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Quotes about Tradition

Men of science spend much time and effort in the attempt to disentangle words from their metaphorical and traditional associations;
— Dorothy Sayers
I was the second-youngest child in a family that took up the better part of an entire pew at our Baptist church.
— Beth Moore
Millions around the world see Formula One as the pinnacle of motorsport, and I firmly believe that we should do whatever it takes to keep this accolade. Traction control, automatic gear changes, and launch control isn't my definition of the 'pinnacle of motorsport.'
— Niki Lauda
If I walked into the kitchen without washing my hands as a kid, I'd hear a loud 'A-hem!' from my mother or grandmother. Now I count on other people to do the same.
— Maya Angelou
Every man is a quotation from all his ancestors.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
There are always two parties, the party of the Past and the party of the Future; the Establishment and the Movement.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
Men grind and grind in the mill of a truism, and nothing comes out but what was put in. But the moment they desert the tradition for a spontaneous thought, then poetry, wit, hope, virtue, learning, anecdote, all flock to their aid.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
We focus, in some ways, on how to disengage Jesus and the Bible from everything people know about Christianity as a religion.
— Erwin McManus
The Church in England is the Church of England.
— Joseph Barber Lightfoot
Dogmatics is the testing of Church doctrine and proclamation
— Karl Barth
Christ called as his Apostles only men. He did this in a totally free and sovereign way.
— Pope John Paul II
You must be aware that most men (and also not only a few women) are by nature not monogamous. This nature makes itself even more forceful when tradition and circumstance stand in an individual's way.
— Albert Einstein