Quotes About Ancestors

the Bible is a human product: it tells us how our religious ancestors saw things, not how God sees things.

To be ignorant of what occurred before you were born is to remain always a child. For what is the worth of human life, unless it is woven into the life of our ancestors by the records of history?

that in former ages they had been as wise as they are in this present, nay, wiser; for, said they, many in this age do think their forefathers have been fools, by which they prove themselves to be such.

By their garbage shall ye know them," Christie yells, like a preacher, a downy preacher. "I swear, by the ridge of tears and by the valour of my ancestors, I say unto you, Morag Gunn, lass, that by their bloody goddamn fucking garbage shall ye christly well know them.

Privi?i din spate, oamenii duc greutatea destinului lor, ca ?i cum, în partea din ei în?i?i pe care n-o pot vedea, s-ar înghesui toate suferin?ele, necazurile, speran?ele, individuale ?i cele ale tuturor genera?iilor precedente care parc? se înver?uneaz? împotriva ultimului martor, îl împing în fa??, dar între timp par s? râd? de el, de înfrângerea pe care o va suferi.

Showing off was permitted, even encouraged, only if the result reflected well on your family, their friends, and your collective ancestors.

Missionary thinks he's telling the truth," Tjikuu says. "But he doesn't understand the ancestors because he has forgotten his own. We should feel sorry for Missionary. People without ancestors are people without yesterday or tomorrow.

The Neo-Pagan Ten "Commandments" 1. Thou art God/dess. 2. As above, so below; as within so without. 3. Spirit abides in all things; words & names have power. 4. Maintain an attitude of gratitude (walk the talk). 5. Honor the ancestors, teachers, elders, and leaders. 6. All life is sacred. 7. All acts of love and pleasure are sacred. 8. Whatever you send out returns threefold. 9. Love is the law, love under will. 10. For the greatest good, an' it harm none.

Archaeological materials are not mute. They speak their own language. And they need to be used for the great source they are to help unravel the spirituality of those of our ancestors who predate the Indo-Europeans by many thousands of years.

like all other living creatures, I am the descendant of survivors, so the fear in my head is the voice of my ancestors whispering their accumulated wisdom.

Food binds us to our roots as strongly as any song or poem. Many of us have learned more about our ancestors in the kitchen than we ever will from a book.

All we have of freedom All we use or know This our fathers bought for us Long and long ago

We need freedom to roam across land owned by no one but protected by all, whose unchanging horizon is the same that bounded the world of our millennial ancestors.

Our forbears worked hard this difficult land, and their reward was the freedom and independence of self-sufficiency.

My dad died, and my grandfather died, and my great-grandfather died. And the guy before him, I don't know. Probably died.

Humans are not proud of their ancestors, and rarely invite them round to dinner.

If you don't believe in ghosts, you've never been to a family reunion.

Our cultural roots are the most ancient in the world. The spiritual concepts of our Ancestors gave birth to religious thought African people believe in the oneness of the African family through sacred time, which unites the past, the present and the future. Our Ancestors live with us.

Whatever my ancestors did to you, none of them consulted me.

We are the ancestors of the future and what we do now will have an impact.

My ancestors wandered lost in the wilderness for forty years because even in biblical times, men would not stop to ask for directions

We ourselves of the present age, chose our common law, and consented to the most ancient Acts of Parliament, for we lived in our ancestors 1,000 years ago, and those ancestors are still living in us.

Better to be with the ancestors than to live bonded to somebody else, who might be kind, who might be cruel, who might even make you master to many slaves of your own, but was still master over you.

Everyone, no matter what their cultural background, has a right to discover the sacred in nature; to heal and be redeemed spiritually by nature; and to revere the ancestors. We are all haunted and saved by our memories.