As soon as tradition has come to be recognized as tradition, it is dead.

As soon as tradition has come to be recognized as tradition, it is dead.

Tradition does not mean that the living are dead, but that the dead are living.

Tradition does not mean that the living are dead, but that the dead are living.

Tradition is an important help to history, but its statements should be carefully scrutinized before we rely on them.

Tradition is an important help to history, but its statements should be carefully scrutinized before we rely on them.

Traditionalists are pessimists about the future and optimists about the past.

Traditionalists are pessimists about the future and optimists about the past.

The bird that would soar above the plain of tradition and prejudice must have strong wings.

The bird that would soar above the plain of tradition and prejudice must have strong wings.

You must be in tune with the times and prepared to break with tradition.

You must be in tune with the times and prepared to break with tradition.

Tradition is a guide and not a jailer.

Tradition is a guide and not a jailer.

Traditions are the guideposts driven deep in our subconscious minds. The most powerful ones are those we can't even describe read more

Traditions are the guideposts driven deep in our subconscious minds. The most powerful ones are those we can't even describe and aren't even aware of.

What an enormous magnifier is tradition! How a thing grows in the human memory and in the human imagination, when read more

What an enormous magnifier is tradition! How a thing grows in the human memory and in the human imagination, when love, worship, and all that lies in the human heart, is there to encourage it.