantly extolling “traditions”; litanies to family values are… — Susan Sontag
Christmas is a day of meaning and traditions, a special day spent in the warm circle of family and friends." ~ (1925- ), English political… — Margaret Thatcher
Most great works of the imagination were meant to make you feel like a stranger in your own home. The best fiction always forced us… — Azar Nafisi
Golden eagles don`t mate with bald eagles, deer don`t mate with antelope, gray wolves don`t mate with red wolves. Just look at domesticated animals, at… — Russell Means
We do not deny any nation's legitimate interest in security. But protecting the security of one nation by robbing another of its national independence and… — Ronald Reagan
It is this mythical, or rather symbolic, content of the religious traditions which is likely to come into conflict with science. This occurs whenever this… — Albert Einstein
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 day henceforth. Just… — Chris Rose
The problem to be faced is: how to combine loyalty to one's own tradition with reverence for different traditions. — Abraham Joshua Heschel
People can only live fully by helping others to live. When you give life to friends you truly live. Cultures can only realize their further… — Daisaku Ikeda
All major religious traditions carry basically the same message that is love, compassion and forgiveness the important thing is they should be part of our… — Dalai Lama
This country, the Republic of Indonesia, does not belong to any group, nor to any religion, nor to any ethnic group, nor to any group… — Sukarno
Because everybody who has ever lost their way in life has felt the nagging insistence of that question. At some point we all look up… — John Green
A cultured society that has fallen away from its religious traditions expects more from art than the aesthetic consciousness and the 'standpoint of art' can… — Hans-Georg Gadamer
-You have no respect for excessive authority or obsolete traditions. You're dangerous and depraved, and you ought to be taken outside and shot! — Joseph Heller
[I]t is difficult to imagine a set of beliefs more suggestive of mental illness than those that lie at the heart of many of our… — Sam Harris
Once I passed through a populous city imprinting my brain for future use with its shows, architecture, customs, traditions, Yet now of all that city… — Walt Whitman

Who Wrote These Traditions Quotes

408 authors contributed a total of 483 Traditions Quotes, led by these top contributors: