In order to live man must believe in that for which he lives.

Quote by Huston Smith

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Poetry is a special use of language that opens onto the real. The business of...

Poetry is a special use of language that opens onto the real. The business of...

Exclusively oral cultures are unencumbered by dead knowledge, dead facts. Libraries, on the other hand,...

Exclusively oral cultures are unencumbered by dead knowledge, dead facts. Libraries, on the other hand,...

Rationalism and Newtonian science has lured us into dark woods, but a new metaphysics can...

Rationalism and Newtonian science has lured us into dark woods, but a new metaphysics can...

The most powerful moral influence is example.

The most powerful moral influence is example.

In nature, the emphasis is in what is rather than what ought to be.

In nature, the emphasis is in what is rather than what ought to be.

Human intelligence is a reflection of the intelligence that produces everything. In knowing, we are...

Human intelligence is a reflection of the intelligence that produces everything. In knowing, we are...

So always, if we look back, concern for face-to-face morality, and its modern emphasis on...

So always, if we look back, concern for face-to-face morality, and its modern emphasis on...

First of all, my persuasion is what really breeds violence is political differences. But because...

First of all, my persuasion is what really breeds violence is political differences. But because...

I had assumed that Bush's seemingly inflexible policy to support Sharon was for political reasons...

I had assumed that Bush's seemingly inflexible policy to support Sharon was for political reasons...

It's often difficult for us to act compassionately, but sacred art eases the difficulty by...

It's often difficult for us to act compassionately, but sacred art eases the difficulty by...

The modern period adds social ethics to religions agenda, for we now realize that social...

The modern period adds social ethics to religions agenda, for we now realize that social...

The crisis that the world finds itself in as it swings on the hinge of...

The crisis that the world finds itself in as it swings on the hinge of...

A nation can assume that the addition of the words under God to its pledge...

A nation can assume that the addition of the words under God to its pledge...

Ignorance is the soil in which belief in miracles grows.

Ignorance is the soil in which belief in miracles grows.

When our vices quit us, we flatter ourselves with the belief that it is we...

When our vices quit us, we flatter ourselves with the belief that it is we...

He who does not believe that God is above all is either a fool or...

He who does not believe that God is above all is either a fool or...

Great things are accomplished by talented people who believe they will accomplish them.

Great things are accomplished by talented people who believe they will accomplish them.

For those who believe, no proof is necessary. For those who don't believe, no proof...

For those who believe, no proof is necessary. For those who don't believe, no proof...

Faith: Belief without evidence in what is told by one who speaks without knowledge, of...

Faith: Belief without evidence in what is told by one who speaks without knowledge, of...

Capitalism has destroyed our belief in any effective power but that of self interest backed...

Capitalism has destroyed our belief in any effective power but that of self interest backed...

If God were not a necessary Being of Himself, He might also seem to be...

If God were not a necessary Being of Himself, He might also seem to be...

No nation has friends only interests

No nation has friends only interests