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1		"Love alone harmoniously joins all created things with God and with each other." St. Thalassios the Libyan, 'On Love, Self-control and Life in accordance with the Intellect' The Philokalia, volume 2 (various authors, compiled by St. Nikodimos of the Holy Mountain)

2		"Interrelatedness, seeing the oneness of all things and their interconnections, is the essence of compassion." Wrestling with the Prophets, Essays on Creation Spirituality and Everyday Life (Matthew Fox)

3		"The essence of life, no matter what its consciousness, is love; and therefore life becomes more perfectly itself when surrounded by love. This is true of all kingdoms, and humanity's greatest contribution to life on the planet is consciously to love, and so to bring health, vigour and beauty to life." To Hear the Angels Sing (Dorothy Maclean)

4		"That infinite love that is God himself reigns in the purity of our spirit like the glow of burning coals." John Ruysbroeck Teachings of the Christian Mystics (Andrew Harvey, Editor)

5		"Love, in a mysterious way, is the principle found at the heart of every atom." The Rays and The Initiations (Alice A. Bailey)

6		"We came here to co-create with God by extending love. Life spent with any other purpose in mind is meaningless, contrary to our nature, and ultimately painful." A Return to Love, Reflections on the Principles of A Course in Miracles (Marianne Williamson)

7		"Love can be viewed as a unity, a ubiquitous oneness." God Is A Verb, Kabbalah and the Practice of Mystical Judaism (Rabbi David A. Cooper)

8		"This mysterious quality of love is all around us, as real as gravity." Jack Kornfield, Buddhist teacher, 'The Wellspring of the Heart' Handbook for the Heart, Original Writings on Love (Richard Carlson and Benjamin Shield, editors)

9		"Locked in every human being is a store of love that partakes of the divine – the 'imago dei', image of God, it is sometimes called." The World's Religions (Huston Smith)

10		"The only excellent way is that of love in its activity towards all in God and God in all." Lamps of Western Mysticism (Arthur Edward Waite)

11		"The rippling tide of love flows secretly from God into the soul, and draws it mightily back into its source." Mechthild of Magdeburg Mysticism (Evelyn Underhill)

12		"All religions are equally valid means to the same end: awakening the selfless, unconditional love that…is unreservedly given to all without expectations." Spiritual Genius, The Mastery of Life's Meaning (Winifred Gallagher)

13		"The lines that separate the sons of men are made of straw, and just a single breath of love would blow them all away." ch. 82, v. 22 Aquarian Gospel of Jesus the Christ (Leo W. Dowling)

14		"True love always respects the needs of our neighbor." Heaven, A History (Colleen McDannell & Bernhard Lang)

15		"The Divine Love immanent in the heart and in the world comes forth from, and returns to, the Absolute One." Mysticism (Evelyn Underhill)

16		"The power of love dissolves self-centeredness and brings the wisdom to act effectively in all situations." The Cosmic Womb, An Interpretation of Man's Relationship to the Infinite (Arthur W. Osborn)

17		"We love God and our neighbor from one and the same love…We cannot attain God without loving our neighbor." St. Augustine, 'On the Trinity' Heaven, A History (Colleen McDannell & Bernhard Lang)

18		"When we're not thinking with love, we're actually not thinking at all. We're hallucinating." The Gift of Change, Spiritual Guidance for a Radically New Life (Marianne Williamson)

19		"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)

20		"Love is the keynote of the Christ's teaching." The Unfinished Autobiography (Alice A. Bailey)

21		"God creates out of the absolute superabundance of his mercy and love." Fr. George Florovsky, Collected Works, vol. 3 Macmillan Dictionary of Religious Quotations (Margaret Pepper, editor)

22		"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 The Lion Christian Quotation Collection (Hannah Ward & Jennifer Wild, compilers)

23		"God's creative love is dynamic and operative within us energizing us and enabling us to function. His creative love is ongoing….We have need to keep ourselves aware of his enduring and faithful love." Rejoice in Me (David E. Rosage)

24		"Peace is at the heart of all because…Boundless Love includes, regards, and dwells within (without exception) every sentient being." Hero With A Thousand Faces (Joseph Campbell)

25		"Love, truly taken and subtly considered, is nought else than spiritual union of the soul and of the thing loved." Dante, 'Convivio' Dante and the Mystics (Edmund G. Gardner)

This body of quotes compiled by JoAnn Kite