But merely being tradition does not make some thing worthy, Kadash. We can’t just assume that because some thing is old it is right.

Just because something is traditional is no reason to do it, of course. Piracy, for example, is a tradition that has been carried on for hundreds of years, but that doesn't mean we should all attack ships and steal their gold.

You can’t experiment with tradition.

Don’t look for reason where it’s never been practiced.

Do not act following customary beliefs

There's no such thing as being too respectful of other people's traditions.

Tradition is not good simply because it is tradition. It is for what it has given us and only so long as an alternative does not prove by its effect that it is better.

The existence of any method, standard, custom or practice is no reason for its continuance when a better is offered.

He is not bound so tightly by tradition that he will refuse a good idea simply for it being new, and not so wild that he would take a bad idea simply because it is new.

The eventual survival of the tradition is ultimately not at stake.

The urge to break with a tradition is only appropriate when you're dealing with an outdated, troublesome tradition: I never really thought about that because I take the old-fashioned approach of equating tradition with value (which may be a failing). But whatever the case, positive tradition can also provoke opposition if it's too powerful, too overwhelming, too demanding. That would basically be about the human side of wanting to hold your own.

Conventionality is not morality.

I do not think one should chase the fashions of the day, concerning neither sweaters nor opinions.

The fact that you can only do a little is no excuse for doing nothing.