Cheerful Quote by Ninian Smart

I think the Buddhist ethic is clearer and more systematic in some ways. The Buddhist notion is that our chief problems are greed, hatred…

— Ninian Smart

Buddhism and Christianity are incompatible because there is no God in Buddhism - particularly in Theravada Buddhism. But they are also allies because their…

— Ninian Smart

I often say that I'm a Buddhist-Episcopalian. I say that partly to annoy people.I like to annoy people who think that a religion can…

— Ninian Smart

One of the effects of religions getting together is that they borrow from one another. An example is the growing number of Catholics who…

— Ninian Smart

I've often admired the way many Catholics who have left the priesthood, for example, have nevertheless remained sincere Catholics. They voted with their feet.

— Ninian Smart

A central feature of the ceremonial associated with Mithras was the taurobolium, the ritual slaughter of a bull which commemorated and repeated Mithras' primeval…

— Ninian Smart

People now have their own particular religion - a denomination of one. I suppose it's a part of the new age phenomenon, but it's…

— Ninian Smart

Children become more liberal partly as a reaction to their parents and partly through education. Education tends to make people a bit softer.

— Ninian Smart

Syncretism can be disturbing to people. They have often been taught, "You have to have solid faith and must be sure of your religion,"…

— Ninian Smart

I don't regard fundamentalism in the United States or in Europe as a terrible threat, partly because it is a self-curing disease. The younger…

— Ninian Smart

I would like to see an agreement that recognizes that we live on the same planet and that some interests, such as human rights,…

— Ninian Smart

I don't think religions will merge into a great global faith. But I do believe we're moving toward a global ideology that has a…

— Ninian Smart