Quotes About Traditions

the movement owes a great deal to earlier movements and to a variety of cultural and religious traditions. It owes a special debt to the Native people of North America and New Zealand. The precedents and roots of restorative justice are much wider and deeper than the Mennonite-led initiatives of the 1970s. Indeed, they are as old as human history.

We need the courage as well as the inclination to consult, and profit from, the "wisdom traditions of mankind." —E.F. Schumacher In

Religion arose out of celebration and its opposite, bereavement, both of which cry out for collective expression.

there was no beatnik movement in Germany because there were now no traditions to revolt against;

At this point, some have argued that if spirituality is essentially a psychological phenomenon, ultimately there's no need for traditional religions, with all their concomitant mythological and homicidal baggage. That may be true, but I don't see how this argument will suddenly, and magically make these traditions disappear. We are where we are, so we might as well deal with the situation as it is. F

Writers are said to have superstitions and little rituals. Readers have them too.

I have had it up to here with my wedding, I said. The other day Andrea tried to explain to me that apparently I am supposed to have a new thing, an old thing, a blue thing, and something stolen. Borrowed, Kate, Barabas murmured. Who the hell even makes up those rules?

We want to uplift the culture of Filipino - our respect to our elders, how we pray before we eat and sleep. These are things the younger generations tend to forget because of our exposure to other cultures.

Even in a conservative society like Chennai, youngsters don't feel bound by conventions anymore.

You call my candidate a horse thief, and I call yours a lunatic, and we both of us know it's just till election day. It's an American custom, like eating corn on the cob. And, afterwards, we settle down quite peaceably and agree we've got a pretty good country - until next election.

We can't allow, in my perception, our traditions, which in the Bible are really looked down upon, to stop, literally, the potential of the gospel reaching the youth of America.

One of the best family traditions is creative ways mothers and fathers discipline children while in church. My mother was an expert at the 'dig her fingernails into my arm while continuing to smile and sing' trick.

Greeks are notorious for their potions. I wouldn't say I've used Windex, but there are so many tricks that have been handed down to me.

I never had anything against Arsenal, but when I joined Spurs I tried to learn about the club's traditions and I soon found out about the magnitude of the match.

For many of us, the holiday season triggers memories of food and family. That's certainly the case for me.

Boxing gyms are more than training facilities. They are sanctuaries in bad neighborhoods for troubled kids and shrines to the traditions of the sport. The gym is home. For many, it's the safest place they know.

Each tribe has its characteristics, it is true.

Ceremonies are different in every country, but true politeness is everywhere the same.

My parents are both college professors, and it made me want to question authority, standards and traditions.

It is, I suppose, the business of grandparents to create memories and the relative of memories: traditions. We want to lodge moments, like snapshots, in the fleeting video of time.

Many magical traditions work with the eastern belief that there are seven energy centres in the human body, each displaying a pure, vibrant colour of the spectrum. These energy centres are known as chakras, and the condition of the energy within them has direct effects upon our health and well-being.

FRIDAY APRIL 17TH Good Friday Poor Jesus, it must have been dead awful for him. I wouldn't have had the guts to do it myself. The dog has mauled the hot-cross buns; it doesn't respect any traditions.

The house was filled with Christmas joy and intoxicating expectations~ pies cooling on the window sill, mistletoe hugs and kisses, tree lights sparkling, music playing, screen door slamming with the coming and going of starry-eyed kids. Grandma had her boys, Mom had her brothers. And we had our two uncles to tease and play with. Everyone was happy.

Whatever their relative valuation of the single and married states, most societies in history made sharp distinctions between those who married and those who remained single: They were seen as mutually exclusive ways of life, with different legal rights and social obligations.