#traditions

Successfully functioning in a society with diverse values, traditions and lifestyles requires us to have a relationship to our own reactions rather than be captive of them. To resist our tendencies to make right or true, that which is nearly familiar, and wrong or false, that which is only strange. ↗

— Robert Kegan

#lifestyles #reactions #society #tendencies #traditions

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

#carry #compassion #daily #daily lives #forgiveness

First of all, when you live in a country like Canada, it's quite different from America in the sense that it's very tied to traditions that were born in Britain. ↗

— Geddy Lee

#born #britain #canada #country #different

Capitalism attacks and destroys all the finer sentiments of the human heart; it ruthlessly sweeps away old traditions and ideas opposed to its progress, and it exploits and corrupts those things once held sacred. ↗

— Daniel De Leon

#away #capitalism #corrupts #destroys #exploits

Both Jewish and Roman sources and traditions admit an empty tomb. ↗

— Josh McDowell

#both #empty #jewish #roman #sources

The Indians have such strong traditions and aesthetics, and the people are beautiful, as are their goods. ↗

— Georgina Chapman

#goods #indians #people #strong #such

Defenders of the status quo will argue that this system has served us well over the centuries, that our parliamentary traditions have combined stability and flexibility and that we should not cast away in a minute what has taken generations to build. ↗

— Ferdinand Mount

#away #build #cast #centuries #combined

I consider myself spiritual and I'm married to a man who is both an atheist and a humanist, and my kids have been raised with the traditions of different religions, but they do not go to church or temple. My feeling is that everyone should be able to believe what they want or need to believe. ↗

— Jodi Picoult

#atheist #been #believe #both #church

By virtue of my traditions, and my community, I worked hard to ensure that I was accepted as part of the traditional family of America. ↗

— James H. Douglas

#america #community #ensure #family #hard

Family traditions counter alienation and confusion. They help us define who we are; they provide something steady, reliable and safe in a confusing world. ↗

— Susan Lieberman

#confusing #confusion #counter #define #family