"The most powerful moral influence is example."
"I simply wanted to experience the presence of this man who had revolutionized my understanding. After a while we sat in silence, gazing at the barren canyon walls. And the mute desert seemed to carry on our conversation for us."
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Source: Huston Smith (1959). “The Religions of Man”
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