Tradition does not mean that the living are dead, it means that the dead are living.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Tradition demands that we not speak poorly of the dead.
The death of what's dead is the birth of what's living.
The earth belongs to the living, not to the dead.
The dead govern the living.
Tradition means taking account of a wonderful history but remembering that everybody today looks to the future.
Every spiritual tradition has this idea of death and resurrection. It's not unique to Christianity.
Funerals are a pagan rite. There's not any doubt about it.
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 that arrogant oligarchy who merely happen to be walking around.
As soon as tradition has come to be recognized as tradition, it is dead.
In America nothing dies easier than tradition.