MOTHER TIME: We all get the exact same 365 days. The only difference is what we do with them.

Until we put off the garment of law and tradition and put on that of relationship and grace, we’ll be living under the bondage of religion

Peace-phobia is the outcome of nationalism and religion; while homophobia is the outcome of traditions and religion.

I’m offended by the kind of smarmy religiosity that’s all around us, perhaps more in America than in Europe, and not really that harmful because it’s not really that intense or even that serious, but...

Nice customs curtsy to great kings.

Every generation is inculcated in traditions of prejudice which are encouraged as normal, natural and healthy.

Touching your cap to the squire may be damn bad for the squire, but it’s damn good for you.

Tradition does not mean a dead town; it does not mean that the living are dead but that the dead are alive. It means that it still matters what Penn did two hundred years ago...

A purpose derived from a false premise – that a deity has ordained submission to his will – cannot merit respect. The pursuit of Enlightenment-era goals — solving our world’s problems through rational discourse, rather...

Sometimes we get so enamored with the tradition of something that we forget about the intent of it.

The order never varies. Two slices of bread-and-butter each, and China tea. What a hide-bound couple we must seem, clinging to custom because we did so in England. Here, on this clean balcony, white and...

not” in their destiny.

The church’s theology bought into this ahistoricism in different ways: along a more liberal, post-Kantian trajectory, the historical particularities of Christian faith were reduced to atemporal moral teachings that were universal and unconditioned. Thus it...

Cafe Endless: Spring Rain”)

Traditions are imploding and exploding everywhere – everything is coming together, for better or worse, and we can no longer pretend we’re all living in different worlds because we’re on different continents.

The believer is not a slave to fashion.

MURRY: Resolutions are a complete waste of time. They’re just this meaningless ritual, empty promises we make and break within hours of each other.

Overeating at Thanksgiving is a case in point. It’s a national tradition.

We have to remember tradition is great as long as it doesn’t hold back progress.

We in Tunisia have no problem with respecting other people’s religion, and we have a long tradition of that.

He was instrumental in building the All Blacks tradition. We’re pleased for the chance to pay our respects