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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 in God whereas all it really proves is that they believe in "believing" in God” quote by Huston Smith — Download Open 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 in God whereas all it really proves is that they believe in "believing" in God”

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

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

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

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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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“The events of the world can have no separate life from the world. And yet the world itself can have no temporal view of things. It can have no cause to favor certain enterprises over others. The passing of armies and the passing of sands in the desert are one. There is no favoring, you see. How could there be?…

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I believe in God, because he is the only thing that kept me going. He's my best friend.

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