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The assumption must be that those who can see value only in tradition, or versions of it, deny man's ability to adapt to changing circumstances.

Tradition is the illusion of permanance.

Therefore let men withdraw themselves from errors; and laying aside corrupt superstitions, let them acknowledge their Father and Lord, whose excellence cannot be estimated, nor His greatness perceived, nor His beginning comprehended.

Traditions are the guideposts driven deep in our subconscious minds. The most powerful ones are those we can't even describe, aren't even aware of.

Tradition becomes our security, and when the mind is secure it is in decay.

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.

We cannot allow religious hooligans to place limiting points on thought.

I'm the proof - you can't throw away tradition.

Tradition means taking account of a wonderful history but remembering that everybody today looks to the future.

Man is not logical and his intellectual history is a record of mental reserves and compromises. He hangs on to what he can in his old beliefs even when he is compelled to surrender their logical basis.