“Only while they are conforming their actions to the model of some archetypal hero do the Arunta feel that they are truly alive, for in those roles they are immortal. The occasions on which they slip from such molds are quite meaningless, for time immediately devours those occasions and reduces them to nothingness.”
“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
