Quotes about Tradition
Some things that religious people make a big deal of are rather pointless. Avoid the insanity.
- Rob Bell
He will not go behind his father's saying, And he likes having thought of it so well He says again, Good fences make good neighbors.
- Robert Frost
Marriage has historically, as long as there's been human history, meant a man and a woman in a relationship for life. Once we change that definition, then where does it go from there?
- Mike Huckabee
Myth is what we call other people's religion.
- Joseph Campbell
The fact is, we need markers in life, whether we subscribe to a religion or not. And the major holidays, such as Christmas, serve to remind us of the turning world.
- Jay Parini
Religion, culture, education are all things that sound wonderful in theory. In practice, however, they are not so wonderful.
- Marty Rubin
The old-fashioned respect for the young is fast dying out.
- Oscar Wilde
Every spiritual tradition has this idea of death and resurrection. It's not unique to Christianity.
- Deepak Chopra
Tradition makes people want to cling to their identity. Change is the enemy.
- Deepak Chopra
Who keeps the old akindle and adds new knowledge is fitted to be a teacher.
- Confucius
I have simply wished to assert the reasoned and independent feeling of my own individuality within a total knowledge of tradition.
- Henri Matisse
In the Western tradition, we have focused on teaching as a skill and forgotten what Socrates knew: teaching is a gift, learning is a skill.
- Peter Drucker