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If you are drilling for water, it's better to drill one 60-foot well than 10 6-foot wells.

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Huston Smith
Age: 97 †
Born: 1919
Born: May 31
Died: 2016
Died: December 30
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Huston Cummings Smith
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In order to live man must believe in that for which he lives.
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It has been estimated that one third of our Western civilization bears the mark of its Jewish ancestry.
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I'm not a chauvinist. I'm a universalist. I think that God imploded, like a spiritual big bang, to launch the eight civilizations that make up recorded history and the religions in those civilizations.
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Rationalism and Newtonian science has lured us into dark woods, but a new metaphysics can rescue us.
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My body was born into the - baptized in the Methodist church, and it will be buried in the Methodist Church. Meanwhile, I have a soul. And my soul cannot be confined to any human institution.
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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.
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...the single destination of sanctity could admit of so many different avenues leading to it.
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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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When there are miles to go before we sleep, altered traits are more important than altered states.
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I would not say that ethical behavior is not possible for the atheist or agnostic. It is. A couple of pretty good examples are Bertrand Russell and Jean-Paul Sartre. However, I will have to say that if we take the human lot as a whole, these two men must be seen as exceptions.
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As human beings we are made to surpass ourselves and are truly ourselves only when transcending ourselves.
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I simply wanted to experience the presence of this man who had revolutionized my understanding. After a while we sat in silence, gazing at the barren canyon walls. And the mute desert seemed to carry on our conversation for us.
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The Sufis say there are three ways to know fire - by hearing it described, by seeing it, or by being burned.
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Swallow your pride and admit that we all need help at times.
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With mind distracted, never thinking, Death is coming, To slave away on the pointless business of mundane life, And then to come out empty--it is a tragic error. (116) trans by Robert Thurman
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