The scholar must balance respect for living traditions with ... - Wendy Doniger

"The scholar must balance respect for living traditions with intellectual independence and commitment to truth."

Wendy Doniger Truth

Historian of Religion American Born 1940 (age 86)

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"Mythology is not a lie; mythology is a way of understanding the world"

"The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there"

"Texts are not sacred; people are sacred"

"Lucy, you got some 'splainin' to do!"

"You must always be honest with the people you love."

"Truth always comes out in the end."

"Honesty is always the best policy."