Just because something is traditional is no reason to do it, of course. Piracy, for example, is a tradition that has been carried on for hundreds of years, but that doesn't mean we should all attack ships and steal their gold.
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Lemony Snicket
Before we complicated life with money, machines and missiles we did well with morals, manpower and meetings.
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Amit Kalantri
The conservatives are fools: They whine about the decay of traditional values, yet they enthusiastically support technological progress and economic growth. Apparently it never occurs to them that you can't make rapid, drastic changes in the technology and the economy of a society without causing...
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Theodore J. Kaczynski
Modernity is kind of a tradition and tradition itself is not a rulebook. It's a dialogue and a dialectical process– just as tradition affects us, we too affect tradition and culture, and we change it.
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Sharanya Haridas
I always encourage them to practice in a way that will help them go back to their own tradition and get re-rooted. If they succeed at at becoming reintegrated, they will be an important instrument in transforming and renewing their tradition..When we respect our blood...
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Thich Nhat Hanh
More Quotes By Jeb Bush
If you believe, like I do, that the world is abundant with possibilities, then we need to make sure we build capacity so that everybody is successful or can be successful in the pursuit of their dreams - not the dreams of someone from government,...
Low standards are a tactic that takes pressure off teachers' unions by accepting mediocrity and failure for kids.
Who among us has never looked up into the heavens on a starlit night, lost in wonder at the vastness of space and the beauty of the stars?
Teachers make a difference, and we would serve our students better by focusing on attracting and retaining the quality teachers by raising teacher pay.
We awoke one morning in September, and the world lurched on its axis.
