Not only is the destiny of the individual bound up with the entire Church; it is responsible for helping to sanctify the entire world of nature and history.
We all carry it within us: supreme strength, the fullness of wisdom, unquenchable joy. It is never thwarted, and cannot be destroyed. - 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
Beware of the differences that blind us to the unity that binds us. - Huston Smith
Beware of the differences that blind us to the unity that binds us.
Walnuts have a shell, and they have a kernel. Religions are the same. They have an essence, but then they have a protective coating. This is not the … - Huston Smith
Walnuts have a shell, and they have a kernel. Religions are the same. They have an essence, but then they have a protective coating. This is not the …
We become compassionate not from altruism which denies the self for the sake of the other, but from the insight that sees and feels one is the other. - Huston Smith
We become compassionate not from altruism which denies the self for the sake of the other, but from the insight that sees and feels one is the other.
The goal of spiritual life is not altered states, but altered traits - Huston Smith
The goal of spiritual life is not altered states, but altered traits
God has to speak to each person in their own language, in their own idioms. Take Spanish, Chinese. You can express the same thought, but to different… - Huston Smith
God has to speak to each person in their own language, in their own idioms. Take Spanish, Chinese. You can express the same thought, but to different…
What is Zen? Simple, simple, so simple. Infinite gratitude toward all things past; infinite service to all things present; infinite responsibility to… - Huston Smith
What is Zen? Simple, simple, so simple. Infinite gratitude toward all things past; infinite service to all things present; infinite responsibility to…
The proper response to a great work of art is to enter it as though there were nothing else in the world. - Huston Smith
The proper response to a great work of art is to enter it as though there were nothing else in the world.
Institutions are not pretty. Show me a pretty government. Healing is wonderful, but the American Medical Association? Learning is wonderful, but univ… - Huston Smith
Institutions are not pretty. Show me a pretty government. Healing is wonderful, but the American Medical Association? Learning is wonderful, but univ…
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