"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
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Religion
― Huston Smith
More From Huston Smith
- "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."
- "Human intelligence is a reflection of the intelligence that produces everything. In knowing, we are simply extending the intelligence that comes to and constitutes us. We mimic the mind of God, so to speak. Or better, we continue and extend it."
- "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 world’s eight great religions and sought out the most profound scholars I could find, and I’ve apprenticed myself to them and actually practiced each faith."
More In Religion
- "Prisons are built with stones of Law. Brothels with the bricks of religion."― William Blake
- "Gentleness, self-sacrifice and generosity are the exclusive possession of no one race or religion."― Mahatma Gandhi
- "Americans should be free to recognize our religious heritage; doing that is not the same as creating a government-sponsored religion."― Ernest Istook