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Huston Smith Quotes: "If we take the world’s enduring religions at their best, we discover the distilled wisdom of the human race."

If we take the world’s enduring religions at their best, we discover the distilled wisdom of the human race.



Huston Smith Quotes: "I am profoundly moved and persuaded by the near-death experience."

I am profoundly moved and persuaded by the near-death experience.




Huston Smith Quotes: "All -isms end up in schisms."

All -isms end up in schisms.



Huston Smith Quotes: "God is defined by Jesus but not confined to Jesus."

God is defined by Jesus but not confined to Jesus.




Huston Smith Quotes: "We all carry it within us: supreme strength, the fullness of wisdom, unquenchable joy. It is never thwarted, and cannot be destroyed."

We all carry it within us: supreme strength, the fullness of wisdom, unquenchable joy. It is never thwarted, and cannot be destroyed.



Huston Smith Quotes: "The object of pilgrimage is not rest and recreation – to get away from it all. To set out on a pilgrimage is to throw down a challenge to everyday life."

The object of pilgrimage is not rest and recreation – to get away from it all. To set out on a pilgrimage is to throw down a challenge to everyday life.



Huston Smith Quotes: "At the center of the religious life is a peculiar kind of joy, the prospect of a happy ending that blossoms from necessarily painful ordeals, the promise of human difficulties embraced and overcome."

At the center of the religious life is a peculiar kind of joy, the prospect of a happy ending that blossoms from necessarily painful ordeals, the promise of human difficulties embraced and overcome.




Huston Smith Quotes: "Beware of the differences that blind us to the unity that binds us."

Beware of the differences that blind us to the unity that binds us.



Huston Smith Quotes: "Poetry is a special use of language that opens onto the real. The business of the poet is truth telling, which is why in the Celtic tradition no one could be a teacher unless he or she was a poet."

Poetry is a special use of language that opens onto the real. The business of the poet is truth telling, which is why in the Celtic tradition no one could be a teacher unless he or she was a poet.



Huston Smith Quotes: "Built into human makeup is a longing for a 'more' that the world of everyday experience cannot requite."

Built into human makeup is a longing for a 'more' that the world of everyday experience cannot requite.



Huston Smith Quotes: "Science can prove nothing about God, because God lies outside its province."

Science can prove nothing about God, because God lies outside its province.



Huston Smith Quotes: "...primal people see the objects of this world not (or not only) as solid but as open windows to their divine source."

...primal people see the objects of this world not (or not only) as solid but as open windows to their divine source.




Huston Smith Quotes: "Plato described ordinary life as unthinking, lived in a dim cave of shadowy reflections, but said that it is possible to leave the cave and see things in sunlit clarity as they actually are."

Plato described ordinary life as unthinking, lived in a dim cave of shadowy reflections, but said that it is possible to leave the cave and see things in sunlit clarity as they actually are.



Huston Smith Quotes: "Every society and religion has rules, for both have moral laws. And the essence of morality consists, as in art, of drawing the line somewhere."

Every society and religion has rules, for both have moral laws. And the essence of morality consists, as in art, of drawing the line somewhere.



Huston Smith Quotes: "We are a blend of dust and divinity."

We are a blend of dust and divinity.



Huston Smith Quotes: "God enters our lives when through our creative interchanges we make history more just."

God enters our lives when through our creative interchanges we make history more just.



Huston Smith Quotes: "What is Zen? Simple, simple, so simple. Infinite gratitude toward all things past; infinite service to all things present; infinite responsibility to all things future."

What is Zen? Simple, simple, so simple. Infinite gratitude toward all things past; infinite service to all things present; infinite responsibility to all things future.



Huston Smith Quotes: "The goal of spiritual life is not altered states, but altered traits"

The goal of spiritual life is not altered states, but altered traits



Huston Smith Quotes: "When I read the Upanishads, which are part of Vedanta, I found a profundity of worldview that made my Christianity seem like third grade."

When I read the Upanishads, which are part of Vedanta, I found a profundity of worldview that made my Christianity seem like third grade.



Huston Smith Quotes: "I am very orthodox in thinking that Jesus acted in his life the way God would have acted if God had assumed human form."

I am very orthodox in thinking that Jesus acted in his life the way God would have acted if God had assumed human form.



Huston Smith Quotes: "As known unknowns become known; unknown unknowns proliferate; the larger the island of knowledge, the longer the shoreline of wonder."

As known unknowns become known; unknown unknowns proliferate; the larger the island of knowledge, the longer the shoreline of wonder.



Huston Smith Quotes: "We become compassionate not from altruism which denies the self for the sake of the other, but from the insight that sees and feels one is the other."

We become compassionate not from altruism which denies the self for the sake of the other, but from the insight that sees and feels one is the other.



Huston Smith Quotes: "We are free when we are not the slave of our impulses, but rather their master. Taking inward distance, we thus become the authors of our own dramas rather than characters in them."

We are free when we are not the slave of our impulses, but rather their master. Taking inward distance, we thus become the authors of our own dramas rather than characters in them.



Huston Smith Quotes: "The crisis that the world finds itself in as it swings on the hinge of a new millennium is located in something deeper than particular ways of organizing political systems and economies."

The crisis that the world finds itself in as it swings on the hinge of a new millennium is located in something deeper than particular ways of organizing political systems and economies.



Huston Smith Quotes: "In the post-individualistic era, science and spirituality will become allies, and human beings will realize a vast potentiality now only dimly felt."

