THE LION CHRISTIAN QUOTATION COLLECTION
Hannah Ward & Jennifer Wild, compilers
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"In and through community lies the salvation of the world." M. Scott Peck, American psychiatrist and author
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"The mystery of the world abides in freedom." Nicolas Berdyaev (1874-1948), Russian philosopher
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"The soul without imagination is what an observatory would be without a telescope." Henry Ward Beecher (1813-1887), American journalist and preacher
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"It can seem as if the world is falling to pieces….and yet the call keeps coming, a call, I think, which is not so much to power as to community with all those others who are wounded, whose worlds or lives also seem to be falling apart, and yet who are actually – we must believe – giving birth to something new." Veronica Brady, Australian writer
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"Our minds have a natural desire to know the truth of God and the causes of things, in just the same way as our eyes have a natural desire for light and our bodies for food." Gregory Thaumaturgus (c.213-270), early missionary in Turkey
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"Only through Love can we attain communion with God." Albert Schweitzer
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"A state of mind that sees God in everything is evidence of growth in grace and a thankful heart." Charles G. Finney (1792-1875), American theologian
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"The image of God is sealed in the lineaments of your soul." Thomas Traherne (1636-1674), English poet
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"Christ appeared not as a philosopher or wordy doctor, or noisy deputer, or even as a wise and learned scribe, but he talked with people in complete simplicity, showing them the way of truth in the way he lived." Angela of Foligno (1248-1309), Italian mystic
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"Prayer is and remains always a native and deep impulse of the soul of man." Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881), Scottish historian
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"Love is the divine vitality that everywhere produces and restores life. To each and every one of us, it gives the power of working miracles if we will." Lydia Maria Child (1802-1880), American abolitionist and writer
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"Whatever belongs to the whole in some way seems to fit in with any part." Peter Damian (1007-1072), Italian church reformer
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"Age is not all decay; it is the ripening, the swelling, of the fresh life within, that withers and bursts the husk." George MacDonald (1824-1905), Scottish novelist, poet and pastor
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"Imagination is the mother of creativity." Rubem Alves, Brazilian philosopher
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"Maybe you are asking where this house of God is to be sought, and where it may be found. God's house is the whole world." Hugh of St. Victor (1096-1141), German monk and writer
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"Every painful event contains in itself a seed of growth and liberation." Anthony deMello, Indian Jesuit
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"God inhabits me, creates me. I'm in God and God's in me. You can't escape God." Bill Kirkpatrick, Canadian-born Anglican priest
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"If you want to find rest in all circumstances, say Who am I? and do not judge anybody." Joseph of Panephysis, Desert Father
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"The more we love, the better we are." Jeremy Taylor (1613-1667), Anglican bishop
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"All created things are living in the Hand of God." Jean Pierre deCaussade (1675-1751), French Jesuit writer
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"God made us in his image and likeness. Therefore we are creators….The joy of creativeness should be ours." Dorothy Day, American Roman Catholic writer and social reformer
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"Good deeds that are done for a good motive are the dead that live even in the grave; they are flowers that withstand the storm, they are stars that know no setting." Matthias Claudius (1740-1815), German poet
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"To strive for unity in diversity is a task we cannot evade." Mercy Amba Oduyoye, African theologian
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"The will of God is the measure of things." Ambrose (340-397), Bishop of Milan
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"I pray that since we are all made of the same substance…we may love one another with a single love." Antony of Egypt (c.251-356), Egyptian ascetic
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- All major spiritual and religious traditions, from all cultures, and all historical epochs
- Major psychologists, philosophers, writers, scholars and leading religious personalities
- Sources in classical religion as well as voices from new consciousness, esotericism and mysticism
- Choices are guided by the spirit of oneness, love, kindness, inclusion and community
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