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1		"The spark of the soul is the light of God's reflection, which is always looking back to God. The arcanum of the mind is the sum-total, as it were, of all the divine good and divine gifts in the innermost essence of the soul, which is as a bottomless well of divine goodness." Meister Eckhart (1260-1327) The Soul Afire, Revelations of the Mystics (H. A. Reinhold, editor)

2		"Could it be that the human heart and the world's heart are one in their self-surpassing? We believe that they are. As we grow in love and strength, we become vehicles for the world's growth." The Life We Are Given, A Long-Term Program for Realizing the Potential of Body, Mind, Heart and Soul (George Leonard and Michael Murphy)

3		“People of different societies and cultures the world over think and feel and react in similar ways. They have the same types of dreams, hopes, fears, problems….and all this is reflected partly in language, myth, and literature, partly in folklore, ritual, and religion.” Arcana Mundi (Georg Luck)

4		"Spiritually man is one with God and the goal of life in terms of consciousness is fully to know, deeply to realise, and so physically to live in recollection of this truth." Basic Theosophy (Geoffrey Hodson)

5		"The psyche may be regarded as a mathematical point and at the same time as a universe of fixed stars." Modern Man in Search of a Soul (Carl Jung)

6		"Men and women share equally in perfection….the name 'humanity' is common to both men and women." Clement of Alexandria, 'Paidagogos', 1.6 The Gnostic Gospels (Elaine Pagels)

7		"All mankind untimately forms one organic whole….individuals do not exist as isolated units, but are all members of one body." Christ in India: Essays Towards a Hindu-Christian Dialogue (Bede Griffiths)

8		"We are part of all creation…We are involved with all of life and all of creation." Spirit Guides (Iris Belhayes)

9		"Man's nature – consisting of his physical organism, his emotional nature, and his mental faculties – reflects the light of his Divinity and bears witness of It in the physical world." The Secret Teachings of All Ages (Manly P. Hall)

10		"Wherever there is a human being, I see God-given rights inherent in that being, whatever may be the sex or complexion." William Lloyd Garrison (1805-1879), 'W. P. and F. J. T. Garrison, William Lloyd Garrison', vol. III Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 16th edition (John Bartlett)

11		"Our being, living and moving are themselves caused by God. In another sense things are said to be in God, as in the one who knows them, in which sense they are in God through their proper ideas, which in God are not distinct from the divine essence." Thomas Aquinas, 'Summa Theologica', I, q. 18, a. 4, ad 1 Sheer Joy, Conversations with Thomas Aquinas on Creation Spirituality (Matthew Fox)

12		"The spirit is at work in science, in art, philosophy, and religious experience…for there is something in man that is of divine nature….This spirit wants to live." Collected Works (Carl Jung)

13		"God wants the entire human race, in its totality, to function as his image in the work of developing the potentials of nature." Revelation Down to Earth: Making Sense of the Apocalypse of John (Edwin Walhout)

14		"Every man possesses that which is according to the image of God, 'for the gifts of God are irrevocable' (cf. Romans 11:29)." St. John of Damaskos, 'On the Virtues and the Vices' The Philokalia, volume 2 (various authors, compiled by St. Nikodimos of the Holy Mountain)

15		"Humankind is an integral part of a great and vibrant Whole." Esoteric Healing (Alice A. Bailey)

16		"Man is the Microcosm, meaning that all that is in the cosmos outside, is also in the cosmos inside." Carl Llewellyn Weschcke, Publisher The Eternal Dance (LaVedi Lafferty and Bud Hollowell, Ph.D.)

17		"Each individual is a unique reflection of divinity." The Cosmic Womb, An Interpretation of Man's Relationship to the Infinite (Arthur W. Osborn)

18		"As each individual life is composed of intertwined threads, so the whole of humanity is composed of individual lives intertwined and continually influencing one another." Shirley Nicholson, 'Karma as Organic Process' Karma, Rhythmic Return to Harmony (V. Hanson, R. Stewart & S. Nicholson, editors)

19		"The result of the age-old trend or tendency towards divinity is inherent in every member of the human family." Esoteric Psychology II (Alice A. Bailey)

20		"We are spiritually responsible for each other and we are meant to discover and nurture the divine that exists within each person." Invisible Acts of Power: Personal Choices That Create Miracles (Caroline Myss)

21		"Individual consciousness in its pure, unclouded state is one with God or the One Life that sustains the cosmos." The Seven Human Powers: Luminous Shadows of the Self (Shirley J. Nicholson)

22		"Never before has there been so much scientifically based knowledge about the transformative capacities of human nature. This knowledge, combined with the lore and inspiration of the sacred traditions, gives the human race an unprecedented opportunity to make a great evolutionary advance." The Life We Are Given, A Long-Term Program for Realizing the Potential of Body, Mind, Heart and Soul (George Leonard and Michael Murphy)

23		"To theorize is human, but to respond to universal law beyond the realm of theory is truly divine. Because man is divine, he is able to tap that level of perception which permits exploration into the innermost reaches of life, grounding this knowledge to the bosom of the Earth." Agartha: The Essential Guide to Personal Transformation in the New Era (Meredith L. Young)

24		"God is love, and man is made in God's image….Even in the midst of our busy world there are saints and sages working ceaselessly to infuse these simple truths into our complex lives. These noble souls radiate the divinity that is the inner basis of man's existence." Oneness: Great Principles Shared By All Religions (Jeffrey Moses)

25		"The human psyche is purified, transformed and loved by the fire of God, with which it becomes increasingly unified." The Unfolding Self: Varieties of Transformative Experience (Ralph Metzner)

This body of quotes compiled by JoAnn Kite