Unity Quotes - Page 34

• Thus God alone is the primary Unity, or original simple substance, from which all monads, created and derived, are produced.

  Gottfried Leibniz

  Simple, Words Of Wisdom, Substance

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• This means that we have barely disembarked into life, that we've only just now been born, let's not fill our mouths with so many uncertain names, with so many sad labels, with so many pompous letters, with so much yours and mine, with so much signing of papers. I intend to confuse things, to unite them, make them new-born intermingle them, undress them, until the light of the world has the unity of the ocean, a generous wholeness, a fragrance alive and crackling.

  Pablo Neruda

  Beauty, Ocean, Mean

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• [Speaking of marriage and family] In this entire world there is not a more perfect, more complete image of God, Unity and Community. There is no other human reality which corresponds more, humanly speaking, to that divine mystery.

  Pope John Paul II

  Reality, Perfect, Community

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• A lifetime may not be long enough to attune ourselves fully to the harmony of the universe. But just to become aware that we can resonate with it -- that alone can be like waking up from a dream.

  David Steindl-Rast

  Dream, Long, Wake Up

  Brother David Steindl-Rast (2008). “Words Of Common Sense”, p.10, Templeton Foundation Press

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• I beseech you, one and all, to add your prayers to mine to the end that war and bloodshed cease, and that love, friendship, peace and unity reign in the world.

  Abdu'l-Bahá

  Prayer, War, Friendship Love

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• As Native Americans, we believe the Rainbow is a sign from the Spirit in all things. It is a sign of the union of all people, like one big family. The unity of all humanity, many tribes and peoples, is essential.

  Thomas Banyacya

  Believe, Native American, People

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• When we dance we touch the essence of who we are and experience the unity between spirit and matter.

  Angeles Arrien

  Essence, Who We Are, Matter

  Angeles Arrien (1993). “The four-fold way”

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• Poverty is in separatism. Abundance is in unity.

  Torkom Saraydarian

  Poverty, Abundance

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• I now understand that my welfare is only possible if I acknowledge my unity with all the people of the world without exception.

  Leo Tolstoy

  People, World, Welfare

  graf Leo Tolstoy (1989). “I Cannot be Silent: Writings on Politics, Art and Religion by Leo Tolstoy”

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• They are the troublers, they are the dividers of unity, who neglect and don't permit others to unite those dissevered pieces which are yet wanting to the body of Truth.

  John Milton

  Pieces, Body, Neglect

  "Areopagitica". Book by John Milton, 1644.

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• The fruit of the Spirit is fundamentally relational. Rather than originating with us, it flows to us from our union with Christ, and it flows beyond us to bring us into fellowship with others. The secret of this flow - and our unity with God and others - is humility.

  Jerry Bridges

  Humility, Secret, Fruits Of The Spirit

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• Integrity is unity of the personality; it implies being brutally honest with ourselves about our intentionality. Since intentionality is inextricably bound up with the daimonic, this is never an easy, nor always pleasant pursuit. But being willing to admit our daimonic tendencies - to know them consciously and to wisely oversee them - brings with it the invaluable blessing of freedom, vigor, inner strength, and self-acceptance.

  Stephen A. Diamond

  Integrity, Acceptance, Blessing

  Stephen A. Diamond (1996). “Anger, Madness, and the Daimonic: The Psychological Genesis of Violence, Evil, and Creativity”, p.233, SUNY Press

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• The Spirit has his own existence and personal function in the inner life of God and the economy of salvation: his task is to bring about the unity of the human race in the Body of Christ, but he also imparts to this unity a personal, and hence diversified, character.

  John Meyendorff

  Character, Race, Tasks

  John Meyendorff (1981). “The Orthodox Church: Its Past and Its Role in the World Today”, p.178, St Vladimir's Seminary Press

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• Jiva (individual soul) is the conscious ruler of this body, in whom the five life principles come into unity, and yet that very Jiva is the Atman, because all is Atman.

  Swami Vivekananda

  Soul, Principles, Body

  Swami Vivekananda (1953). “Complete Works”

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• The Mother's knowledge of unity, her powers of sensitivity, humility, and balance, and her infinite respect for the miracle of all life have now to be invoked by each of us and practiced if the 'masculine' rational imbalance of our civilization is to be righted before its too late.

  Andrew Harvey

  Mother, Humility, Civilization

  Andrew Harvey (2012). “Radical Passion: Sacred Love and Wisdom in Action”, p.187, North Atlantic Books

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• If we really love and cherish Taiwan, we should hold our hands in unity to protect our country and our democratic values with the most humble and tolerant hearts.

  Chen Shui-bian

  Country, Heart, Humble

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• We have followed a path of moderation, development is our priority, national unity, good community relations, Muslims and non Muslims, this is what has given us the advantage.

  Abdullah Ahmad Badawi

  Community, Priorities, Atheism

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• While the crash only took place six months ago, I am convinced we have passed the worst and with continued unity of effort we shall rapidly recover.

  Herbert Hoover

  Depression, Effort, Six Months

  Herbert Hoover (1930). “Address of President Hoover at the Annual Dinner of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States: Washington, D. C., Thursday, May 1, 1930, at 9:30”

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• A healthy degree of party unity among Democrats and Republicans has deteriorated into bitter partisan warfare.

  Thomas E. Mann

  Party, Healthy, Degrees

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• My hope is that the generous instincts of unity will not depart from us...[so that we] become the prey of the little folk who exist in every country and who frolic alongside the Juggernaut car of war to see what fun or notoriety they can extract from the proceedings.

  Winston Churchill

  Country, Fun, War

  Sir Winston Churchill (1954). “Sir Winston Churchill: a self-portrait”

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• It is not possible to live in today's society without a cozy home. What is a cozy home? A cozy home is a place where there is a unity in all those who live there, an understanding in all those who relate to it. There is a will to sacrifice for each other; there is a will to live for each other; there is a will to protect each other.

  Harbhajan Singh Yogi

  Love, Family, Home

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• A family is not built just by marrying a woman and producing children. Family is built with a timeless sacrifice which must represent purity, unity, standard of ethics, righteousness, grace, dignity, divinity and principles.

  Harbhajan Singh Yogi

  Love, Family, Children

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• Family is supposed to be our safe haven. Very often, it's the place where we find the deepest heartache.

  Iyanla Vanzant

  Safe Haven, Family Love, Heartache

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• Family over friends, because real friends are family

  Drake

  Real, Family Love, Identity

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• Switching to 'Renewables' generates jobs, skills, purpose, power, wealth, future, resilience, autonomy, freedom, unity: Sustainable Society

  Dave Hampton

  Jobs, Skills, Resilience

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