“They [Taoists] were fond of pointing out that the value of cups, windows, and doorways lies in the part of them that are not there.”
“The larger the island of knowledge, the longer the shoreline of wonder.”
Huston Smith
“When I read the Upanishads, I found a profundity of world view that made my Christianity seem like third grade.”
Huston Smith
“The sheer immensity of the human self as envisioned by the world's religions is awesome.”
Huston Smith
“In mysteries what we know, and our realization of what we do not know, proceed together; the larger the island of knowledge, the longer the shoreline of wonder. It is like the quantum world, where the...”
Huston Smith
“[...] if we were to find ourselves with a single religion tomorrow, it is likely that there would be two the day after.”
Huston Smith