Many / One

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1		"No one can live without symbols. The symbol is the true appearance of reality; it is the form in which reality discloses itself to our consciousness, or rather, it is that particular consciousness of reality. It is in the symbol that the real appears to us." Raimundo Panikkar, Indian Catholic theologian

2		"Lord, purge our eyes to see within the seed a tree, within the glowing egg a bird, within the shroud a butterfly, till, taught by such, we see beyond all creatures, thee." Christina Rossetti (1830-1894), English poet

3		"We were born to love, we live to love, and we will die to love still more." Joseph Cafasso (1811-1860), Italian priest and spiritual guide

4		"Life is an education. And the one eternal lesson for us all is how better we can love." Henry Drummond (1851-1897), Scottish writer

5		"I pray that since we are all made of the same substance…we may love one another with a single love." Antony of Egypt (c.251-356), Egyptian ascetic

6		"If God can be found in all things, then there is nothing at all that can happen to us that we need fear." Margaret Hebblethwaite, theologian and spiritual writer

7		"Every creature is by its nature a kind of effigy and likeness of the eternal Wisdom." Bonaventure (1221-1274), Italian Franciscan theologian

8		"Every person may err, but not the whole gathered together, for the whole has a promise." Robert Hugh Benson (1871-1914), English Catholic writer

9		"Hold fast to love in all sincerity, give each other practical proof of it." Fulgentius of Ruspe (468-533), North African bishop and writer

10		"Prayer is a participation in the destiny of the world." Sergius Bulgakov (1871-1944), Russian theologian

11		"God is near to all who call upon him…The kingdom of heaven can be reached from every land." Samhthann (ca. 6 ad), Celtic mystic

12		"The nearer we draw to God in our love for him, the more we are united together by love for our neighbour, and the greater our union with our neighbour, the greater is our union with God." Dorotheus of Gaza (ca. 6 ad), Greek spiritual writer

13		"Love makes everything lovely; hate concentrates itself on the one thing hated." George MacDonald (1824-1905), Scottish novelist, poet and pastor

14		"The spiritual exercise of the radiation of love is perhaps the most important prayer of transformatrion which anyone can make." F. C. Happold, contemporary English teacher and writer

15		"It is inter-faith ecumenism that should be the aim for us all at this moment in history." Trevor Huddleston, English Anglican missionary

16		"The mystery of the world abides in freedom." Nicolas Berdyaev (1874-1948), Russian philosopher

17		"When you see your brother, you see your God." Apollo, 5th century desert father

18		"To have a prayerful approach to people is to have eyes to see, a mind intent upon seeing, a heart hopeful of seeing the image of God in each person I meet, to see them in themselves and in God." Douglas Rhymes, contemporary English priest and author

19		"What must come first in all prayers, however varied they may be, and what gives them real value is the love with which they are made." Charles deFoucauld (1858-1916), French explorer

20		"A soul cannot live without loving. It must have something to love, for it was created to love." Catherine of Siena (1347-1380), Italian mystic

21		"In its highest unity, all that moves us in feeling is one….our being and living is a being and living in and through God." Friedrich Schleiermacher (1768-1834), German theologian

22		"All religions must be tolerated. Every man must get to heaven in his own way." Frederick the Great (1712-1786), King of Prussia

23		"If we go down into ourselves we find that we possess exactly what we desire." Simone Weil (1909-1943), French philosopher and mystic

24		"It is good to love many things, for therein lies strength. Whosoever loves much can accomplish much, and what is done with love is well done." Vincent vanGogh (1853-1900), Dutch post-impressionist painter

25		"Eternity is not something that begins after you are dead. It is going on all the time. We are in it now." Charlotte Perkins Gilman (1860-1935), American sociologist