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
Whether things turn out for the better depends on what we do. We ought not spend our time masterminding the future, but recognize our marching orders: to do the best we can for history and the planet. – Huston Smith
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
Rationalism and Newtonian science has lured us into dark woods, but a new metaphysics can rescue us. – Huston Smith
My sense of religion is Einsteins sense of relativity. I dont believe in God. I believe that energy never dies. So the possibility exists that you might be breathing in some other form of Moses or Buddha or Muhammad or Bobby Kennedy or Roosevelt or Martin Luther King or Jesus. – Mandy Patinkin