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Quote of the Day Fresh quotes Topics Authors I'm Feeling Lucky Disable ads! 47 quotes by Huston Smith Huston Cummings Smith (born May 31, 1919) is a religious studies scholar in the United States. His book The World's Religions (originally titled The Religions of Man) has sold over two million copies and remains a popular introduction to comparative religion. Read full biography of Huston Smith → 1 2 3 4 Ctrl → Exclusively oral cultures are unencumbered by dead knowledge, dead facts. Libraries, on the other hand, are full of them. 0 I am critical of modernity giving science and technology a blank check as if it were the fountain of all truth. That is not true. And I think I may... → 0 Science is like a flashlight in the hands of people living in a huge balloon. They can illuminate anything in the balloon, but cannot shine it... → 0 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... → 0 When I read the Upanishads, which are part of Vedanta, I found a profundity of worldview that made my Christianity seem like third grade. 0 Throughout the 45 years of my career, I have presented a pleasing, smiling countenance to the world. Not that I meant to do that, but I have just... → 0 Walnuts have a shell, and they have a kernel. Religions are the same. They have an essence, but then they have a protective coating. This is not the... → 0 Swallow your pride and admit that we all need help at times. 0 Science is empirical, all about physical senses that tell us about the world. But physical senses are not the only senses we have. Nobody has ever... → 0 The scientific method is nearly perfect for understanding the physical aspects of our life. But it is a radically limited viewfinder in its inability... → 0 The New Age movement looks like a mixed bag. I see much in it that seems good: It's optimistic; it's enthusiastic; it has the capacity for... → 0 I've spent the last 50 years or so steeping myself in the world's religions, and I've done my homework. I've gone to each of the... → 0 The modern period adds social ethics to religions agenda, for we now realize that social structures are not like laws of nature. They are human... → 0 1 2 3 4 Ctrl → Add a quote!


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