“The very word "secrecy" is repugnant in a free and open society; and we are as a people inherently and historically opposed to secret societies, to secret oaths and to secret proceedings. We decided long ago that the dangers of excessive and unwarranted concealment of pertinent facts far outweighed the dangers which are cited to justify it. Even today, there is little value in opposing the threat of a closed society by imitating its arbitrary restrictions. Even today, there is little value in insuring the survival of our nation if our traditions do not survive with it.” PeopleIfsLittlesLongFactsTodayValuesNationsSecretDangerSurvivalTraditionDecidedThreatJustifyLong AgoArbitrarySecrecyRestrictionOathOpposingProceedingImitatingSecret SocietyPertinentConcealment Author:John F. Kennedy
“John Lilly suggests whales are a culture maintained by oral traditions. Stories. The experience of an individual whale is valuable to the survival of its community. I think of my family stories-Mother's in particular-how much I need them now, how much I will need them later. It has been said when an individual dies, whole worlds die with them. The same could be said of each passing whale.” ThinkingWorldNeedsHas BeensSaidWholeStoriesMotherDiesCultureIndividualCommunityParticularSurvivalTraditionMy FamilyValuableWhole WorldPassingPassingsWhalesOral Tradition Book:Refuge: An Unnatural History of Family and Place Source: Refuge: An Unnatural History of Family and Place
“The very word 'secrecy' is repugnant in a free and open society. ... There is little value in ensuring the survival of our nation if our traditions do not survive with it.” IfsLittlesValuesNationsSurvivalTraditionSecrecySecret Society Author:John F. Kennedy
“If our supreme value is the development of the Western tradition - of a man for whom the highest thing in life is man, for whom love for man, respect for man, and the dignity of man, are supreme values - then we cannot ask the question that says, "if it is better for our survival, might we drop these values?"” IfsMenMightLife IsValuesAsksDevelopmentSurvivalHighestTraditionDignityWesternSupremeThings In Life Author:Erich Fromm
“I wanted to write about voodoo tradition that I feel has been very important to survival of black people here: people of the African diaspora, people of this region, and throughout the south.” PeopleWritingImportantBlackSurvivalTraditionBlack PeopleVoodoo Author:Jesmyn Ward
“Present global culture is a kind of arrogant newcomer. It arrives on the planetary stage following four and a half billion years of other acts, and after looking about for a few thousand years declares itself in possession of eternal truths. But in a world that is changing as fast as ours, this is a prescription for disaster. No nation, no religion, no economic system, no body of knowledge, is likely to have all the answers for our survival. There must be many social systems that would work far better than any now in existence. In the scientific tradition, our task is to find them.” WorldYearsKindBodyCultureNationsSocialAnswersExistenceHalfFourEconomicStageThousandEternalSurvivalTraditionTasksFollowingPossessionBillionsDisasterArrogantThousand YearsPrescriptionsEconomic SystemsSocial SystemsNewcomers Author:Carl Sagan
“To preserve the integrity of the tradition, we have to distinguish between what is central to that integrity and what is peripheral. We have to discern between what elements are vital for the survival of dharma practice and what are alien cultural artefacts that might obstruct that survival.” MightPracticeIntegrityElementsSurvivalTraditionAliensPreservesDharmaArtefacts Author:Stephen Batchelor
“The solution to the nation's problems, depends on the true American achievers. It's people like you, playing by the rules and celebrating and continuing to remind people of the traditions and institutions that made this country great, who can re-create a society that is great once more. It's only by doing the right thing that this country is going to fix itself and survive.” PeopleMadeCountryProblemNationsLike YouDependsSurvivalSolutionsTraditionInstitutionsCelebrateRight ThingContinuingDoing The Right ThingAchiever Author:Rush Limbaugh
“The greatest Jewish tradition is to laugh. The cornerstone of Jewish survival has always been to find humor in life and in ourselves.” LaughingSurvivalTraditionCornerstonesJewish TraditionLife Humor Author:Jerry Seinfeld
“Coming to know the hidden and forgotten Mother and the marvelous wisdom of the sacred feminine as revealed from every side and angle by the different mystical traditions is not luxury; it is, I believe, a necessity for our survival as a species.” KnowsBelieveDifferentMotherI BelieveSidesSurvivalTraditionSacredSpeciesForgottenLuxuryFeminineMarvelousAngleMysticalMother NatureSacred Feminine Book:Radical Passion: Sacred Love and Wisdom in Action Source: Radical Passion: Sacred Love and Wisdom in Action
“There is little value in insuring the survival of our nation if our traditions do not survive with it. And there is very grave danger that an announced need for increased security will be seized upon by those anxious to expand its meaning to the very limits of official censorship and concealment.” IfsNeedsLittlesValuesNationsPresidentSecurityDangerLimitsSurvivalTraditionGravesOfficialsAnxiousCensorshipSecret SocietyConcealment Author:John F. Kennedy