"Protective power is always and ever present within the sanctuary of the heart and even immanent within, or just behind, the unfamiliar features of the world. One has only to know and trust, and the ageless guardians will appear."
Hero With A Thousand Faces - Joseph Campbell
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MACMILLAN DICTIONARY OF RELIGIOUS QUOTATIONS
Margaret Pepper, editor
A totally ecumenical selection of over 4,000 notable quotations spanning the world's major religions, from classical times to the present day.
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"All mankind is born for perfection, and each shall attain it, will he but follow his nature's duty." Bhagavad Gita
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"A man consists of the faith that is in him. Whatever he is, his faith is." Bhagavad Gita
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"He who knows his own self knows God." Mohammed
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"God is as present as the air." Michael Hollings, 'Day by Day'
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"Love is the most durable power in the world. This creative force, so beautifully exemplified in the life of our Christ, is the most potent instrument available in mankind's quest for peace and security." Martin Luther King, 'The Words of Martin Luther King'
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"Live your human task in the liberating certainty that nothing in the world can separate you from God's love for you." Brakkenstein Community of Blessed Sacrament Fathers, Holland, 'Rule for a New Brother'
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"In order to create there must be a dynamic force, and what force is more potent than love?" Igor Stravinsky, 'An Autobiography'
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"Timelessness is so much a part of you, of me, we cannot hope to find the self until aware of our eternity." Angelus Silesius, 'The Book of Angelus Silesius'
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"The prayer itself is the essence of the Godhead." Rabbi Pinhas of Korez, 'Hasidism'
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"That which pervades the entire body is indestructible. No one is able to destroy the imperishable soul." Bhagavad Gita
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"Ideas of what is right and wrong vary from age to age and from place to place, but the significant thing is that there is a distinction between right and wrong. The inner compusion to do right and the shame we feel when we are aware of having done wrong are an experience of God." Leslie J. Tizard, 'Facing Life and Death'
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"The parent of the universe fixed for eternity the causes whereby He keeps all things in order." Martin Luther
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"The prayer of the heart is the source of all good, which refreshes the soul as if it were a garden." St. Gregory of Sinai
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"Heaven means to be one with God." Confucius, 'Analects'
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"The way through to the vision of the Son of Man and the knowledge of God, which is the heart of contemplative prayer, is by unconditional love of thy neighbor, of the nearest THOU to hand." Bishop John Robinson, 'Honest to God'
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"We are called to be a great living cloth of gold with not only the woof going from God to man and from man to God, but also the warp going from man to man." Baron Friedrich von Hugel, 'The Mystical Element in Religion'
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"Our life is love, and peace, and tenderness; and bearing one with another, and forgiving one another, and not laying accusations one against another." Isaac Penington, 'The Art of Living'
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"The best prayer is not that which feels most, but that which gives most." Fr. Andrew, 'A Gift of Light'
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"He alone loves the Creator perfectly who manifests a pure love for his neighbour." Venerable Bede
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"He knew behind all creeds the Spirit that is one." Andrew Lang, 'Herodotus in Egypt'
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"He who sees the Infinite in all things, sees God." William Blake, 'Poetry and Prose'
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"There is no power on earth like imagination." Laurens van der Post, 'Venture to the Interior'
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"Wherever there is a bit of colour, a note of song, a grace of form, then comes the call of our love." Rabindranath Tagore, 'Sadhana'
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"The great world of light lies behind all human destinies." Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, 'To A Child'
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"Seek contact with Him now in the goodness and splendour which is in other people." Evelyn Underhill, 'The Letters of Evelyn Underhill'
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