Quotes About Culture

The period from the ninth century in the subcontinent, far from being 'dark', was a period of illumination as it was germane to many later institutions.

Putting wives through fire has continued since ancient times, from Sita to sati to dowry deaths. It is a curious aspect of our social culture.

By "patriotism" I mean devotion to a particular place and a particular way of life, which one believes to be the best in the world but has no wish to force on other people…

A fundamental sanity in Indian civilization has been due to an absence of Satan.

In contemporary times we not only reconstruct the past but we also use it to give legitimacy to the way in which we order our own society.

Historically the interesting question is when and why did the prohibition on eating beef become the requirement of a good Hindu.

The third aspect was that Hindu society has always been divided into four main castes—the varnas.

Dravidian became the counter-point to the Aryan.

We know from many examples all over the world and from many periods of history that it was perfectly feasible for people of different racial origins, brought together through migration, trade, conquest or persecution, to find themselves ultimately using the same language.

The noticeable decline in liberal values is disturbing, especially as fewer and fewer persons appear concerned about this decline.

On a universal scale the civilized were the colonizers and the uncivilized were the colonized.

But he remained absolutely convinced that his way of life was no worse than mine, only different, pointing out in the process certain inconsistencies: Why, he wondered, did rich people call it sushi while poor people called it bait? I

he remained absolutely convinced that his way of life was no worse than mine, only different, pointing out in the process certain inconsistencies: Why, he wondered, did rich people call it sushi while poor people called it bait?

You cannot blame porn. When I was young, I used to masturbate to Gilligan's Island.

Liberty built civilization. It can rebuild civilization. And when the tides turn and the culture again celebrates what it means to be free, our battle will be won. It could happen in our time. It might happen after we are gone from this earth. But it will happen. Our job in this generation is to prepare the way.

The beautiful and "talented" proceeded from classic Anglo-Saxon stock, tribes of blond, blue-eyed Angles and Saxons and Jutes who immigrated to the British Isles from northern Europe in the fifth century in search of open farmland and whose descendants now went to the same churches, universities, and clubs that Galton frequented. The others, those inconvenient wogs, amounted to a deadly snake coiled in the garden of his Eden.

He would rather decline 2 drinks than one German verb."18

Another translational problem is that many languages make use of idioms, or figures of speech, that mean something in the original language but not necessarily in the translated language.

Listening and questioning are the basis for positive classroom interactions that can in turn shape meaningful collaboration, which can then build a culture of thinking. At the heart of these two practices lies a respect for and interest in students' thinking.

One of the most common responses from groups is that in a culture of thinking, there is a sense of purpose to the learning.

What if we sought to develop a culture of thinking in our schools, classrooms, museums, meetings, and organizations?

Collectively we read Andrea Elliott's story, "The Journey to a Culture of Thinking.

A culture of thinking produces the feelings, energy, and even joy that can propel learning forward and motivate us to do what at times can be hard and challenging mental work.

A Pakistani exchange student's maternal American host "managed to summon the transforming question of her culture, built on the revolutionary idea that people are the sovereign, the boss, captains of their own fate. She said, simply, "But what do YOU think?