Huston Smith Quotes & Sayings (Page 4)

“The faith I was born into formed me.”

“I grew up taking it for granted that missionaries were what American boys grew up to be.”

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

“Religion is the call to confront reality; to master the self.”

“The Buddha is in me, the Buddha is in you. Live up to it.”

“You subtract Christianity from Huston Smith, and there is no Huston Smith left.”

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

“I think it matters almost infinitely that we practice one of the authentic religions. But if you mean does it make any difference which. The answer is no, as long as each is followed with equal intensity, sincerity, dedication.”

“The crisis that the world finds itself in as it swings on the hinge of a new millennium is located in something deeper than particular ways of organizing political systems and economies.”

“I don't have any fear of death. I do, however, have an inordinate fear of becoming dependent on other people. To me, that's the severest test, not death.”