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If we take the world’s enduring religions at their best, we discover the distilled wisdom of the human race.


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The most powerful moral influence is example.



I am profoundly moved and persuaded by the near-death experience.

I am profoundly moved and persuaded by the near-death experience.



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All -isms end up in schisms.



We all carry it within us: supreme strength, the fullness of wisdom, unquenchable joy. It is never thwarted, and cannot be destroyed.

We all carry it within us: supreme strength, the fullness of wisdom, unquenchable joy. It is never thwarted, and cannot be destroyed.



God is defined by Jesus but not confined to Jesus.

God is defined by Jesus but not confined to Jesus.



The object of pilgrimage is not rest and recreation – to get away from it all. To set out on a pilgrimage is to throw down a challenge to everyday life.

The object of pilgrimage is not rest and recreation – to get away from it all. To set out on a pilgrimage is to throw down a challenge to everyday life.



At the center of the religious life is a peculiar kind of joy, the prospect of a happy ending that blossoms from necessarily painful ordeals, the promise of human difficulties embraced and overcome.

At the center of the religious life is a peculiar kind of joy, the prospect of a happy ending that blossoms from necessarily painful ordeals, the promise of human difficulties embraced and overcome.



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

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



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.

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.



Built into human makeup is a longing for a 'more' that the world of everyday experience cannot requite.

Built into human makeup is a longing for a 'more' that the world of everyday experience cannot requite.





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The greatest satisfaction, I think, is when a building opens and the public possesses it and you cut the umbilical cord and you see it taking on its own life. There’s no greater satisfaction.

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Mendeleev, unlike the squeamish Meyer, had balls enough to predict that new elements would be dug up. Look harder, you chemists and geologists, he seemed to taunt, and you’ll find them.

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