In the post-individualistic era, science and spirituality will become allies, and human beings will realize a vast potentiality now only dimly felt.



Huston Smith Quotes: "Religion teaches us that our lives here on earth are to be used for transformation."

Religion teaches us that our lives here on earth are to be used for transformation.



Huston Smith Quotes: "If you are drilling for water, it's better to drill one 60-foot well than 10 6-foot wells."

If you are drilling for water, it's better to drill one 60-foot well than 10 6-foot wells.



Huston Smith Quotes: "...the single destination of sanctity could admit of so many different avenues leading to it."

...the single destination of sanctity could admit of so many different avenues leading to it.



Huston Smith Quotes: "Not only is the destiny of the individual bound up with the entire Church; it is responsible for helping to sanctify the entire world of nature and history."

Not only is the destiny of the individual bound up with the entire Church; it is responsible for helping to sanctify the entire world of nature and history.



Huston Smith Quotes: "Rationalism and Newtonian science has lured us into dark woods, but a new metaphysics can rescue us."

Rationalism and Newtonian science has lured us into dark woods, but a new metaphysics can rescue us.



Huston Smith Quotes: "So always, if we look back, concern for face-to-face morality, and its modern emphasis on justice as well, have historically evolved as religious issues."

So always, if we look back, concern for face-to-face morality, and its modern emphasis on justice as well, have historically evolved as religious issues.



Huston Smith Quotes: "When there are miles to go before we sleep, altered traits are more important than altered states."

When there are miles to go before we sleep, altered traits are more important than altered states.



Huston Smith Quotes: "In nature, the emphasis is in what is rather than what ought to be."

In nature, the emphasis is in what is rather than what ought to be.



Huston Smith Quotes: "It is commonly said and known that each civilization has its own religion. Now my claim is that if we look deeper, the different civilizations were brought into being by the different revelations."

It is commonly said and known that each civilization has its own religion. Now my claim is that if we look deeper, the different civilizations were brought into being by the different revelations.



Huston Smith Quotes: "As human beings we are made to surpass ourselves and are truly ourselves only when transcending ourselves."

As human beings we are made to surpass ourselves and are truly ourselves only when transcending ourselves.



Huston Smith Quotes: "The Sufis say there are three ways to know fire - by hearing it described, by seeing it, or by being burned."

The Sufis say there are three ways to know fire - by hearing it described, by seeing it, or by being burned.



Huston Smith Quotes: "It has been estimated that one third of our Western civilization bears the mark of its Jewish ancestry."

It has been estimated that one third of our Western civilization bears the mark of its Jewish ancestry.



Huston Smith Quotes: "Reserved as he [Confucius] was about the supernatural, he was not without it; somewhere in the universe there was a power that was on the side of right."

Reserved as he [Confucius] was about the supernatural, he was not without it; somewhere in the universe there was a power that was on the side of right.



Huston Smith Quotes: "The first koan do not have rational answers. They are techniques devised over the millennia for triggering an actual experience."

The first koan do not have rational answers. They are techniques devised over the millennia for triggering an actual experience.



Huston Smith Quotes: "The proper response to a great work of art is to enter it as though there were nothing else in the world."

The proper response to a great work of art is to enter it as though there were nothing else in the world.



Huston Smith Quotes: "Most mystics do not want to read religious wisdom; they want to be it. A postcard of a beautiful lake is not a beautiful lake, and Sufis may be defined as those who dance in the lake."

Most mystics do not want to read religious wisdom; they want to be it. A postcard of a beautiful lake is not a beautiful lake, and Sufis may be defined as those who dance in the lake.



Huston Smith Quotes: "After his great awakening, the Buddha continued to meditate and to devote himself to others; otherwise his vision would have receded into a pleasant memory."

After his great awakening, the Buddha continued to meditate and to devote himself to others; otherwise his vision would have receded into a pleasant memory.



Huston Smith Quotes: "What is sickness? What is health? Both are distractions. Put them both aside and go forward."

What is sickness? What is health? Both are distractions. Put them both aside and go forward.



Huston Smith Quotes: "First of all, my persuasion is what really breeds violence is political differences. But because religion serves as the soul of community, it gets drawn into the fracas and turns up the heat."

First of all, my persuasion is what really breeds violence is political differences. But because religion serves as the soul of community, it gets drawn into the fracas and turns up the heat.



Huston Smith Quotes: "My body was born into the - baptized in the Methodist church, and it will be buried in the Methodist Church. Meanwhile, I have a soul. And my soul cannot be confined to any human institution."

My body was born into the - baptized in the Methodist church, and it will be buried in the Methodist Church. Meanwhile, I have a soul. And my soul cannot be confined to any human institution.



Huston Smith Quotes: "...the only thing that continues is the consequences of our action."

...the only thing that continues is the consequences of our action.



Huston Smith Quotes: "...but with my clamoring ego solidly in place, I considered the title, 'Memories of a Failed Nobody'."

...but with my clamoring ego solidly in place, I considered the title, 'Memories of a Failed Nobody'.



Huston Smith Quotes: "With mind distracted, never thinking, "Death is coming," To slave away on the pointless business of mundane life, And then to come out empty--it is a tragic error. (116) trans by Robert Thurman"

With mind distracted, never thinking, "Death is coming," To slave away on the pointless business of mundane life, And then to come out empty--it is a tragic error. (116) trans by Robert Thurman



Huston Smith Quotes: "Swami Ashokananda was a brilliant and accomplished spiritual teacher in the West."

Swami Ashokananda was a brilliant and accomplished spiritual teacher in the West.