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First of all, my persuasion is what really breeds violence is poli

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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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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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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Worship is a way of seeing the world in the light of God. – Abraham Joshua Heschel

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No religion can long continue to maintain its purity when the church becomes the subservient vassal of the state. – Felix Adler

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The trouble with many men is that they have got just enough religion to make them miserable. If there is not joy in religion, you have got a leak in your religion. – Billy Sunday

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What is normally called religion is what I would tend to call music – participating in music, listening to music, making records and singing. – Will Oldham

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