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“The Bible is a mass of fables and traditions, mere mythology”
Mark Twain
“Tradition is the illusion of permanance.”
Woody Allen
“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
“Unless we know the value of other religious traditions, it is difficult to develop respect for them. Mutual respect is the foundation of genuine harmony. We should strive for a spirit of harmony, not for political or economic reasons, but rather simply because we realize the value of other traditions. I always make an effort to promote religious harmony.”
“Marriage brings one into fatal connection with custom and tradition, and traditions and customs are like the wind and weather, altogether incalculable.”
Soren Kierkegaard
“Often, the less there is to justify a traditional custom, the harder it is to get rid of it.”
“I love music passionately. And because I love it I try to free it from barren traditions that stifle it.”
Claude Debussy
“Tradition simply means that we need to end what began well and continue what is worth continuing”
Jose Bergamin
“Don't talk to me about Naval tradition! It's nothing but rum, sodomy, and the lash”
Winston Churchill
“Tradition is a guide and not a jailer”
William Somerset Maugham
