Many / One
A database of 11,000+ illuminated guiding quotations in 40 categories from 600+ inspired books by our most brilliant and influential authors.
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"The most intelligible view of the cosmos is that of a living Whole."
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"That which is One projects 'otherness' as a mirror of Self-knowing."
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"Filled with Brahman are the things we see, filled with Brahman are the things we see not. From out of Brahman floweth all that is: from Brahman all – yet is he still the same."
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"When our minds are stilled, the sense of the Infinite invades us; and not only are we embraced by It but paradoxically we find no distinction between It and all creatures. Unity is indivisible."
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"Every particular is embraced within a whole, and every whole extends beyond itself to other wholes, circles within circles and so on ad infinitum."
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"In love we witness the operation of a law of spiritual gravitation; and like physical gravitation it is a ubiquitous force which cements the universe into a harmonious unity of functioning. To describe love only in terms of emotion is to miss the universal impersonal truth it expresses."
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"Much of our normal living is….permeated with intuitive insights. Deep within each of us is the conviction that love is better than hate; beauty better than ugliness; justice better than injustice."
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"Wherever we scratch the phenomenal surface deeply enough, we strike the living water of unity."
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"We are consciously or unconsciously always embraced by the spiritual unity of the Universal Whole."
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"The Maharshis and Siddhas, mighty Teachers of the past, exist inscrutably within the radiant Being. All are there, and he who worships one draws near to them all." Krishna Prem, 'The Yoga of the Bhagavad Gita'
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"The self in us is fundamentally the Universal Self, the Supreme Brahman, the God within each of us and in all creatures."
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"Lines converging from the base of a pyramid start from infinite points of diversity. The nearer the apex the closer they come to one another until at the summit they reach the point of unity. So it is that religions at the base exhibit irreconcilable differences and conflicts. But as they approach sight of the spiritual light of their origin, they, like converging lines within a pyramid, draw closer to one another until the supernal vision of the apex submerges all differences in unity."
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"The power of love dissolves self-centeredness and brings the wisdom to act effectively in all situations."
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"Whoever cannot find a temple in his heart, the same can never find his heart in any temple." Mikhail Naimy, 'The Book of Mirdad'
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"When he perceiveth the diversified existence of beings as rooted in One, and spreading forth from it, then he reaches the Eternal."
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"Life is a process, a seamless garment, and there is a universal nexus connecting all phenomena so that every part pulsates sensitively to every other part."
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"The individual is a microcosm, in fact each of us is a replica of the Whole we call the Cosmos."
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"All sequences in time must be related to the ultimate timeless Source, the wholeness in which we live and have our being."
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"Our intuition conveys the message that this universe could not exist unless held together by some unifying power and intelligence."
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