Quotes About Tradition

The Masons have done little in the centuries since to rid themselves of their perceived reputation as a festering cauldron of dark intrigues and the mystical arts.

The family got so used to finding the salt in the pepper shaker and vice versa that they would always shake a small amount onto their hand as a test prior to putting it on their food.

Learning about All that has come before, is the greatest of allies in the fight for the future.

Piety begins at home.

Stories have always been told, from the very beginning of existence; I'm just carrying on this tradition.

Our churches do not dissent from any article of the faith held by the Church catholic. They only omit some of the newer abuses.

It can easily be judged that if the churches observed ceremonies correctly, their dignity would be maintained and reverence and piety would increase among the people.

Regarding the adversaries' quoting the Fathers about the offering for the dead, we know that the ancients speak of prayer for the dead, which we do not ban.

A young man's duty is to behave well to his parents at home and to his elders abroad.

the Spartans would want it known how they had died. Of all things, they considered the manner of death mattered as much as the manner of life.

This book could not have been written without the people of Mongolia, who allowed me to live among them for a time and who taught me their history over salted tea and vodka while the winter eased into spring.

There's something about Southern women that is so unique yet so universal. Strong southern women are allowed to be soft and feminine and have a sense of humor. But what I love about Southern women in particular is their universality.

Anyway, as I was saying, I don't know about you, Granddad, but I come from a long line of"—her gaze flicked through the open door into the room behind—"fishermen, who taught me that whilst I wasn't ever to think I was better than anyone else, I should always keep in mind that I was just as good.

The reason Victorian society was so restricted and repressed was that it was impossible to move without knocking something over.

The technically incorrect It's me and That's me have been part of our DNA since as long as English has been recorded. There's something nice and low-key about them. Maybe we just crave a simple English equivalent of the French C'est moi .

Chang nodded sagely. "My father insisted on it. He said, 'You may be proud of being a scanner. I am sorry you are not a man. Conceal your defects.' So I tried. I wanted to tell the old boy about the up-and-out, and what we did there, but it did not matter. He said, 'Airplanes were good enough for Confucius, and they are for me too.' The old humbug!

The position Ferry terms a "material" republication view is, as I shall also argue below, the most common view in the Reformed tradition and hardly warrants being termed a "republication" of the covenant of works in any significant sense. Ferry's taxonomy here and throughout is rather confusing and, for that reason, unhelpful

What is today supported by precedents will hereafter become a precedent.

Think of your forefathers and posterity.

To Tanta Yanns the clothes in fashion when she was young represented God's final say on human apparel. All change since then came from the style book of the devil.

The real test of whether Scripture or tradition is our fundamental authority lies in our willingness to test those preunderstandings by further study of the Scripture, examining its teachings again in a literary-historical manner.

In a world where everything is available online, the idea of sitting down with a book may seem archaic. But there's still something about holding a physical object in your hand, turning the pages and smelling the ink that can't be replicated on a screen.

Nothing rekindles my spirits, gives comfort to my heart and mind, more than a visit to Mississippi... and to be regaled as I often have been, with a platter of fried chicken, field peas, collard greens, fresh corn on the cob, sliced tomatoes with French dressing... and to top it all off with a wedge of freshly baked pecan pie.

There is no Thanksgiving back in the old country where I come from. You know why? Because being thankful is a sin.