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Understanding Quotes by Huston Smith

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Understanding is a bridge between cultures, and Huston Smith maps it out with gentle clarity. His reflections weave together philosophy, religion, and everyday experience, inviting readers to appreciate the common threads that bind humanity across time and belief.

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The scientific method is nearly perfect for understanding the physical aspects of our life. But it is a radically limited viewfinder in…

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Daily the world grows smaller, leaving understanding the only place where peace can find a home.

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“Symbolism is the science of understanding the relations between the multiple levels of reality.”

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I simply wanted to experience the presence of this man who had revolutionized my understanding. After a while we sat in silence,…

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A religion made up solely of heightened religious experiences would not be a religion at all. ...The major religious traditions address the…

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“The Transcendent was my morning meal, we had the Eternal at lunch, and I ate a slice of the Infinite at dinner.”

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

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

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A nation can assume that the addition of the words "under God" to its pledge of allegiance gives evidence that its citizens actually believe…

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“Some friends accused me of whoring after the Infinite. Well, what better whoredom is there?”

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Imagine a man besottedly in love: he won't waste time speculating whether other women equally merit his affection.

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“If my opinion that substance requires a true unity were founded only on a definition I had formulated in opposition to common usage, *then…

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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…

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

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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…

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The Buddha is in me, the Buddha is in you. Live up to it.

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“How many planes there are, we do not know. The levels of nature that science discriminates give us no clue, for these all pertain…

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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.

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All -isms end up in schisms.

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Most of the book deals with things we already know yet never learn.

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