Quote by Huston Smith
Ive spent the last 50 years or so steeping myself in the worlds re

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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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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Poetry
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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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I personally have always found the Unitarian faith a source of comfort and help in my daily life. – Leverett Saltonstall

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You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is an ocean if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty. – Mahatma Gandhi

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Are you gonna fuel your faith or fuel your fear? Im all about fueling my faith, especially when its hard to do so. – Carrie-Anne Moss

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Duty cannot exist without faith. – Benjamin Disraeli

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