Divine Quotes - Page 15

• When the divine vision is attained, all appear equal; and there remains no distinction of good and bad, or of high and low.

  Ramakrishna

  Vision, Lows, Distinction

  Ramakrishna (1965). “Sayings of Sri Ramakrishna: the most exhaustive collection of them, their number being 1120”

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• An original is a creation motivated by desire. Any reproduction of an originals motivated be necessity. It is marvelous that we are the only species that creates gratuitous forms. To create is divine, to reproduce is human.

  Man Ray

  Creativity, Desire, Creation

  Man Ray (1973). “Opera grafica”

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• The Divine wisdom has given us prayer, not as a means whereby to obtain the good things of earth, but as a means whereby we learn to do without them; not as a means whereby we escape evil, but as a means whereby we become strong to meet it.

  Frederick William Robertson

  Strong, Prayer, Mean

  Frederick William Robertson (1866). “Sermons Preached at Trinity Chapel, Brighton”, p.34

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• I mean, if a person acts irresponsibly in his own life, he will pay the consequences. And it's not so much divine retribution as it's built into the law of nature.

  Pat Robertson

  Mean, Law, Pay

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• Art is contemplation. It is the pleasure of the mind which searches into nature and which there divines the spirit of which nature herself is animated.

  Auguste Rodin

  Inspirational, Motivational, Art

  Auguste Rodin (2012). “Rodin on Art and Artists”, p.1, Courier Corporation

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• There are no galley-slaves in the royal vessel of divine love - every man works his oar voluntarily!

  Saint Francis de Sales

  Love, Men, Royal

  Saint Francis de Sales, Aeterna Press (2015). “The Spiritual Maxims of Saint Francis de Sales”, p.8, Aeterna Press

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• Bid, then, the tender light of faith to shine By which alone the mortal heart is led Unto the thinking of the thought divine.

  George Santayana

  Heart, Thinking, Light

  George Santayana “The Works of George Santayana: The sense of beauty. Poems. Lucifer. Overheard in Seville”

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• To gain a crown by fighting is great, to reject it divine.

  Friedrich Schiller

  Fighting, Power, Crowns

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• The difference between religion and morality lies simply in the classical division of things into the divine and the human, if one only interprets this correctly.

  Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel

  Lying, Differences, Religion

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• Show me your hands. Do they have scars from giving? Show me your feet. Are they wounded in service? Show me your heart. Have you left a place for divine love?

  Fulton J. Sheen

  Love, Moving On, Heart

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• Obscenity, which is ever blasphemy against the divine beauty in life, is a monster for which the corruption of society forever brings forth new food, which it devours in secret.

  Percy Bysshe Shelley

  Beauty, Forever, Secret

  Percy Bysshe Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (1840). “A defence of poetry. Essay on the literature, arts, and manners of the Athenians. Preface to the Banquet of Plato. The banquet”, p.41

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• Always do good to others. Be selfless. Mentally remove everything and be free. This is divine life. This is the direct way to Moksha or salvation.

  Sivananda

  Moksha, Selfless, Way

  "Immortal Teachings of Sri Swami Sivananda". Book by Swami Sivananda, p. 29, 1957.

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• The best way to obtain truth and wisdom is not to ask from books, but to go to God in prayer, and obtain divine teaching.

  Joseph Smith, Jr.

  Wise, Wisdom, Prayer

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• Nothing in the universe is contingent, but all things are conditioned to exist and operate in a particular manner by the necessity of the divine nature.

  Baruch Spinoza

  Particular, All Things, Universe

  Baruch Spinoza (1981). “Ethics”, p.33, Commodius Vicus

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• I believe that nothing happens apart from divine determination and decree. We shall never be able to escape from the doctrine of divine predestination - the doctrine that God has foreordained certain people unto eternal life.

  Charles Spurgeon

  Determination, Believe, People

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• He wants you all to Himself to put His loving, divine arms around you.

  Charles Stanley

  Prayer, Want, Arms

  Charles Stanley (2014). “Every Day in His Presence”, p.357, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• When it comes to my own turn to lay my weapons down, I shall do so with thankfulness and fatigue, and whatever be my destiny afterward, I shall be glad to lie down with my fathers in honor. It is human at least, if not divine.

  Robert Louis Stevenson

  Death, Lying, Father

  Robert Louis Stevenson, Charles Baxter (1973). “RLS: Stevenson's Letters to Charles Baxter”

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• There is no law, divine or human, that the saloon respects.

  Billy Sunday

  Sports, Law, Saloons

  Billy Sunday (1970). “Billy Sunday speaks”

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• The true treasure lies within. It is the underlying theme of the songs we sing, the shows we watch and the books we read. It is woven into the Psalms of the Bible, the ballads of the Beatles and practically every Bollywood film ever made. What is that treasure? Love. Love is the nature of the Divine.

  Radhanath Swami

  Song, Lying, Book

  "Bhakti Yoga: In Search of a Lost Love" by Radhanath Swami, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 10, 2011.

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• The angels taken collectively are called heaven, for they constitute heaven; and yet that which makes heaven in general and in particular is the Divine that goes forth from the Lord and flows into the angels and is received by them.

  Emanuel Swedenborg

  Taken, Angel, Heaven

  Emanuel Swedenborg (2013). “Heaven and Hell”, p.7, Simon and Schuster

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• When you have a sense of calling, whether it's to be a musician, soloist, artist, in one of the technical fields, or a plumber, there is something deep and enriching when you realize it isn't just a casual choice, it's a divine calling. It's not limited to vocational Christian service by any means.

  Charles R. Swindoll

  Life, Positive, Christian

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• I mean the flesh, never fade! The flesh never leave the creation, see, because with that divine spirit the flesh cannot fade. If the spirit is weak then the flesh fade, seen?

  Peter Tosh

  Mean, Flesh, Spirit

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Salvation is from our side a choice, from the divine side it is a seizing upon, an apprehending, a conquest by the Most High God. Our 'accepting' and 'willing' are reactions rather than actions. The right of determination must always remain with God.

  Aiden Wilson Tozer

  Determination, Choices, Grace

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• The art of Peace I practice has room for each of the world's eight million gods, and I cooperate with them all. The God of Peace is very great and enjoins all that is divine and enlightened in every land.

  Morihei Ueshiba

  Sports, Art, Peace

  Morihei Ueshiba (2002). “The Art of Peace”, p.89, Shambhala Publications

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• There is no true love save in suffering, and in this world we have to choose either love, which is suffering, or happiness. Man is the more man - that is, the more divine - the greater his capacity for suffering, or rather, for anguish.

  Miguel de Unamuno

  Love, Men, Suffering

  Miguel de Unamuno (2012). “Tragic Sense Of Life”, p.289, tredition

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