"The most powerful moral influence is example."
"...like a magnetic compass turning north, I always tried to head in the direction of the better, which is the direction to God. ...the directions that appeared to lead away from Christianity led me deeper into it."
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Source: Huston Smith (1959). “The Religions of Man”
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