“He [Jesus] could have been that [a healer and exorcist]--indeed, he could have been "the most extraordinary figure in … the stream of Jewish charismatic healers," as the same New Testament scholar goes on to say--without attracting more than local attention. What made him outlive his time and place was the way he used the Spirit that coursed though him not just to heal individuals but -- this was his aspiration -- to heal humanity, beginning with his own people.”
“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
