Tradition

“إنني لا أخشى على الموسيقى المصرية من الضياع ما دام هناك قرآن أحكمت آياته بالنغم الشرقي”

“The only Mass that pleases God is the Mass of St. Pius V.”

“Tôi cúi mong vương thượng đem lòng sáng suốt tự xét mình, tìm rộng đến lời dạy bảo của thời xưa.”

“We have to deconstruct the idea that we have to fix on one way of reading the Bible.”

“The poetry, the culture itself, exists not in a dictionary but in the tradition of the spoken word.”

“Following my own father's tradition of stepping down at the age of 75, I see this as a good time to create space for the next generation.”

“Custom, then, is the great guide of human life.”

“In cultures like India’s, the context-sensitive kind of rule is the preferred formulation.”

“若然，則先師孔氏，何不生於中州？今四方來學者，道理均平，願獨生於東魯耶？”

“I believe there is something that can be passed between writers, between generations—that changes in time but not in essentials.”

“El futuro del fútbol es su pasado.”

“The Way of the Former Kings fixes and lays down what men must necessarily do and what they should not do. This is called yi.”

“Today, yes even today, the Church gives us Jesus.”

“The only way for us to become great, and even, if it is possible, inimitable, is by imitating the ancients.”

“Bence Galatasaraylılık din gibi, mezhep gibi yerleşmiş, köklü bir inançtır.”

“Tradition is not constant and static; it grows and builds.”

“The only way for us to become great, and indeed—if this is possible—inimitable, is by imitating the ancients.”

“There was no custom for me to follow.”

“I cannot accept the concept of total regionalism.”

“The nation cannot be pulled up by its roots, cannot be dissociated from its past, without danger to its highest interests.”