"If we take the world’s enduring religions at their best, we discover the distilled wisdom of the human race."
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Huston Smith
Philosopher
Huston Smith was a renowned scholar of religion, celebrated for his influential work 'The World's Religions' that explores the essence of diverse spiritual traditions.
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"I am profoundly moved and persuaded by the near-death experience."
Huston Smith
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"All -isms end up in schisms."
Huston Smith
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"We all carry it within us: supreme strength, the fullness of wisdom, unquenchable joy. It is never thwarted, and cannot be destroyed."
Huston Smith
Philosopher
"God is defined by Jesus but not confined to Jesus."
Huston Smith
Philosopher
"God has to speak to each person in their own language, in their own idioms. Take Spanish, Chinese. You can express the same thought, but to different people you have to use a different language. Its the same in religion."