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1		"It is through awareness of the individualized spiritual Will that one is attuned to the omniscience of life as a Conscious, Intelligent Entity." Soul Centered Astrology, A Key to Your Expanding Self (Alan Oken)

2		"There is such a thing as the 'unconscious will' of the higher Self which tends always to bring the personality in line with the over-all purpose of the spiritual Self." Roberto Assagioli, contemporary author, 'Psychosynthesis: A Manual of Principles and Techniques' The Quotable Spirit (Peter Lorie and Manuela D Mascetti, editors)

3		"The will of the Creator, through which all things were made and received their first impulse, is the property of every living being." Isis Unveiled (Helena P. Blavatsky)

4		"Because we have free will, we can choose to behave in ways that either enhance or hinder the movement of creation toward perfect completion in the divine." Spiritual Genius, The Mastery of Life's Meaning (Winifred Gallagher)

5		"God's will embraces the totality of our development and faith. Trust and love are the keys that open us to the fullness of God's will for us." The Mystic Hours, A Daybook of Interspiritual Wisdom & Devotion (Wayne Teasdale)

6		"We are all parts of the Logos, and our wills are part of his." The Inner Life (Charles W. Leadbeater)

7		"Every process, every movement from the circling of stars to the vibration of a gnat's wing, is not only under the complete control of God, but also occupies his entire consciousness as if it were the only thing that was happening." Behold the Spirit, A Study in the Necessity of Mystical Religion (Alan Watts)

8		"The Neter (Nature) is alive, it will always act in the rhythm of its nature but will adapt itself harmonically to ambient conditions." Nature Word (R. A. Schwaller deLubicz)

9		"In each moment the will of God is present, if we can only allow ourselves to discern it." The Mystic Hours, A Daybook of Interspiritual Wisdom & Devotion (Wayne Teasdale)

10		"The union of the separate Will with the one Will for the helping of the world is the goal which seems to be more worthy of reaching after than any the world can offer." Annie Besant, 'Study in Consciousness' The Seven Human Powers: Luminous Shadows of the Self (Shirley J. Nicholson)

11		"The Will of the Logos is infinitely stronger than any human will, and not even the utmost exertion of perverse ingenuity can possibly prevail against Him." The Inner Life (Charles W. Leadbeater)

12		"In God's will is our peace." Anonymous Encyclopedia of Religious Quotations (Frank S Mead, editor)

13		"Man has something in his soul, a something that will tear the veil apart that he may see the world of real things….This Holy Breath knocks at the door of every soul, but cannot enter in until the will of man throws wide the door." ch. 44, v. 21 & 23 Aquarian Gospel of Jesus the Christ (Leo W. Dowling)

14		"Holiness consists of doing the will of God with a smile." Mother Teresa of Calcutta Macmillan Dictionary of Religious Quotations (Margaret Pepper, editor)

15		"Synthesis is an attribute of the divine will and the outstanding quality of Deity." The Rays and The Initiations (Alice A. Bailey)

16		"The benevolent will of God…desires only good and not evil." I Ching or The Book of Changes (Richard Wilhelm, translator)

17		"The rulers thought they did all they did by their own power and will, but the Holy Spirit was secretly accomplishing all through them by the Spirit's will." The Gospel of Philip The Gnostic Gospels of Jesus (Marvin Meyer)

18		"God is master of history, governing hearts and events in keeping with his will." Catechism of the Catholic Church (Various)

19		"It is God's will that moves all things, brings all things into existence, sustains them." St. Maximos the Confessor, 'Fifth Century of Various Texts' The Philokalia, volume 2 (various authors, compiled by St. Nikodimos of the Holy Mountain)

20		"The will toward mystery has an urge to unite, to love and be loved, to enter into the mystery of self and other. To go past such duality to the One that lies beyond thought or thinker, to the heart of the unspeakable wholeness and delight that patiently awaits our inward arrival." Turning Toward the Mystery: A Seeker's Journey (Stephen Levine)

21		"Spiritual will is the transcendent principle within us which forms as it were the very heart and core of our being." T. K. Taimni The Seven Human Powers: Luminous Shadows of the Self (Shirley J. Nicholson)

22		"God's will is the path we tread which develops the best for us and for all we encounter." The Findhorn Garden: Pioneering a New Vision of Man and Nature in Cooperation (The Findhorn Community)

23		"The all-powerful and ineffable God, who was before all ages but herself had no beginning nor will she cease to exist after the end of the ages – she it is who formed every creature in a marvelous way by her own will." Hildegard of Bingen, quoted by Matthew Fox, 'All Beings Celebrate Creation' Angels and Mortals, Their Co-Creative Power (Maria Parisen, compiler)

24		"Each time we make use of our free will by giving, we are in copartnership with the infinite Bestower. When this is accomplished with clear awareness of what we are doing, we raise the consciousness of creation." God Is A Verb, Kabbalah and the Practice of Mystical Judaism (Rabbi David A. Cooper)

25		"We fulfill our destiny by exercising our free will." The Unfolding Self: Varieties of Transformative Experience (Ralph Metzner)