Quote by Huston Smith
Exclusively oral cultures are unencumbered by dead knowledge, dead

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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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

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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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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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Now, my knowledge of photography was terribly limited. – Ben Shahn

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Your knowledge of what is going on can only be superficial and relative. – William S. Burroughs

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Its just us trying to start a movement where everybody passes on a bit of cooking knowledge. We estimate that one person can potentially affect 180 others very quickly so were just trying to spread the word. – Jamie Oliver

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Cherish that which is within you, and shut off that which is without for much knowledge is a curse. – Zhuangzi

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