No one in human history has given as much thought to the interweaving of altered states of consciousness and religion as I have. Huston Smith Read Quote
Rationalism and Newtonian science has lured us into dark woods, but a new metaphysics can rescue us. Huston Smith Read Quote
The scientific method is nearly perfect for understanding the physical aspects of our life. But it is a radically limited viewfinder in its inability to offer values, morals and meanings that are at the center of our lives. Huston Smith Read Quote
In my town, I had only one adult American male role model: my father. I grew up taking it for granted that missionaries were what American boys grew up to be. Huston Smith Read Quote
God has to speak to each person in their own language, in their own idioms. Take Spanish, Chinese. You can express the same thought, but to different people you have to use a different language. It’s the same in religion. Huston Smith Read Quote
I happen to be a Christian. I was brought up and drenched in that. I am very orthodox in thinking that Jesus acted in his life the way God would have acted if God had assumed human form. Huston Smith Read Quote
There are wonderfully intrinsic moments when life makes sense, and doubts are banished as irrelevant in those moments. Of course, we can’t stay in that state. We’re not here to be blissed out all the time. Huston Smith Read Quote
I am very orthodox in thinking that Jesus acted in his life the way God would have acted if God had assumed human form. Huston Smith Read Quote
The modern period adds social ethics to religions agenda, for we now realize that social structures are not like laws of nature. They are human creations, so we are responsible for them. Huston Smith Read Quote
