Quote by Huston Smith
Whether things turn out for the better depends on what we do. We o

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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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

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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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Religion
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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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It is difficult to live in the present, ridiculous to live in the future and impossible to live in the past. Nothing is as far away as one minute ago. – Jim Bishop

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A government is invigorated when each of us is willing to participate in shaping the future of this nation. – Barbara Jordan

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Theres no present. Theres only the immediate future and the recent past. – George Carlin

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Words matter, especially words defining complicated political arrangements, because they shape perceptions of the events of the past, attitudes toward policies being carried out in the present, and expectations about desirable directions for the future. – Michael Mandelbaum

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A good head and a good heart are always a formidable combination. – Nelson Mandela

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