First of all, my persuasion is what really breeds violence is political differences. But because religion serves as … - Huston Smith

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Huston Smith

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.

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The most powerful moral influence is example.

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If we take the world’s enduring religions at their best, we discover the distilled wisdom of the human race.

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After his great awakening, the Buddha continued to meditate and to devote himself to others; otherwise his vision would have receded into a pleasant memory.

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I don't want to justify religion in terms of its benefits to us. I believe that, on balance, it does a lot of bad things, too - a tremendous amount. But I don't think that the final justification of religion is the good it does for people. I think the final justification is that it's true, and truth takes priority over consequences. Religion helps us deal with what is most important to the human spirit: values, meaning, purpose, and quality.

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We become compassionate not from altruism which denies the self for the sake of the other, but from the insight that sees and feels one is the other.

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I love collecting; my joy is finding private press American or European home studio electronic music from the 60s and 70s.

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