--- title: "4 David Watson Quotes" description: "David Watson has 4 quotes on SMS4Smile. Browse their most insightful sayings." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/56c/david-watson-72472_buddhism_we-are-condemned-to-be-modern-we-can-t-e_971085.jpg" --- # David Watson **4** quotes in **15** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet ## Quotes by David Watson > [“We are condemned to be modern. We can’t escape the facts of our history or of living in an age dominated by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-watson/we-are-condemned-to-be-modern-we-can-t-escape-the-facts-of-our/) David Watson [Buddhism](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/buddhism/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/56c/david-watson-72472_buddhism_we-are-condemned-to-be-modern-we-can-t-e_971085.jpg) > [“We should be cautiously open to the spiritual and non-rational, and skeptical of the more invisible magical thinking—what we might call “magical…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-watson/we-should-be-cautiously-open-to-the-spiritual-and-non-rational-and/) David Watson [Belief](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/belief/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/908/david-watson-72472_belief_we-should-be-cautiously-open-to-the-spir_1153578.jpg) > [Heaven forbid that we should go on playing religious games in one corner when the cloud and fire have moved to another.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-watson/heaven-forbid-that-we-should-go-on-playing-religious-games-in-one/) David Watson [Godliness](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/godliness/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a56/david-watson-72472_godliness_heaven-forbid-that-we-should-go-on-playi_2335356.jpg) > [“With a doctrine-centered discipleship program, one must teach everything to ensure a person has the knowledge to be obedient. With an obedience-centered…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-watson/with-a-doctrine-centered-discipleship-program-one-must-teach/) David Watson [Discipleship](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/discipleship/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/207/david-watson-72472_discipleship_with-a-doctrine-centered-discipleship-pr_2965161.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-watson/#itemlist", "name": "David Watson Quotes", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“We are condemned to be modern. We can’t escape the facts of our history or of living in an age dominated by instrumental rationality, even as we look for ways out of it... But it has become our historic responsibility to acknowledge the continuing importance of myth, at a level beyond science, in realizing a more organic, holistic relation to the world. 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