Many / One
A database of 11,000+ illuminated guiding quotations in 40 categories from 600+ inspired books by our most brilliant and influential authors.
Compiled by JoAnn Kite
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"The Talmud states, 'All are responsible for each other.' And Jesus taught, 'That which you do to the least of these my brethren you do unto me.'"
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"I release into this universe my trust that my journey in life and all who walk my path with me are there by divine design."
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"I can see that the power of prayer and intention – theirs, yours, mine – forges the grace that holds our world together."
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"Folklore and fairy tales are filled with lessons about the values of love, compassion, generosity, and caring for family, friends, the sick, and the elderly. These are the virtues that matter to heaven. These are the virtues that matter even if there is no heaven. And these are the virtues we are required to develop and refine on our spiritual journey."
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"Service to others is not only a social ideal, it is a spiritual ideal and a spiritual necessity. Virtually all world spiritual traditions tell us that we serve the divine through caring for other people."
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"You have to CHOOSE to make the best of a difficult situation and to trust that a reason beyond your understanding is always at work."
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"Know that underlying the storm is peace, and under the chaos is order. Use the power of faith as your anchor: faith that there is a reason why things happen as they do; faith that you will make it through a crisis; faith that you are moving forward to a better place."
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"Politeness serves a purpose…civility and kindness are moral imperatives." Jane Austen
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"We each are an individual fragment of a collective soul and are called to help each other, to live with a compassionate awareness of all of humanity."
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"We are spiritually responsible for each other and we are meant to discover and nurture the divine that exists within each person."
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"Somehow even in the midst of the worst chaos, the universe still provides a map for our survival."
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"There are no such things as coincidences or accidents. Look for the meaning in your synchronistic enounters."
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"Our spirit inherently understands that we are all one – with other people and our universe."
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"Being of service is not an option, it is a biological necessity. Every kind action we do for someone is a reanimation of our own life force – and of the other person's. Many spiritual traditions share the Golden Rule: treat others as you would like to be treated.'"
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"We are constantly communicating with everything around us, with the greater energy of the universe and the consciousness of other living creatures."
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"Only when we see ourselves in our true human context, as members of a race which is intended to be one organism and 'one body', will we begin to understand the positive importance not only of the successes but of the failures and accidents in our lives." Thomas Merton, 'No Man Is An Island'
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"The ancient Greek philosopher Epictetus wrote, 'The universe is but one great city, full of beloved ones, divine and human by nature, endeared to each other.'"
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"Trusting in the unseen, ineffable spiritual purpose behind our soul's journey generates a grace that illuminates the world."
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"We are meant to care about each other and the well-being of the entire human family because our physical survival and spiritual survival depend on one another. We are drawn to help each other, to be there for one another, because we are made of the same spiritual substance."
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"Love is all we have, the only way that each can help the other." Euripides
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"Faith is an active force – not a passive one – an invisible power, like love."
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