THE LION CHRISTIAN QUOTATION COLLECTION
Hannah Ward & Jennifer Wild, compilers
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"Hold fast to love in all sincerity, give each other practical proof of it." Fulgentius of Ruspe (468-533), North African bishop and writer
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"I am a part of all that I have met." Alfred Tennyson (1809-1892), English poet
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"Only love enables humanity to grow, because love engenders life and it is the only form of energy that lasts forever." Michel Quoist, French writer
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"Nobody is kind to only one person at once, but to many persons in one." Frederick William Faber (1814-1863), English co-founder of the London Oratory
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"All the harmonies of creation find their resonance in man." Sergius Bulgakov (1871-1944), Russian theologian
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"For that is spirituality – thinking, feeling, and acting in love, and singing praises to our Divine Lover." Frances Young, contemporary British theologian
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"I AM only through communication with the other." Karl Jaspers, German-born philosopher
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"Love cannot be practiced without justice. Love cannot be built on injustice, for injustice is lovelessness. Love is not an alternative to justice….Justice is the beginning of love." Tissa Balasuriya, contemporary Sri Lankan theologian
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"Let the fire of your prayer…burn always on the altar of your soul." John of Carpathos (ca. 7 ad), Greek monk
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"He alone loves the Creator perfectly who manifests a pure love for his neighbour." Bede (ca. 673-735), English monk
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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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"Imagination is the mother of creativity." Rubem Alves, Brazilian philosopher
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"Sow everywhere the good seed given to you." Seraphim of Sarov (1759-1833), Russian monk
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"I know myself now, and I feel within me a peace above all earthly dignities, a still and quiet conscience." William Shakespeare (1564-1616), English playwright and poet
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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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"A new day of interchurch and interreligious ecumenism is dawning….We are drawing nearer to the breadth of God." Walbert Buhlmann, Swiss-born Capuchin missiologist
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"All are made in God's image." Diodochos of Photiki (c.400-486), Greek bishop and spiritual writer
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"Do not do anything you hate to another." Saying of the Desert Fathers and Mothers (monks and nuns of the Egyptian desert)
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"It is God's will that everything he has made should offer him glory." John of Carpathos (ca. 7 ad), Greek monk and spiritual guide
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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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"We are all one in Thee, for all are Thine." William Walsham How (1823-1897), English bishop and hymn-writer
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"When you see your brother, you see your God." Apollo, 5th century desert father
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"Let us run towards the goal which from the beginning has been handed down to us, the goal which is peace; and let us fix our gaze on the Creator of the whole universe, and cling to his splendid and superlative gifts of peace." Clement of Rome (d.c.95), bishop of Rome
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"The mystery of the world abides in freedom." Nicolas Berdyaev (1874-1948), Russian philosopher
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"The most basic of all works of love [is] the work of human communication, of caring and nurturance, of tending the personal bonds of community." Beverly Wildung Harrison, American social ethicist
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This archive contains 11,754 quotes, taken from 635 references,
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We include
- 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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