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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"Sheer joy is His [God's], and this demands companionship." St. Thomas Aquinas, 'Theological Texts'
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"Holiness consists of doing the will of God with a smile." Mother Teresa of Calcutta
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"He knew behind all creeds the Spirit that is one." Andrew Lang, 'Herodotus in Egypt'
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"We must accept finite disappointment, but we must never lose infinite hope." Martin Luther King, 'The Words of Martin Luther King'
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"Father, into Thy hands I give the heart which left Thee but to learn how good Thou art." George MacDonald
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"When we allow the love of God to move in us we can no longer distinguish ours and his; he becomes us, he lives us. It is the first fruits of the Spirit, the beginning of our being made divine." Austin Farrer
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"The prayer of the heart is the source of all good, which refreshes the soul as if it were a garden." St. Gregory of Sinai
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"All mankind is born for perfection, and each shall attain it, will he but follow his nature's duty." Bhagavad Gita
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"Where people are praying for peace the cause of peace is being strengthened by their very act of prayer, for they are themselves becoming immersed in the spirit of peace." John Macquarrie, 'The Concept of Peace'
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"The best prayer is not that which feels most, but that which gives most." Fr. Andrew, 'A Gift of Light'
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"Duty does not have to be dull. Love can make it beautiful and fill it with life." Thomas Merton, 'The Sign of Jonas'
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"All shall be well and…All manner of thing shall be well…When the tongues of flame are in-folded…Into the crowned knot of fire…and the fire and the rose are one." T. S. Eliot, 'Little Gidding'
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"Prayer takes the mind out of the narrowness of self-interest, and enables us to see the world in the mirror of the holy." Abraham Joshua Heschel, 'The Essence of Spiritual Living'
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"The great world of light lies behind all human destinies." Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, 'To A Child'
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"The way through to the vision of the Son of Man and the knowledge of God, which is the heart of contemplative prayer, is by unconditional love of thy neighbor, of the nearest THOU to hand." Bishop John Robinson, 'Honest to God'
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"God is seated in the hearts of all." Bhagavad Gita
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"God is as present as the air." Michael Hollings, 'Day by Day'
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"He who knows his own self knows God." Mohammed
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"Only the material body of the indestructible, immeasurable and eternal living entity is subject to destruction." Bhagavad Gita
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"There is no power on earth like imagination." Laurens van der Post, 'Venture to the Interior'
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"Our life is love, and peace, and tenderness; and bearing one with another, and forgiving one another, and not laying accusations one against another." Isaac Penington, 'The Art of Living'
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