"Poetry is a special use of language that opens onto the real. The business of the poet is truth telling, which is why in the Celtic tradition no one could be a teacher unless he or she was a poet."

--

Source : Huston Smith (2003). “The Way Things Are: Conversations with Huston Smith on the Spiritual Life”, p.196, Univ of California Press

Huston Smith

#Teacher Quotes #Real Quotes #Special Quotes

“The [President's] Nomination, of Course, brings the Subject fully under the Consideration of the Senate; who have then a Right to decide upon its Propriety or Impropriety.”
“The subject of bisexuality really needs much more discussion. Its a status that does exist.”
“I ain't the same person I was when I bit that guy's ear off.”
“God, teach me to be patient, teach me to go slow, Teach me how to wait on You when my way I do not know. Teach me sweet forbearance when things do not go right So I remain unruffled when others grow uptight. Teach me how to quiet my racing, rising heart So I might hear the answer You are trying to impart. Teach me to let go, dear God, and pray undisturbed until My heart is filled with inner peace and I learn to know your will.”

Source : Helen Steiner Rice, Virginia Ruehlmann (2004). “The Poems and Prayers of Helen Steiner Rice”, p.222, Revell
“Marriage is the death of hope.”
“This is how you know religion is failing because people think you're bonkers if you believe in God and also because it's so uncool believing in Jesus and everything.”
“Its a very 18th-century thing to have a book broken into several volumes.”
“Scientists will forever have to live with the fact that their product is, in the end, impersonal.”

You may also like:

Aldous Huxley
Writer
Frithjof Schuon
Author
Phil Cousineau
Author
Ram Dass
Teacher
Rene Guenon
Author
Richard Rohr
Priest
Robert Thurman
Writer
Shunryu Suzuki
Timothy Leary
Psychologist