Tradition Quotes - Page 2

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 know better.

To defy the laws of tradition is a crusade only of the brave.

God has graced every tradition with insight into the divine mystery, from the most primitive to the most sophisticated-each has a gift to bring to the world.

Finding out what particular insights mean to people in other traditions enables us not only to respect but to love the wisdom of other religions.

It is the tyranny of hidden prejudices that makes us deaf to what speaks to us in tradition.

It behooves us unanimously and inviolably to observe the ecclesiastical traditions, whether codified or simply retained by the customary practice of the Church.

We were told, quite seriously, that there never would be a Canadian art because we had no art tradition.

Tradition is tending the flame, not worshiping the ashes.

Anyone in any walk of life who is content with mediocrity is untrue to himself and to American tradition.

I know some people like to follow the tradition, and that's who they are. That's not me.

The dead govern the living.

I like things to be modern and still have a bit of tradition

Creating traditions in the blended family promote unity and a sense of belonging.

I'm not into division. I'm into coordination, discipline and tradition.

The tradition of the oppressed teaches us that the "state of emergency" in which we live is not the exception but the rule.

Indians are marvelous storytellers. In some ways, that oral tradition is stronger than the written tradition.

Tradition is the social equivalent of personal habit.

Not a creature was stirring, not even an elf.

Traditions are neither good nor bad, they simply are... Rationality is not an arbiter of traditions, it is itself a tradition or an aspect of a tradition.

Tradition itself, in times of dogmatism and dogmatic revolution, is a revolutionary force which must be safeguarded.

I adore tradition. I cannot stand habit. Simply to repeat is nothing, also to destroy is nothing. Tradition is never interrupted, we are always evolving but never interrupted.

I like traditions, and the national anthem is important.

Those who leave the tradition of truth do not escape into something which we call Freedom. They only escape into something else, which we call Fashion.

The pursuit of knowledge for its own sake, an almost fanatical love of justice and the desire for personal independence -- these are the features of the Jewish tradition which make me thank my stars that I belong to it.

A love for tradition has never weakened a nation, indeed it has strengthened nations in their hour of peril.