Gathered Traditions Quotes & Sayings

Christmas is far and away my favorite holiday. I love everything about it, from the event that inspired it, hoping for a white one, to wrapping presents. But mostly I love having family and friends gathered, and sharing traditions. — Ellen Hopkins

The great truths of human life do not spring new born to each new generation. They derive from long experience. They are the gathered wisdom of the race. They are renewed in time of conflict and danger. If the times in which we are now living do not bring a fuller understanding of the great traditions of the Western European peoples and an almost Messianic desire to affirm them, we are not worthy of that heritage. — Frederick Osborn

The overwhelming consensus is that the traditions contained within the epistle can confidently be traced to James the Just. That would make James's epistle arguably one of the most important books in the New Testament. Because one sure way of uncovering what Jesus may have believed is to determine what his brother James believed. The first thing to note about James's epistle is its passionate concern with the plight of the poor. This, in itself, is not surprising. The traditions all paint James as the champion of the destitute and dispossessed; it is how he earned his nickname, "the Just." The Jerusalem assembly was founded by James upon the principle of service to the poor. There is even evidence to suggest that the first followers of Jesus who gathered under James's leadership referred to themselves collectively as "the poor. — Reza Aslan

You can create the life you wish to have. — Lailah Gifty Akita

One must learn to forgive and not to hold a hostile, bitter attitude of mind, which offends those about us and prevents us from enjoying ourselves. One must recognize human shortcomings and adjust himself to them rather than to be constantly finding fault with them. — Napoleon Bonaparte

With type as with philosophy, music and food, it is better to have a little of the best than to be swamped with the derivative, the careless, the routine. — Robert Bringhurst

Seeking first to understand isn't about who's right or wrong; it is a philosophy of effective communication. — Richard Carlson

It is when you are really living in the present-working, thinking, lost, absorbed in something you care about very much, that you are living spiritually. — Brenda Ueland

Eventually everyone has to die, except Elvis. — Dave Barry

The first time I was flown to L.A. for a screen test was an incredibly nerve-racking experience. — Luke Evans

The point of cool is to erase your ability to say no. Saying yes buys you cool cachet, but it always ruins your life later. — Greg Gutfeld

People and squirrels are very different. Most people will not argue that. But I find that there is one situation in which they're very similar. And that is: when I am driving towards them in my car. Then they're kind of hard to tell apart - especially if the human is kind of hairy. — Demetri Martin

The love of dominion is the most engrossing passion. — Tacitus

I have tried so hard to do right. — Grover Cleveland

When you reach the end of your life - trust me, you won't look back and savor the moments you spent alone. — Chuck Palahniuk

Trickster foxes appear in old stories gathered from countries and cultures all over the world
including Aesop's Fables from ancient Greece, the "Reynard" stories of medieval Europe, the "Giovannuzza" tales of Italy, the "Brer Fox" lore of the American South, and stories from diverse Native American traditions. — Terri Windling

I'm pretty conservative. I believe that buying good quality is a good investment. I buy fewer things but of better quality. — Robin S. Sharma

there is nothing permanent except change-- — Heraclitus