Quotes About Unity

True, the initial ideas are in general those of an individual, but the establishment of the reality and truth is in general the work of more than one person.

Words and pictures can work together to communicate more powerfully than either alone.

Joy is that delight which is perceived from the conjunction, and communion of the chief good.

In the primitive church were not prayers simple, unpremeditated, united; prayers of the well-taught apostle; prayers of the accomplished scholar; prayers of the rough but fervent peasant; prayers of the new and zealous convert; prayers which importuned and wrestled with an instant and irrepressible urgency; were they not an essential part of that religion, which holy fire had kindled; and which daily supplications alone could fan?

Leadership is based on inspiration, not domination; on cooperation, not intimidation.

Melody had heard some of these people from the Ukraine singing. He hadn't understood one word. Yet he didn't have to know the words to understand what they were wailing about. Words didn't count when the music had a tongue. The field hands of the sloping red-hill country in Kentucky sang that same tongue.

It is impossible that happiness, and yearning for what is not present, should ever be united."3

Truth is the oil which lubricates the joints in the Body of Christ.

But in one thing I would go beyond strict orthodoxy - I am a convinced universalist. I believe that in the end all men will be gathered into the love of God.

Liberals are not all going to say exactly the same at all times; I hope they never will, because they would cease to be Liberals.

Men was formed for society, and is neither capable of living alone, nor has the courage to do it.

The bird a nest the spider a web the human friendship.

And all must love the human form,In heathen, turk, or jew;Where Mercy, Love, & Pity dwellThere God is dwelling too.

And throughout all eternityI forgive you, you forgive me.

What is a wife and what is a harlot? What is a church and what is a theatre? are they two and not one? Can they exist separate? Are not religion and politics the same thing? Brotherhood is religion. O demonstrations of reason dividing families in cruelty and pride!

in a word, [they] did all the homely and necessary offices for them which dainty and queasy stomachs cannot endure to hear named; and all this willingly and cheerfully, without any grudging in the least, showing herein their true love unto their friends and brethren. A rare example and worthy to be remembered.

STRENGTHEN INTRAGROUP CONNECTIONS The neutral zone is a lonely place. People feel isolated, especially if they don't understand what is happening to them. As I have already noted, old problems are likely to resurface and old resentments are likely to come back to life. For these reasons it is especially important to try to rebuild a sense of identification with the group and of connectedness with one another.

In the neutral zone, be wary of any arrangement or activity that shows a preference for one group over others. During this middle phase of transition, people want to feel that "we are all in this boat together"—another good metaphor. They will put up with a lot of discomfort if everyone must do so as well.

belief, expressed in such diverse and fascinating ways, in the One who had placed them there: the Christians, the Jews, the Mohammedans, and a hundred offshoots of each, all raising their voices in praise to Him—often, too, raising their swords against one another in a manner, a zeal of hatred, which must have perplexed Him, as if one could ever chop off the head of one of His children and ascribe the act to His direct orders.

assertion of Jesus that he was the vine through whom the branches lived.

As long as humans follow the dictates of the mind they will remain separated from their spiritual essence and continue to be manipulated.

endless loving sea of pure white conscious light.

There are no strangers here; Only friends you haven't yet met.

Who can tell the dancer from the dance?