"Truths more than mortal, which began in the beginning, and belong to every nature – these indeed reign in our world, are fixed and strong." Euripides (484-406 bce), Greek dramatist, 'The Bacchae'
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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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"The parent of the universe fixed for eternity the causes whereby He keeps all things in order." Martin Luther
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"He who knows his own self knows God." Mohammed
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"The presence in Nature of so many phenomena requiring intelligence for their appreciation implies a kindred intelligence to produce them." Sir Ambrose Fleming, Presidential Address to the Victoria Institute, March 18, 1936
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"Where people are praying for peace the cause of peace is being strengthened by their very act of prayer, for they are themselves becoming immersed in the spirit of peace." John Macquarrie, 'The Concept of Peace'
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"Duty does not have to be dull. Love can make it beautiful and fill it with life." Thomas Merton, 'The Sign of Jonas'
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"Silver and gold are not the only coin; virtue too passes current all over the world." Euripides, 'Oedipus'
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"He knew behind all creeds the Spirit that is one." Andrew Lang, 'Herodotus in Egypt'
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"God is as present as the air." Michael Hollings, 'Day by Day'
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"God creates out of the absolute superabundance of his mercy and love." Fr. George Florovsky, Collected Works, vol. 3
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"The good neighbor looks beyond the external accidents and discerns those inner qualities that make all men human and therefore brothers." Martin Luther King, 'Strength to Love'
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"The prayer itself is the essence of the Godhead." Rabbi Pinhas of Korez, 'Hasidism'
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"God is seated in the hearts of all." Bhagavad Gita
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"To apprehend the one in the many constitutes the special character of love." Ernst Troeltsch, 'Christianity and Other Religions'
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"We can in our own little lives be utterly certain that God always has an alternative, in which the one purpose for which we are here may be fulfilled, if other ways fail." Fr. Andrew, 'The Way of Victory'
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"Sheer joy is His [God's], and this demands companionship." St. Thomas Aquinas, 'Theological Texts'
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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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"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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"O Thou who art at home deep in my heart, enable me to join you deep in my heart." The Talmud
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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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"Holiness consists of doing the will of God with a smile." Mother Teresa of Calcutta
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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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"Only the material body of the indestructible, immeasurable and eternal living entity is subject to destruction." Bhagavad Gita
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"When we allow the love of God to move in us we can no longer distinguish ours and his; he becomes us, he lives us. It is the first fruits of the Spirit, the beginning of our being made divine." Austin Farrer
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"Prayer takes the mind out of the narrowness of self-interest, and enables us to see the world in the mirror of the holy." Abraham Joshua Heschel, 'The Essence of Spiritual Living'
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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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