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1 "Everything in the universe is a vessel that 'wills' to receive the light of the infinite bestower. Each molecule, plant, animal, rock and human is a vessel; each has the 'will' to be exactly what it is." God Is A Verb, Kabbalah and the Practice of Mystical Judaism (Rabbi David A. Cooper)

2 "Groups are forming now in their thousands and are to be found in every land, and they will eventually blend and fuse together into one great movement of goodwill, which is spirit in actual expression." Discipleship in the New Age (Alice A. Bailey)

3 "The will of God is the universal cause of all things; it is impossible that the divine will should not produce its effect." Introduction to Saint Thomas Aquinas (Anton C. Pegis, editor)

4 "Not a blade of grass moves without the will of the Supreme Personality of Godhead." Bhagavad-Gita As It Is (A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada)

5 "All real pleasure comes from doing God's Will. This is because NOT doing it is a denial of Self." A Course in Miracles (Helen Schucman and William Thetford)

6 "A great deal lies waiting in the womb of our spiritual evolution, but it can come to birth only through our willing, conscious cooperation." The Imagination of Pentecost: Rudolf Steiner & Contemporary Spirituality (Richard Leviton)

7 "The whole gist of the matter lies in the will, and this is what our Dear Lord meant by saying, 'The Kingdom of God is within you.' It is not a question of how much we know, how clever we are…. it all depends upon the heart's love. External actions are the results of love, the fruit it bears; but the source, the root, is in the deep of the heart." Francois Fenelon (1651-1715), French Archbishop of Cambray The Choice Is Always Ours (Dorothy B. Phillips, Chief Editor)

8 "It is God's will that is done, forever and ever." Guru Nanak (1469-1539), Indian disciple of Kabir, 'Hymns of Guru Nanak' The Quotable Spirit (Peter Lorie and Manuela D Mascetti, editors)

9 "Everything that exists is the outward sign of an inward intent of God." Lamps of Western Mysticism (Arthur Edward Waite)

10 "Our peace is in the good will that is inflamed by God, and in harmony with the Divine will." Dante and the Mystics (Edmund G. Gardner)

11 "For Clement of Alexandria, moral freedom is our glory; that we are made in the image of God really means that we have what he calls 'autexousia', a term often trnslated as 'free will', but, more accurately, 'the power to constitute one's own being'." Adam, Eve, and the Serpent (Elaine Pagels)

12 "The divine will is not a restriction imposed on us, a destiny from which we cannot escape: it is a loving reality far more benevolent, and far more effective on our behalf, than our own will could ever effect." The Hidden Jesus: A New Life (Donald Spoto, Ph. D.)

13 "The Will of the Logos is infinitely stronger than any human will, and not even the utmost exertion of perverse ingenuity can possibly prevail against Him." The Inner Life (Charles W. Leadbeater)

14 "Everything utilizes some portion of the Universal Will in its own peculiar way." Encyclopedia of Ancient and Forbidden Knowledge (Zolar)

15 "The will to live, which is present in every person, is an impulse urging us to carry life to its perfection, that is, to that state in which the purpose of God for each life will be fulfilled." Sadhu Sundar Singh (1889-1933?), 'With and Without Christ' Devotional Classics (Richard J. Foster and James Bryan Smith, editors)

16 "There is a volition beyond drives for dominance, an ego-transcending identity based upon solidarity with others, a superabundant vitality that overflows to those in need." The Future of the Body, Explorations Into the Further Evolution of Human Nature (Michael Murphy)

17 "Truth is God's Will. Share His Will and you share what He knows. Deny His Will as yours, and you are denying His Kingdom and yours." A Course in Miracles (Helen Schucman and William Thetford)

18 "The will-to-good is the basic quality of divine purpose, involving planned activity and a definite goal to be achieved." Discipleship in the New Age (Alice A. Bailey)

19 "The whole is built by the will of God." Freemasonry and Its Ancient Mystic Rites (C. W. Leadbeater)

20 "If we knew how to greet each moment as the manifestation of the divine will, we would find in it all the heart could desire….The present moment is always filled with infinite treasures: it contains more than you are capable of receiving….The divine will is an abyss, of which the present moment is the entrance; plunge fearlessly therein and you will find it more boundless than your desire." J. P. DeCaussade, 'Abandonment to the Divine Providence' Behold the Spirit, A Study in the Necessity of Mystical Religion (Alan Watts)

21 "Holiness consists of doing the will of God with a smile." Mother Teresa of Calcutta Macmillan Dictionary of Religious Quotations (Margaret Pepper, editor)

22 "A spiritual evolution, an evolution of consciousness in Matter in a constant developing self-formation till the form can reveal the indwelling Spirit, is…the key-note, the central significant motive of the terrestrial existence." A Greater Psychology, An Introduction to Sri Aurobindo's Psychological Thought (Sri Aurobindo, edited by A. S. Dalal)

23 "In each moment the will of God is present, if we can only allow ourselves to discern it." The Mystic Hours, A Daybook of Interspiritual Wisdom & Devotion (Wayne Teasdale)

24 "One must be able to judge one's own actions and impulses of will with the same objective detachment as one can judge the actions and impulses of will of another." Reincarnation and Immortality (Rudolf Steiner)

25 “The source of it all is the Divine Will.” Theatre Chemicum, II Collected Works (Carl Jung)

This body of quotes compiled by JoAnn Kite