tradition

The death knell for any enterprise is to glorify the past -- no matter how good it was.

It (modernization) is just another jungle closing in.

By speech first, but far more by writing, man has been able to put something of himself beyond death. In tradition and in books an integral part of the individual persists, for it can influence the minds and actions of other people in different places and at different times: a row of black marks on a page can move a man to tears, though the bones of him that wrote it are long ago crumbled to dust. In truth, the whole progress of civilization is based upon this power.

Even the simplest things had a glorious pointlessness to them. When buttons came in, about 1650, people couldn't get enough of them and arrayed them in decorative profusion on the backs and collars and sleeves of coats, where they didn't actually do anything. One relic of this is the short row of pointless buttons that are still placed on the underside of jacket sleeves near the cuff. These have been purely decorative and have never had a purpose, yet 350 years later on we continue to attach them as if they are the most earnest necessity.

No poet, no artist of any art, has his complete meaning alone. His significance, his appreciation is the appreciation of his relation to the dead poets and artists. You cannot value him alone; you must set him, for contrast and comparison, among the dead.

The believer is not a slave to fa

It__ an old Camorri tradition for when a bunch of people are planning something stupid,_ said Locke. __ctually, we have a lot of traditions for that. You__l find out

The progress of an artist is a continual self-sacrifice, a continual extinction of personality.

I loved buildings that had grown silently with the centuries, catching the best of each generation while time curbed the artist's pride and the philistine's vulgarity and repaired the clumsiness of the dull workman.

Never become a slave to tradition, learn to foresee new things.

Before we complicated life with money, machines and missiles we did well with morals, manpower and meetings.

Men will always create new arenas for honor if traditional rituals fade.

We believe that a man does not have to be devoted to the winning side for his loyalty to be celebrated with reverence.

Identity was partly heritage, partly upbringing, but mostly the choices you make in life.__atricia Briggs.

Brand-new truths are probably not Truths.

I find it inspiring to actively choose which traditions to celebrate and also come up with new ideas for traditions of my own.

As I wrote 'The Christmas Lamp' I realized that tradition is priceless, whether you have a small family, a large family, or no family.Tradition doesn't have to be logical; it only has to emphasize the light of Christ and his everlasting love.

Tradition is the prison where change is detained... To make a change, you need to agree that you are not going with the statement "this is how we do it"! Yes, that was how it was done, but what next? Agree to change!