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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1		"Gaze into the heart of each creature and kin and behold the Beloved who gazes upon you with love." Sister Georgene Wilson

2		"This much is certain, that once we make up our minds to seek God, he is already seeking us much more eagerly, and he is not going to let anything happen to prevent his purpose." Thomas Keating

3		"Be a blazing fire of truth, be a beauteous blossom of love, and be a soothing balm of peace." Sufi saying

4		"Trials, difficulties, and challenges bring us to our senses about our lives. They can serve as vehicles of realization, helping us to understand why we are here and how necessary the spiritual journey is for us. They awaken us to the serious purpose of life and inspire us not to waste this opportunity on a halfhearted existence."

5		"The Divine Essence has infinite concern, compassion, kindness, mercy, and sensitivity for US. This love has an infinite number of dimensions, and each dimension is itself endless. The Divine Reality is not a cold philosophical, analytical intelligence, though it is pure intelligence also, but a warm radiance of light. We arise eternally in this love; it maintains us in being, nourishing us in each moment; and it is our final destiny to be united to this love forever."

6		"There is a bridge between time and Eternity; and this bridge is Atman, the Spirit in us….To one who goes over that bridge, the night becomes like day, because in the worlds of the Spirit there is a Light which is everlasting." Chandogya Upanishad

7		"If we are to realize our potential, we must recognize our nature as sharers in God's being, participants in the infinite love that God is."

8		"Our journey to God is actually a journey of self-discovery in the Divine."

9		"True community includes those we disagree with. Community building, whether on our block or across national or cultural divides, is the great work of our new millennium."

10		"The eternal exists in one moment, the now, and everything is contained in that now. Eternity is this one instant, but this one instant extends forever in itself."

11		"The will of God is manifest in each moment, an immense ocean which the heart only fathoms in so far as it overflows with faith, trust and love." Jean Pierre deCaussade

12		"I thank God for my handicaps, for through them I have found myself, my work, and my God." Helen Keller

13		"Let us each examine our faith. If it is rooted in love, mercy, kindness, and compassion, we are on the right track."

14		"If a person lives, thinks, and is motivated by this intention of love, of compassion, kindness, and mercy, then that person is already in God's kingdom."

15		"In each moment the will of God is present, if we can only allow ourselves to discern it."

16		"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."

17		"Everything is linked with everything else; so divine essence is below as well as above, in heaven and on earth. There is nothing else." Moses deLeon (d. 1305), Spanish Jewish mystic

18		"No matter where you are, remember that forgiveness offers you peace of mind and everything else you could possibly ever want or hope for. It is an elixir, giving you your wholeness and leading you into the heart of God." Gerald Jampolsky, psychiatrist, founder of the Center for Attitudinal Healing

19		"The Divine is the knower in all of us, and we have to align ourselves with it."

20		"One of the goals of life is to learn the value of community, of interconnectedness, our oneness in the Divine Reality."

21		"Life is always a moral question that lies before us sweetly, dependent on our gratitude and constant struggle to cause as little suffering as possible to all and everything around us." Paul Hawken, entrepreneur and environmentalist

22		"In being one with the Divine, or what the Native Americans of the plains might call the Great Spirit, we are also at the center of the cosmos. In relationship with the Great Spirit, we share this same center. Let us find peace in this unity."

23		"The virtuous man or woman attracts other people of virtue. The virtuous always seek out those who have attained this morally vibrant consciousness, for this company stimulates and reinforces their own commitment."

24		"The interconnectedness of all sentient beings within the cosmos is what I like to call the Divine Matrix. Our healing, in some intangible but very real way, brings healing to the world, though we may not perceive it. Our healing…is a corporate event and process that involves all."

25		"Learn to open your being to the greater love witnessed in the example of the saints and watch your capacity expand, your compassion grow, and your generosity deepen."