382 Quotes About Tradition

It's political, sir. Apparently he wants a return to the values and traditions that made the city great, sir." "Does he _know_ what those values and traditions _were_?" said Vimes, aghast.

The more wakeful a man is to the things which surround him, the more asleep is he, and his waking is worse than his sleep.

Choosing between capitalism and socialism to run the world is like choosing between man and woman to run the world. These choices may have been relevant in the old days, but in a civilized world they are absolutely meaningless.

There is no creation without tradition; the 'new' is an inflection on a preceding form; novelty is always a variation on the past.

The best men in all ages keep classic traditions alive.

Drew had never before shot like he did that day, nor has he since. It was something to see. The contest had just begun when he walked up, aimed, and felled a cluster from the very top of the boughs.

Traditions have got a lot to answer for. They lose their meaning and we cling on to something that does more harm than good.

Vanua is the land and you and your clan belong to, but it's more than that. It's the people who live there now and those who have lived there before. It's the traditions they've had and the songs they've sung. What they believed in and what they loved, the togetherness and the memories. The joy over babies who are born and the grief over those who have died.

Ultimately, our questions must emerge not from mental categories, but from deep within the heart. They must rise to the surface of our beings as we sit in silence, so that they are not just the old questions which we raise whenever we have nothing else to talk about or just for the sake of argument. They need to be the questions which make a difference in our lives.