Quotes About Tradition

There is a scripture in the Buddhist tradition called the Heart Sutra, which says that there is no birth, no old age, and no death, and no end to birth, old age, or death. This is a very important part of the sutra. There is no birth, no old age, and no death. This is true from the absolute point of view. But unless we've also realized, simultaneously, that there is no end to birth, old age, and death, then our realization is not complete.

"Reverence for parents" stands written among the three laws of most revered righteousness.

For children preserve the fame of a man after his death.

Tea! Bless ordinary everyday afternoon tea!

The past is the father of the present.

There is at Christmas time a great deal of hypocrisy, honourable hypocrisy, hypocrisy undertaken pour le bon motif, c'est entendu, but nevertheless hypocrisy!

Tea's a thing that need never be finished.

Ah, but you must have a Christmas uncomplicated by murder.

The old gentleman refuses to have the telephone which he regards as a device of the devil, and on a par with radio, television, cinema organs and jet planes, so I had to take a chance of finding him at home.

If she'd been born in an African tribe she might have been a witch doctor.

These older people were the limit... They harped on things so.

the Japanese always ate half-cooked rice and had marvellous brains in consequence.

Poirot var og ble en urokkelig tilhenger av den kontinentale form for frokost. Han ble helt ute av seg over å se meg sette til livs egg og bacon, - så sa han iallfall. Derfor spiste han da også frokost bestående av kaffe og rundstykker, mens jeg hadde min frihet til å begynne dagen alene med engelskmannens tradisjonelle egg og bacon og marmelade.

We Russians, on the contrary, practise prodigality,' she said.

But I thought I might have to go to church on Sunday, and although the Archbishop has said one needn't, I still think that the more old-fashioned clergy expect one to wear a hat. But

Does anyone—want tea?

Mr. Fortescue's contribution to the ritual was a grunt.

If you come to a Vicarage, you ought to be prepared to find a Vicar.

Sîntem oameni buni pentru c? sîntem ortodoc?i, spune mama. Ce înseamn? ortodox? Asta e cînd crezi în Dumnezeu, spune ea. La ortodoc?i se obi?nuie?te mai ales s? se cînte, s? se m?nînce ?i s? se fac? rug?ciuni. Dar eu nu am fost niciodat? acolo.

The truest expression of a people is in its dance and music.

Where are you from, Jews?" asked the rabbi as people used to ask in the old days. An ancient grief glazed his eyes.

Until that time in history, Egypt was the only country among the Eastern nations to have adopted the custom of circumcision. (The practice had appeared early in Egyptian history, as can be seen from mummies.)

It is false to suppose that so long as Scripture and doctrine are preserved, disciplinary and liturgical tradition can safely be modernised at will.

The passing on of Tradition includes, therefore, the passing on of fitting language about its content, and it is this language -- not Tradition itself -- which "develops," in so doing not changing apostolic truth as consciously entertained by the mind of the Church but amplifying its expression.