Quotes about Heritage

As Jaroslav Pelikan so wisely put it years ago, " Tradition is the living faith of the dead. Traditionalism is the dead faith of the living, and I suppose I should add, it is traditionalism that gives Tradition such a bad name."1

I say to myself, if the text was good enough for my father and grandfather, it must be good enough for me. I admit, that is a rather personal way of approaching the text - or a prayer.

We must be free or die, who speak the tongue that Shakespeare spoke: the faith and morals hold which Milton held.

Some Americans need hyphens in their names, because only part of them has come over; but when the whole man has come over, heart and thought and all, the hyphen drops of its own weight out of his name.

For the Arab, the past does not merely live. The past defines the present.

Wasn't forgetfulness a gift of the gods to the ancient world? Without it. Life would be intolerable, wouldn't it? Yes, but the Jews live by other rules. For a Jew, nothing is more important than memory. He is bound to his origins by memory. It is memory that connects him to Abraham, Moses and Rabbi Akiva.

This is the bread of affliction which our forefathers ate in the land of Egypt. Let all those who are hungry come and eat with us. Let all those who are in need come and share our meal. This year we are here. Next year may we all be in the land of Israel.

For memory is a blessing: it creates bonds rather than destroys them.

Homemaking is a passion you can pass on from generation to generation.

This is my son, mine own Telemachus.

I wear the national dress because it is the most natural and the most becoming for an Indian.

I like the Rockabilly look. My background is half Italian, half French. I wear cowboy boots and jeans.