Huston Smith Quotes

Science is empirical, all about physical senses that tell us about the world. But physical senses are not the only senses we have. Nobody has ever seen a thought. Nobody has ever seen a feeling. And yet thoughts and feelings are where we live our lives most immediately, and science cannot connect with that.

Huston Smith

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: theologian
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: May 31, 1919 - December 30, 2016

Topics

LiveScienceThoughtsWorldThought

Do not let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God; trust also in me.

Jesus Christ

GodTrustMeHeartsYourTroubled

Of all the wastes of human ignorance perhaps the most extravagant and costly to human growth has been the waste of the distinctive powers of womanhood after the child-bearing age.

Anna Garlin Spencer

GrowthAgeIgnoranceHumanBeen

I tested in the top percentile for IQ, but I couldn't tie my shoes or really ride a bike without training wheels until I was almost 7.

Stephen Rodrick

ShoesRideBikeTrainingTopTie

A day without sunshine is like, you know, night.

Steve Martin

FunnySunshineDayNightYouKnow

As a close-up magician, I was using gambling cheating techniques.

Steve Truglia

GamblingCheatingClose-UpMagician

I didn't want to engage in a campaign where I was defending myself on those issues at every turn, so I just decided that I'd switch and run as a Republican.

Rodney Alexander

MyselfWantRunRepublicanTurn

I got everybody on my side through comedy.

Ruth Buzzi

ComedyThroughSideGotEverybody

I love that Amazon has this incredibly unique, diplomatic process where people's voices are heard, and we're using this great interconnectedness we have, via the Internet, to weigh in and to have a say in what we want to see and what we don't.

Matt Bomer

LoveGreatPeopleProcessInternet

I've often wondered if the trade-off for growing up in the relative newness and freshness of the West Coast was befuddlement when it comes to historical preservation. We don't have many old things, and we don't really know what to do with the few that are around when our default response is to compost or field burn.

Mary Pilon

Growing UpGrowingKnowBurnOldUp

I am proud, and more than a little excited, to be asked to work with Faber in an editorial capacity. It is my dearest hope that we will produce some fantastic books together.

Jarvis Cocker

WorkHopeTogetherI AmProudWill

Who knows but that England may revive in New South Wales when it has sunk in Europe.

Joseph Banks

NewEuropeMayWhoEnglandKnows

I love eating it - grilled chicken, pasta, rice, and other foods that give me long term energy. Every once in a while, my sweet tooth gets the best of me and I have to snack on some candy. Beverage wise, I stick to sports drinks, water, milk, and juice.

Derrick Rose

LoveSportsWaterBestWiseSweet

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