America Quote by Huston Smith

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

— Huston Smith

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

— Huston Smith

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

— Huston Smith

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

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

— Huston Smith

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

— Huston Smith

“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

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

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

— Huston Smith

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

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

— Huston Smith

“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