"Beware of the differences that blind us to the unity that binds us."

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Source : Huston Smith, Jeffery Paine (2012). “The Huston Smith Reader”, p.27, Univ of California Press

Huston Smith

#Differences Quotes #Unity Quotes #Blind Quotes

“What can God do for a liar who refuses to repent? Can the Lord save him? He canâ€™t claim salvation. Baptizing him in water will not settle the trouble, unless you keep him under.”
“What fits your busy schedule better, exercising one hour a day or being dead 24 hours a day?”
“All of us have to be prevaricators, hypocrites, and liars every day of our lives; otherwise the social structure would fall into pieces the first day. We must act in one another's presence just as we must wear clothes. It is for the best”

Source : O. Henry (1953). “The complete works of O. Henry [pseud.]”
“I am not unambitious. I am just too ambitious for what you call ambitions.”
“But I was singing loud, and most singers weren't singing loud.”
“I have discovered in 20 years of moving around a ballpark, that the knowledge of the game is usually in inverse proportion to the price of the seats.”

Source : Bill Veeck, Ed Linn (2012). “Veeck--As In Wreck: The Autobiography of Bill Veeck”, p.119, University of Chicago Press
“Starting to paint, I felt gloriously free, quiet, and alone.”
“We are dealing with a yet unrecognized level of consciousness, independent of man but closely linked to the earth.... I do not believe anymore that UFOs are simply the spacecraft of some race of extraterrestrial visitors. This notion is too simplistic to explain their appearance, the frequency of their manifestations through recorded history, and the structure of the information exchanged with them during contact.”

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