Quotes About Tradition

The ancient Greeks believed that when you read aloud, it was actually the dead, borrowing your tongue, in order to speak again.

A thousand years ago the Chinese had an entirely codified kitchen while the French were still gnawing on bones. Chopsticks have been around since the fourth century B.C. Forks didn't show up in England until 1611, and even then they weren't meant for eating but just to hold the meat still while you hacked at it with your knife.

When each generation listens to different music instead of music that keeps a culture and society together, it can end up dividing us.

The Irish mingled their Christianity with folk beliefs in fairies and changelings.

The tradition of Russian literature is also an eastern tradition of learning poetry and prose by heart.

Christendom has done away with Christianity without being quite aware of it.

Marriage brings one into fatal connection with custom and tradition, and traditions and customs are like the wind and weather, altogether incalculable.

Ju? i inne rakiety lata? zacz??y, jeden tylko Ba?bu?a zachowa? przyzwoito?? i konwencjonalnie r?n?? no?em.

Though you may yourself abound in treasure, teach your son some handicraft; for a heavy purse of gold and silver may run to waste, but the purse of the artisan?s industry can never get empty.

Bereket versin, Anadolu'nun bu yaln?z kendisine mahsus dertleri yan?nda bunlar?n gene yaln?z kendisine mahsus çareleri vard?r. Bunlardan en birincisi "rak?d?r".

Bizim küçük Anadolu ?ehirlerimizde bu müzmin evlenme hastal??? daima hüküm sürmektedir. En kuvvetliler bile bir iki sene dayanabildikten sonra bu amans?z mikroptan yakalar?n? kurtaramazlar ve kör gibi, önlerine ilk ç?kanla evlenirler.

All ladies will be glad to learn that there is a tradition, Manichean, it is true, and anathematized by St. Clement, which nevertheless contains a large element of truth; it is to this effect, that Adam, when made, was like a beast, coarse, rude, and inanimate, but that from Eve he received his upright position, his polish, and his spirituality.

I am in favor of preserving the French habit of kissing ladies' hands — after all, one must start somewhere.

Modern science has arrived at its conclusions through mathematical deduction. Religion has arrived at its conclusions through belief. But the yogi is a hard nut who will not settle for deduction or belief. He or she seeks to experience the ultimate through the enhancement of individual perception. Consequently, the yogic tradition does not mention God, or deny it either.

Why put the head towards the north? Traditionally, in India, they tell you not to sleep with your head to the north. This is valid only when you are in the northern hemisphere. If you go to the southern hemisphere, say Australia, you should not put your head towards the south.

Kulas were created mainly to maintain a clear genetic pathway through generations. Through this connection, they created runanubandha on the physical and genetic level as well. Kulas were maintained and sustained primarily by creating Kula Devatas, or the deity for the kula.

in western societies people understand falling at somebody's feet as a kind of subjugation or slavery. In the yogic tradition, we never thought feet were any less than the hands. It was never seen that one part of the body is less than the other.

The yogic tradition is filled with stories of the great yogi Gorakhnath. Some say he lived in the eleventh century, but there are many accounts that date him much earlier. He was a disciple of Matsyendranath, an illustrious yogi in his own right. Such was his level of attainment that Matsyendranath was often venerated as a reincarnation of Shiva or Adiyogi. The lore tells us that Matsyendranath lived for about six hundred years.

In the city of Mysore, there is a tradition. If you have something to do, you go up Chamundi Hill. And if you have nothing to do, you go up Chamundi Hill. If you fall in love, you go up Chamundi Hill. And if you fall out of love, you have to go up Chamundi Hill.

No tradition, however time-honoured, deserves to live on as anything more than a museum piece if it has outlived its relevance.

Korey and I have spent almost every Friday night for the past two years either going to see a movie or watching one at my place.

Pork chop, pork chop, Greazy, greazy, We'ze gonna beat you, Easy, easy. Corn bread, Jeri Curl, Bar-bee-cue, We'ze gonna beat the whoopy outta you!

Ne vois-tu pas que, si les gens de métier s'accommodent jusqu'à un certain point aux goûts des particuliers, ils n'en restent pourtant pas moins attachés à la raison de leur art et ne supportent pas de s'en écarter?

Das ist es, was ich an der mosaischen Religion nicht ertragen kann: ihre Weigerung und Unfähigkeit, unzählige seit Menschengedenken existierende, aber längst sinnlos gewordene Gebote und Vorschriften abzuschaffen oder zumindest zu reformieren. [...] Schon sehr früh, ich muß es unmißverständlich sagen, habe ich am Verstand jener gezweifelt, die derartige Gebote streng erfüllten.