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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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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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Religion
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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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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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Ive been doing musical theater since I was a kid. And look for a CD from me in the future. I want to write all the songs! – Zac Efron

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Future orientation is combined with a notion and expectation of progress, and nothing is impossible. – Alan Dundes

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I like today and perhaps a little future still, but the past is really something Im not interested in. So, as far as Im concerned, I like only the past of things and people I dont know. When I know, I dont care because I knew how it was. – Karl Lagerfeld

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If younger people see older people who havent planned ahead and have to rely on charity, the young will be more likely to provide for the future. Today when someone plans poorly, the only consequence people see is a demand for more government. – Harry Browne

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