Holy Tradition

Famous quotes containing the words holy and/or tradition:

    “Even the newts are white,

    Those holy Joes.
    And the fish, the fish—
    Christ! they are panes of ice.”
    —Sylvia Plath (1932–1963)

    “Tradition means giving votes to the most obscure of all classes—our ancestors. It is the democracy of the dead. Tradition refuses to submit to the small and arrogant oligarchy of those who merely happen to be walking around.”
    —Gilbert Keith Chesterton (1874–1936)