Many / One

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1		"A state of mind that sees God in everything is evidence of growth in grace and a thankful heart." Charles G. Finney (1792-1875), American theologian

2		"Hope is hearing the melody of the future. Faith is to dance it." Rubem Alves, contemporary Brazilian philosopher

3		"The mystery of the world abides in freedom." Nicolas Berdyaev (1874-1948), Russian philosopher

4		"For that is spirituality – thinking, feeling, and acting in love, and singing praises to our Divine Lover." Frances Young, contemporary British theologian

5		"I pray that since we are all made of the same substance…we may love one another with a single love." Antony of Egypt (c.251-356), Egyptian ascetic

6		"The nearer we draw to God in our love for him, the more we are united together by love for our neighbour, and the greater our union with our neighbour, the greater is our union with God." Dorotheus of Gaza (ca. 6 ad), Greek spiritual writer

7		"We know the truth, not only by the reason, but also by the heart." Blaise Pascal (1623-1662), French mathematician and theologian

8		"The more we love, the better we are." Jeremy Taylor (1613-1667), Anglican bishop

9		"Life is a glorious road which leads to incomparable splendour, to the very life of God, to the goal of all things, to the full fruition of all that our hearts hold within them." Henri deTourville (1842-1903), French priest and spiritual writer

10		"We are mirrors of God, created to reflect him. Even when the water is not calm, it reflects the sky." Ernesto Cardenal, contemporary Nicaraguan priest, poet and political acitivst

11		"Sow everywhere the good seed given to you." Seraphim of Sarov (1759-1833), Russian monk

12		"Do not do anything you hate to another." Saying of the Desert Fathers and Mothers (monks and nuns of the Egyptian desert)

13		"Released by Love from isolating wrong, let us with Love unite our various song, each with his gift according to his kind." W. H. Auden, Anglo-American poet and essayist

14		"When you see your brother, you see your God." Apollo, 5th century desert father

15		"The image of God is sealed in the lineaments of your soul." Thomas Traherne (1636-1674), English poet

16		"It is God's will that everything he has made should offer him glory." John of Carpathos (ca. 7 ad), Greek monk and spiritual guide

17		"In solidarity, God speaks the language of love." Jon Sobrino, El Salvadorean liberation theologian

18		"Awakening to the cosmic/earth/human process whereby all things have a genetic relationship with each other is the most significant intellectual achievement of humankind since the higher civilization came into being some 2,500 years ago. Nothing can be itself without being in communion with everything else." Thomas Berry, contemporary American theologian

19		"To say that God is Love is to say that God is the living, active, dynamic, ceaselessly desiring reality who will not let go until he has won the free response of his creation – and won this response, not by the employment of methods other than love, but by the indefatigable quality of his loving." Norman Pittenger, American-born process theologian

20		"We are all one in Thee, for all are Thine." William Walsham How (1823-1897), English bishop and hymn-writer

21		"In his will is our peace." Dante Alighieri (1265-1321), Italian poet

22		"There is but one law for all, namely, that law which governs all law, the law of our Creator, the law of humanity, justice, equity – the law of nature, and of nations." Edmund Burke (1729-1797), Irish politician and orator

23		"Prayer is and remains always a native and deep impulse of the soul of man." Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881), Scottish historian

24		"God's glory is at work in all things. Everything that exists, exists because it is held, sustained, enlivened by God's wisdom and God's power. The Word of God who is God, God expressing himself towards his creation, wills at all times to work the mystery of his embodiment." Arthur Macdonald Allchin, contemporary British priest and writer

25		"O wonderful mystery! The Father of all things is one; the Word of all things is one; the Holy Spirit is one and the same everywhere." Clement of Alexandria (c.150-215), Theologian