“It would be foolish to despise tradition. But with our growing self-consciousness and increasing intelligence we must begin to control tradition and assume a critical attitude toward it, if human relations are ever to change for the better.” IfsHumansSelfWould BeConsciousnessAttitudeGrowingTraditionRelationAssumingCriticalFoolishDespiseHuman RelationsSelf ConsciousnessChange For The Better Book:Einstein on Politics: His Private Thoughts and Public Stands on Nationalism, Zionism, War, Peace, and the Bomb Source: Einstein on Politics: His Private Thoughts and Public Stands on Nationalism, Zionism, War, Peace, and the Bomb
“The attitude of foreign to English musicians is unsympathetic, self-opinionated and pedantic. They believe that their tradition is the only one (this is specially true of the Viennese) and that anything that is not in accordance with that tradition is "wrong" and arises from insular ignorance.” BelieveSelfAttitudeIgnoranceMusicianTraditionAriseOpinionatedPedanticUnsympathetic Author:Ralph Vaughan Williams
“A lot of women seem to have a similar attitude, - 'I'm not a feminist' - and it gets wearying. What's wrong with being a feminist? I'm proud to be a feminist. It's been one of the most positive things in my life. It's one of the best traditions there is. It's admirable to be a feminist and to stand up for one's sex, to fight against inequality and injustice and to work for a better society.” SeemsFightingSexAttitudeFeminismProudTraditionInjusticeFeministInequalityAdmirablePositive Things Author:Mary Stott
“Those who like myself, consider themselves to be followers of Buddha, should practice as much as we can. To followers of other religious traditions, I would like to say, 'Please practice your own religion seriously and sincerely.' And to non-believers, I request you to try to be warm-hearted. I ask this of you because these mental attitudes actually bring us happiness.” ShouldTryingAsksReligiousAttitudePracticePleaseTraditionWarmBelieverFollowersSincerelyHeartedRequestMental AttitudeReligious TraditionsNon BelieverWarm Hearted Author:Dalai Lama
“I regard it as a duty which I owed, not just to my people, but also to my profession, to the practice of law, and to the justice for all mankind, to cry out against this discrimination which is essentially unjust and opposed to the whole basis of the attitude towards justice which is part of the tradition of legal training in this country. I believed that in taking up a stand against this injustice I was upholding the dignity of what should be an honorable profession.” PeopleShouldCountryWholeLawJusticeAttitudePracticeMankindCryDutyTrainingTraditionDignityBasesRegardInjusticeProfessionDiscriminationHonorableUnjustJustice For All Author:Nelson Mandela
“Tradition sometimes excludes the girl child from inheriting; or single women may not want to be perceived as pursuing too much property. The law has come a long way in favor of the woman, but it is the tradition, the attitudes, that we often have to fight.” WayWantMayChildrenLongSometimesLawGirlFightingAttitudeToo MuchTraditionPropertyFavorsLong WaySingle WomenGirl Child Author:Wangari Maathai
“Tolerance has been a very important feature of Christianity from its very roots, despite all the other things that have gone on since. And that, I think, must be the global perspective. Tolerance implies more than saying, "Well, let the Muslims go on with what they are doing." It also means trying to learn something from them and adding that to your own tradition. That is the attitude I think needs to inform the global citizen of the future.” ThinkingNeedsTryingWellsMeanHas BeensImportantAttitudeChristianityGonePerspectiveGoes OnCitizensTraditionRootsToleranceDespiteFeaturesGlobal Citizen Author:Ninian Smart
“I feel like it's not so much a tradition as a system that has been codified over the centuries starting in the Renaissance that applies to any painted surface. So if you're engaging in paintings, this is the language that one has to learn and is obliged to speak. I was very fortunate that I learned this language when I was a kid before I went to California, where I learned the language of attitude. Somehow the two things began to coexist.” KidsSpeakLanguageAttitudePaintingTraditionCoexist Author:David Salle
“We come from a proud tradition of people who have insisted that none of us can be truly successful until at least the barriers to such success and thriving are completely removed. I think the black narcissism that prevails, along with the stylish materialism and self-satisfied, smug attitudes among many of our upwardly mobile brothers and sisters should be identified and criticized.” PeopleThinkingBlackAttitudeSuccessfulBrotherProudTraditionBarriersMaterialismNarcissismBrothers And SistersStylish Author:Michael Eric Dyson