To keep up even a worthwhile tradition means vitiating the idea behind it which must necessarily be in a constant state of evolution: it is mad to try to express new feelings in a mummified form. – Alfred Jarry Category: Tradition
A tradition without intelligence is not worth having. – TS (Thomas Stearns) Eliot Category: Tradition
Every generation laughs at the old fashions, but religiously follows the new. – Henry David Thoreau Category: Tradition
A person who is gifted sees the essential point and leaves the rest as surplus. – Thomas Carlyle Category: Concentration
