No one in human history has given as much thought to the interweaving of altered states of consciousness and religion as I… — Huston Smith Copy Share Image
“Historical figures lose their center when they become anxious over the outcome of their actions.” — Huston Smith Copy Share Image
“Muhammad adhered meticulously to the charter he forged for Medina, which - grounded as it was in the Quranic injunction, "Let there… — Huston Smith Copy Share Image
Whether things turn out for the better depends on what we do. We ought not spend our time masterminding the future, but… — Huston Smith Copy Share Image
When historians look back on our century, they may remember it most, not for space travel or the release of nuclear energy,… — Huston Smith Copy Share Image
Not only is the destiny of the individual bound up with the entire Church; it is responsible for helping to sanctify the… — Huston Smith Copy Share Image
God enters our lives when through our creative interchanges we make history more just. — Huston Smith Copy Share Image
The notion that Western religions are more rigid than those of Asia is overdrawn. Ours is the most permissive society history has… — Huston Smith Copy Share Image
I'm not a chauvinist. I'm a universalist. I think that God imploded, like a spiritual big bang, to launch the eight civilizations… — Huston Smith Copy Share Image
“Our life in historical or chronological time, measuring and minding, cautious and comparing, forms the horizontal arm of the cross. Our experience… — Huston Smith Copy Share Image
“The Transcendent was my morning meal, we had the Eternal at lunch, and I ate a slice of the Infinite at dinner.” — Huston Smith Copy Share Image
The first koan do not have rational answers. They are techniques devised over the millennia for triggering an actual experience. — Huston Smith Copy Share Image
We all carry it within us: supreme strength, the fullness of wisdom, unquenchable joy. It is never thwarted, and cannot be destroyed. — Huston Smith Copy Share Image
A nation can assume that the addition of the words "under God" to its pledge of allegiance gives evidence that its citizens actually believe… — Huston Smith Copy Share Image
“Some friends accused me of whoring after the Infinite. Well, what better whoredom is there?” — Huston Smith Copy Share Image
Imagine a man besottedly in love: he won't waste time speculating whether other women equally merit his affection. — Huston Smith Copy Share Image
“If my opinion that substance requires a true unity were founded only on a definition I had formulated in opposition to common usage, *then… — Huston Smith Copy Share Image
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… — Huston Smith Copy Share Image
Science can prove nothing about God, because God lies outside its province. — Huston Smith Copy Share Image
I had assumed that Bush's seemingly inflexible policy to support Sharon was for political reasons of his getting elected. But as to whether he… — Huston Smith Copy Share Image
“How many planes there are, we do not know. The levels of nature that science discriminates give us no clue, for these all pertain… — Huston Smith Copy Share Image
