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Every society and religion has rules, for both have moral laws. An

Every society and religion has rules, for both have moral laws. And the essence of morality consists, as in art, of drawing the line somewhere. – Huston Smith

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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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Poetry is a special use of language that opens onto the real. The business of the poet is truth telling, which is why in the Celtic tradition no one could be a teacher unless he or she was a poet. – Huston Smith

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Energy, energy? Energy is, is, its nothing more than a lot of new age hokum masquerading as religion. – Tony Wilson

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Do not imagine that what we have said of the insufficiency of our understanding and of its limited extent is an assertion founded only on the Bible: for philosophers likewise assert the same, and perfectly understand it,- without having regard to any religion or opinion. – Maimonides

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Worship means reverence and humility it means revering your real self and humbling delusions. – Bodhidharma

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Well, the first time I ran into the term religion, people were asking whether you had any. You know, some people had religion and some people didnt have religion. – Bernice Johnson Reagon

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The road not taken was not your path. – Michael Lipsey

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In many ways, history is marked as before and after Rosa Parks. She sat down in order that we all might stand up, and the walls of segregation came down. – Jesse Jackson

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If men knew how women pass the time when they are alone, theyd never marry. – O. Henry

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We had access to too much money, too much equipment, and little by little, we went insane. – Francis Ford Coppola

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