Culture Quote by Paula Gunn Allen

Tradition gives us a sense of solidarity and roots, a knowing there are some things one can count on.

— Gloria Gaither

Traditions insist upon themselves. Look around, and you will see them trying to exist everywhere, in everyone's life.

— Elizabeth Berg

People struggle most with seeing new ways of doing things and often need help in breaking through their tradition-bound mindsets.

— Stewart D. Friedman

Human beings tend to regard the conventions of their own societies as natural, often as sacred.

— Mary Catherine Bateson

We must recognize what in our accepted tradition is damaging to our fate and dignity-and shape our lives accordingly.

— Albert Einstein

Tradition is an element that enters into play with destiny, because you are born into a particular family - Jewish or Islamic or Christian…

— Laura Esquivel

People need to see that, far from being an obstacle, the world's diversity of languages, religions and traditions is a great treasure, affording us…

— Youssou N'Dour

The future rests in the religious, political, economic and cultural capacity of humans to establish this larger context in which the particular traditions will…

— Thomas Berry

One should have humanity and should know what to speak and how to behave, and our lifestyle should be good.

— Shehnaaz Gill

Culture requires in the first place a certain balance of material and spiritual values.

— Johan Huizinga

Honor the tradition but expand the understanding. That's what religions must do right now if they hope to be helpful to humans in the…

— Neale Donald Walsch

Every individual has a place to fill in the world and is important in some respect whether he chooses to be so or not.

— Nathaniel Hawthorne