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The religions begin by assuring us that if we could see the full picture we would find it more integrated than we would normally suppose.

— Huston Smith The World's Religions (1991)

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The invisible excludes nothing, the invisible that excludes nothing is the infmite - the soul of India is the infmite.

Sex is the divine in its most available epiphany.

The World's Religions (1991)

All human thought proceeds through words, so if words are askew, thought cannot proceed aright.

The World's Religions (1991)

Idealists may call for the exercise of heroic continence in such circumstances, but heroism is never a mass option.

The World's Religions (1991)

Not only is the destiny of the individual bound up with the entire Church; it is responsible for helping to sanctify the entire world of nature and history.

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