Quotes About Tradition

In the 21st century, culture is power.

Well, I think indigenous peoples have ways of living on the Earth that they've had forever. And they've been overrun by organized religion, which has had a lot of money and power.

The US Constitution serves the same function as the British royal family: it offers a comforting symbol of tradition and continuity, thereby masking a radical change in the actual system of power.

Perhaps as good a classification as any of the main types is that of the three lusts distinguished by traditional Christianity - the lust of knowledge, the lust of sensation, and the lust of power.

I've always shied away from conventional wisdom, though I know the power of it.

We must see with our own eyes and not accept any laid-down tradition as if it had some magical power in it.

The peaceful transition of power is one of the hallmarks of our democracy.

There is a long American tradition of suspicion of concentrated economic power because of its tendency to corrupt government and turn it from a democracy into a plutocracy.

The natural condition of the modern conservative movement is to always be in a state of revolution. Conservatives are, by definition, uncomfortable with power.

The music of the Gypsies belongs in the sphere of improvisation rather than in any other, without which it would have no power to exist.

The superstition in which we were brought up never loses its power over us, even after we understand it.

Conservative forces in the South have a lot of power - almost dynastic - dating back many years.

The power of the past to still dominate our thinking today.

The power of habit is very strong.

Nothing is more powerful than custom or habit.

The Church is looking for better methods

I'm amazed, that how salam (peace) is always the first word to start a meeting. but in prayer it is the end word. Maybe it means the end of prayer is the start of a meeting.

In our home there was always prayer - aloud, proud and unapologetic.

Prayers without wine are perfectly pointless.

The tea-kettle is as much an English institution as aristocracy or the Prayer-Book.

Prayers and sacrifices are of no avail.

It is a long established principle of the Church never to completely drop from her public worship any ceremony, object or prayer which once occupied a place in that worship.

I say to myself, if the text was good enough for my father and grandfather, it must be good enough for me. I admit, that is a rather personal way of approaching the text - or a prayer.

Our families should gather for family prayer morning and night.