"Indeed, all of us together, and each one in particular, constitute God's temple, because He deigns to take for a dwelling both the community of all and the person of each individual."
The City of God - St. Augustine
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"One of the toughest roots of all evil is unconsciousness, and I could wish that the saying of Jesus, 'Man, if thou knowest what thou doest, thou art blessed, but if thou knowest not, thou art accursed, and a transgressor of the law,' were still in the gospels….It might well be the motto for a new morality."
Collected Works
(Carl Jung)
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"Compassion and service are the ethical expression of Unity, awarness of the illusive nature of all that seems to separate and differentiate."
Theosophy, A Modern Expression of the Wisdom of the Ages
(Robert Ellwood)
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"You are a part of the Infinite. This is your nature. Hence you are your brother's keeper." Swami Vivekananda (1863-1902),
The Quotable Spirit
(Peter Lorie and Manuela D Mascetti, editors)
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"A truly ethical decision, large or small, releases me from my imprisonment in self-interest and allows me to glimpse the eternity of the self."
The Soul's Religion, Cultivating a Profoundly Spiritual Way of Life
(Thomas Moore)
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"Visualize the Law of Right Human Relations as two clasped hands encircling a bright, glowing planet Earth. Contemplate and consider the implications of Right Human Relations. Make a plan as to how you may demonstrate Right Human Relations individually in the world."
Soul Centered Astrology, A Key to Your Expanding Self
(Alan Oken)
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"The Alchemists…knew long ago that the whole Universe is one homogeneous whole and that we, being members of the whole, serve our ends best by living for others."
Encyclopedia of Ancient and Forbidden Knowledge
(Zolar)
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"God made all things to be helpful for virtue." Clement of Alexandria, 'On Spiritual Perfection'
Alexandrian Christianity
(John E. L. Oulton, editor)
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"We must recognize that our development and survival ride on our ability to experience life as an integrated community of explorers…..We need to understand the creative potential of people, processes, and information living connected and exercising our gifts as wise, ethical creatures."
Breaking the Mind Barrier
(Todd Siler)
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"May our lives be filled with the ongoing truth in which we are saturated with love, caring, and kindness. And may we serve the world from the level of awareness."
God Is A Verb, Kabbalah and the Practice of Mystical Judaism
(Rabbi David A. Cooper)
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"Morality will conquer war, even as it has conquered human sacrifices, slavery, feuds, head-hunting and cannibalism." Max Nordau (1849-1923), German physician, author 'Morals and the Evolution of Man'
The Great Thoughts
(George Seldes, compiler)
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"Sublime virtue is profound, is immense…It will bring about a state of universal freedom." Lao Tsze (c. 604-531bc)
Wisdom for Life
(Lynette Evans, editor)
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"Not guided missiles but guided morals constitute our great need today." George L. Ford
Living Quotations for Christians
(Sherwood Eliot Wirt and Kersten Beckstrom, editors)
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"Ethics is rooted in the dynamism of love."
The Unity of Reality
(Michael vonBruck)
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"Understand that obedience to the laws of God as these have been set forth by the great prophets and teachers of all time in the sacred scriptures of the world will lead you to the place where you can move forward in the cycles of self-mastery that are even now unfolding."
The Human Aura
(Kuthumi and Djwal Kul)
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"Lord Buddha's admonition to us was to serve by helping those who suffer physically to overcome physical sufferings, those who are in fear to overcome fear, those who suffer mentally to overcome mental suffering. Be of service to all living beings." A. T. Ariyaratne, Buddhist social and spiritual activist
The Mystic Hours, A Daybook of Interspiritual Wisdom & Devotion
(Wayne Teasdale)
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"To be a happy and useful person, it is important to understand and practice the Laws of Life. These laws are simply the set of rules by which we should live. They come from a vast array of sources – the major Scriptures of the world; various schools of philosophical thought, both ancient and modern; storytellers, such as Aesop; scientists, such as Isaac Newton; and from various artists and historians – to name a few."
Worldwide Laws of Life: 200 Eternal Spiritual Principles
(John Marks Templeton)
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"A mathematical concept or a moral concept may lead as certainly toward a sense of beauty as may a strictly aesthetic one."
Creative Vision for Art and for Life
(Richard Guggenheimer)
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"Kindness should be the source of every law upon the earth, for kindness is the shadow of God in man."
Mirrors of the Soul
(Kahlil Gibran)
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"Moral values and meanings are not mere rules invented by man to regulate human society. They are rather man's awareness and understanding of the eternal Moral Order."
The Nature and Truth of the Great Religions
(August Karl Reischauer)
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"The supreme value in human life should be seen in the achievement of an ethical and spiritual personality for the individual, and the fellowship of such individuals with each other and with God."
The Nature and Truth of the Great Religions
(August Karl Reischauer)
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"The mind should be devoid of duplicity and should think of the welfare of all."
Bhagavad-Gita As It Is
(A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada)
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"We all have a duty of care towards our fellow beings within the Divine Unity, especially those who are less well off than ourselves."
The Essence of Sufism
(John Baldock)
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"Always be kinder than the situation demands. Earth's greatest Teachers and Sages have taught this."
Basic Theosophy
(Geoffrey Hodson)
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"Only if God is reinstated in the heart of the world will he furnish mankind and its leaders with ethical guidance through the dangers and pitfalls of the space age." Wernher vonBraun
Living Quotations for Christians
(Sherwood Eliot Wirt and Kersten Beckstrom, editors)
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"Ethical actions are those taken with consideration and compassion for others. The Golden Rule of ethics appears in all religions."
The Visionary Window: A Quantum Physicist's Guide to Enlightenment
(Amit Goswami, Ph.D.)
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