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It is commonly said and known that each civilization has its own r

It is commonly said and known that each civilization has its own religion. Now my claim is that if we look deeper, the different civilizations were brought into being by the different revelations. – Huston Smith

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If Rumi is the most-read poet in America today, Coleman Barks is in good part responsible. His ear for the truly divine madness in Rumi’s poetry is really remarkable. – Huston Smith

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Rumi
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First of all, my persuasion is what really breeds violence is political differences. But because religion serves as the soul of community, it gets drawn into the fracas and turns up the heat. – Huston Smith

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Religion
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Rationalism and Newtonian science has lured us into dark woods, but a new metaphysics can rescue us. – Huston Smith

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Science
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Unless we place our religion and our treasure in the same thing, religion will always be sacrificed. – Epictetus

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Religion

I like the silence of a church, before the service begins better than any preaching. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Religion

First of all, the Jewish religion has a great deal in common with the Christian religion because, as Rabbi Gillman points out in the show, Christianity is based on Judaism. Christ was Jewish. – Barbara Walters

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Religion

I dont feel the need for religion. But I went on a yoga retreat last year and I do believe slightly in the karma thing and just being good and true unto yourself. And I slightly believe that you can attract good and bad to you. – Imelda Staunton

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Religion

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I used to joke that if acting didnt work out, poetry was my commonsense fallback. – Merritt Wever

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My personal advice is to go to school first and get a liberal arts education, and then if you want to pursue acting, go to graduate school. – Jillian Bach

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Graduation

The concentration and dedication- the intangibles are the deciding factors between who won and who lost. – Tom Seaver

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Devotion

Let us be grateful to the mirror for revealing to us our appearance only. – Samuel Butler, Erewhon

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Appearance