Quotes about Culture

Many novels and modern publications are corrupters of morals or distorters of truth.

The Puritans removed organs and paintings from churches, but bought them for private use in their homes.

You see God's hands in so many situations. Then someone will point to all the bad things that are going on. Well, it's because we don't want God in our society. We are pushing God farther and farther away. And we can now see those consequences in our society.

Words can carry any burden we wish. All that's required is agreement and a tradition upon which to build.

The meeting between ignorance and knowledge, between brutality and culture—it begins in the dignity with which we treat our dead.

Words can carry any burden we wish. All that's required is an agreement and a tradition upon which to build.

A crime in one society can be a moral requirement in another society.

Apart from life, a strong constitution, and an abiding connection to the Thembu royal house, the only thing my father bestowed upon me at birth was a name, Rolihlahla.

If the Church is to be indigenous it must spring up in the soil from the very first seeds planted.

Christmas can be celebrated in the school room with pine trees, tinsel and reindeers, but there must be no mention of the man whose birthday is being celebrated. One wonders how a teacher would answer if a student asked why it was called Christmas.

There's America, there's the South, and then there's Mississippi.

If the artist reflects only his own culture, then his works will die with that culture. But if his works reflect the eternal and universal, they will revive.