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1		"A man consists of the faith that is in him. Whatever he is, his faith is." Bhagavad Gita

2		"The prayer of the heart is the source of all good, which refreshes the soul as if it were a garden." St. Gregory of Sinai

3		"All mankind is born for perfection, and each shall attain it, will he but follow his nature's duty." Bhagavad Gita

4		"The great world of light lies behind all human destinies." Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, 'To A Child'

5		"I belong to the Great Church which holds the world within its starlit aisles; that claims the great and good of every race and clime; that finds with joy the grain of gold in every creed, and floods with light and love the germs of good in every soul." Robert G. Ingersoll, 'Life of Robert G. Ingersoll'

6		"The good neighbor looks beyond the external accidents and discerns those inner qualities that make all men human and therefore brothers." Martin Luther King, 'Strength to Love'

7		"The best prayer is not that which feels most, but that which gives most." Fr. Andrew, 'A Gift of Light'

8		"The presence in Nature of so many phenomena requiring intelligence for their appreciation implies a kindred intelligence to produce them." Sir Ambrose Fleming, Presidential Address to the Victoria Institute, March 18, 1936

9		"We must accept finite disappointment, but we must never lose infinite hope." Martin Luther King, 'The Words of Martin Luther King'

10		"The way through to the vision of the Son of Man and the knowledge of God, which is the heart of contemplative prayer, is by unconditional love of thy neighbor, of the nearest THOU to hand." Bishop John Robinson, 'Honest to God'

11		"He knew behind all creeds the Spirit that is one." Andrew Lang, 'Herodotus in Egypt'

12		"Prayer takes the mind out of the narrowness of self-interest, and enables us to see the world in the mirror of the holy." Abraham Joshua Heschel, 'The Essence of Spiritual Living'

13		"Our life is love, and peace, and tenderness; and bearing one with another, and forgiving one another, and not laying accusations one against another." Isaac Penington, 'The Art of Living'

14		"All shall be well and…All manner of thing shall be well…When the tongues of flame are in-folded…Into the crowned knot of fire…and the fire and the rose are one." T. S. Eliot, 'Little Gidding'

15		"God creates out of the absolute superabundance of his mercy and love." Fr. George Florovsky, Collected Works, vol. 3

16		"He alone loves the Creator perfectly who manifests a pure love for his neighbour." Venerable Bede

17		"Wherever there is a bit of colour, a note of song, a grace of form, then comes the call of our love." Rabindranath Tagore, 'Sadhana'

18		"Silver and gold are not the only coin; virtue too passes current all over the world." Euripides, 'Oedipus'

19		"He who knows his own self knows God." Mohammed

20		"We can in our own little lives be utterly certain that God always has an alternative, in which the one purpose for which we are here may be fulfilled, if other ways fail." Fr. Andrew, 'The Way of Victory'

21		"God is as present as the air." Michael Hollings, 'Day by Day'

22		"Where people are praying for peace the cause of peace is being strengthened by their very act of prayer, for they are themselves becoming immersed in the spirit of peace." John Macquarrie, 'The Concept of Peace'

23		"Duty does not have to be dull. Love can make it beautiful and fill it with life." Thomas Merton, 'The Sign of Jonas'

24		"Give rest to the weary, visit the sick, support the poor, for this also is prayer." Afrahat, the first Syriac Father

25		"The parent of the universe fixed for eternity the causes whereby He keeps all things in order." Martin Luther