Huston Smith Quotes
We are free when we are not the slave of our impulses, but rather their master. Taking inward distance, we thus become the authors of our own dramas rather than characters in them.
Quotes to Explore
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If women built the bridges or were meant to build the bridges, then they would have done it.
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Increase of material comforts, it may be generally laid down, does not in any way whatsoever conduce to moral growth.
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There is a luxury in self-reproach. When we blame ourselves we feel no one else has a right to blame us.
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We're headed towards a fascist economy in which you have big government, big corporations and big labor, and they're all in cahoots to strangle the entrepreneur.
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A great literary work can be completely, completely unpredictable. Which can sometimes make them very hard to read, but it gives them a great originality.
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I think the kind of films and roles I do takes a whole year... I think it is justified. At some point, we have to come to that place where we are equally paid. It is a small step... we are headed to that direction.
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Muslims are ordinary members of the working public, just like you.
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What I'm interested in is human beings alone.
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I always wanted to be on a sitcom.
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I like things that make you grit your teeth. I like tucking my chin in and sort of leading into the storm. I like that feeling. I like it a lot.
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Anything that I can do with my voice that's good, I'll try to do.
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Habla con su propia palabra sólo la herida.
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The lawlessness that has swept the country must stop.
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There has been a lot of self-doubt and unwelcome events in my life.
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The key to community is the acceptance, in fact the celebration of our individual and cultural differences. It is also the key to world peace
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Love dares the self to leave itself behind, to enter into poverty.
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Prayer is the lungs through which holiness breathes. Prayer is not only the language of spiritual life, but also makes its very essence and forms its real character. O for a faith that will not shrink though pressed by every foe; That will not tremble on the brink of any earthly woe. Lord, give us such a faith as this... whatever may come...
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The greatest thing by far is to have a command of metaphor. This alone cannot be imparted by another; it is the mark of genius, for to make good metaphors implies an eye for resemblances.
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When I met Elvis, we didn't really have a conversation. I was introduced by my uncle, and he sort of grunted my way. What stays with me is the whole scene. I had never seen a real mob scene before. I was really young and impressionable. Elvis really did look - he looked sort of not real, as if he were glowing.
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Something pure to burn away the darkness that hides inside my mind
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The Patriot Act, passed overwhelmingly but hastily after 9/11, allows the FBI to obtain telecommunication, financial, and credit records without a court order.
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We are free when we are not the slave of our impulses, but rather their master. Taking inward distance, we thus become the authors of our own dramas rather than characters in them.
