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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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Human intelligence is a reflection of the intelligence that produces everything. In knowing, we are simply extending the intelligence that comes to and constitutes us. We mimic the mind of God, so to speak. Or better, we continue and extend it. – Huston Smith

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Intelligence
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Ive spent the last 50 years or so steeping myself in the worlds religions, and Ive done my homework. Ive gone to each of the worlds eight great religions and sought out the most profound scholars I could find, and Ive apprenticed myself to them and actually practiced each faith. – Huston Smith

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Faith
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Exclusively oral cultures are unencumbered by dead knowledge, dead facts. Libraries, on the other hand, are full of them. – Huston Smith

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The more powerful and original a mind, the more it will incline towards the religion of solitude. – Aldous Huxley

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Our Father and Our God, unto thee, O Lord we lift our souls. – William Pennington

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Religion

There are three religious truths: 1)Jews do not recognize Jesus as the Messiah. 2)Protestants do not recognize the Pope as the leader of the Christian faith. 3)Baptists do not recognize each other in the liquor store or at Hooters. – Author Unknown

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Theres naught, no doubt, so much the spirit calms as rum and true religion. – Lord Byron

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