#traditions

If I have smashed the traditions, it was because I knew no traditions. ↗

— Maude Adams

#i #knew #smashed #traditions

Remarkable is the greater openness of the Catholic Church towards people of other religious traditions and persuasions. The development has not been without problems, since some people have resisted it and others have pushed openness beyond the desirable point. ↗

— Francis Arinze

#beyond #catholic #catholic church #church #desirable

At the same time we are aware that our various religions and ethical traditions often offer very different bases for what is helpful and what is unhelpful for men and women, what is right and what is wrong, what is good and what is evil. ↗

— Hans Kung

#bases #different #ethical #evil #good

Traditions that cease to evolve render themselves irrelevant or obsolete. And what's the problem with inventing new performance practices? Are customs being slandered? Do successful alternative diminish the value of traditional ones? *The argument that musicians must embrace conventional rituals is just as perilous as unilaterally rejecting them.* ↗

— David Cutler

#music #musicians #performance #performance-practice #traditions

It is my contention that civil disobediences are nothing but the latest form of voluntary association, and that they are thus quite in tune with the oldest traditions of the country. ↗

— Hannah Arendt

#civil #contention #country #form #latest

Alas, all traditions lose their primal purity and we all fail our founders. ↗

— Karen Armstrong

#fail #founders #lose #our #primal

Our society is the product of several great religious and philosophical traditions. The ideas of the Greeks and Romans, Christianity, Judaism, humanism and the Enlightenment have made us who we are. ↗

— Jan Peter Balkenende

#enlightenment #great #greeks #humanism #ideas

These days too many of us seem inclined to cover our ears, close our eyes, and blindly follow the most narrow, conservative tenets of religion; or else seek comfort in the ancient traditions of New Age ritual. ↗

— Joan D. Vinge

#ancient #blindly #close #comfort #conservative

The old Court you and I served so long will not be worthy of its traditions if Nixon can twist, turn and fashion If Nixon gets away with that, then Nixon makes the law as he goes along - not the Congress nor the courts. ↗

— Earl Warren

#away #congress #court #courts #fashion

All major religious traditions carry basically the same message, that is love, compassion and forgiveness the important thing is they should be part of our daily lives. ↗

— Dalai Lama

#carry #compassion #daily #daily lives #forgiveness