Quotes by Unity The universality of Islam is not uniformity, it is unity with diversity. Tariq Ramadan unitydiversityislam The Soul is not composed of any materials. It is unity indivisible. Therefore it must be indestructible. Swami Vivekananda unitymaterialssoul ...situations evolve as matter responds to the conditioning of time and space...If you know what is contained in time from its beginning to its end you are somehow no longer in time. Even though you still have a body and still eat and do what you do, you have discovered something that liberated you into a satisfying all-at-oneness. Terence McKenna onenessunityspace Chemistry ceases to improve when one element is found from which all others are deductible. Physics ceases to progress when one force is found of which all others are manifestations. So religion ceases to progress when unity is reached, which is the case with Hinduism. Swami Vivekananda unityprogresselements All sectarian religions take for granted that all men are equal. This is not warranted by science. There is more difference between minds than between bodies. One fundamental doctrine of Hinduism is that all men are different, there being unity in variety. Even for a drunkard, there are some Mantras-even for a man going to a prostitute! Swami Vivekananda unitydifferencesmen It is easy to see why a diversity of cultures should confront power with a problem. If culture is about plurality, power is about unity. How can it sell itself simultaneously to a whole range of life forms without being fatally diluted? Terry Eagleton unitydiversityculture We worship unity in trinity, and trinity in unity; neither confounding the person nor dividing the substance. There is one person of the Father, another of the Son, and another of the Holy Ghost; but the Godhead of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost, is all one; the glory equal, the majesty co-eternal. Tertullian unityfatherson There is really no difference between matter, mind and Spirit. They are only different phases of experiencing the One. Swami Vivekananda unitydifferencesmind No doubt unity is something to be desired, to be striven for, but it cannot be willed into being by mere declarations. Theodore Bikel declarationunitydoubt All for one; one for all. Thomas-Alexandre Dumas unityhumorouswitty To be united to God in unity of person was not fitting to human flesh, according to its natural endowments, since it was above his dignity; nevertheless, it was fitting that God, by reason of his infinite goodness, should unite it to himself for human salvation. Thomas Aquinas unitydignityflesh A healthy degree of party unity among Democrats and Republicans has deteriorated into bitter partisan warfare. Thomas E. Mann unityhealthyparty But presidential approval also became a surrogate measure of national unity and patriotism. Thomas E. Mann presidentialunityappreciate Unity, agreement, is always silent or soft-voiced; it is only discord that loudly proclaims itself. Thomas Carlyle silentunityagreement The deepest level of communication is not communication, but communion. It is wordless. It is beyond words, and it is beyond speech, and it is beyond concept. Not that we discover a new unity. We discover an older unity. My dear Brothers [and Sisters], we are already one. But we imagine that we are not. And what we have to recover is our original unity. What we have to be is what we are. Thomas Merton unitycommunicationbrother It is not in numbers, but in unity, that our great strength lies. Thomas Paine unitynumberslying I came with the notion of perhaps saying something for monks and to monks of all religions because I am supposed to be a monk. ... My dear brothers, WE ARE ALREADY ONE. BUT WE IMAGINE THAT WE ARE NOT. And what we have to recover is our original unity. What we have to be is what we are Thomas Merton unityimaginebrother The mountains were his masters. They rimmed in life. They were the cup of reality, beyond growth, beyond struggle and death. They were his absolute unity in the midst of eternal change. Thomas Wolfe unitystrugglereality The goal of fasting is inner unity. Thomas Merton unitygoalspiritual To be alone by being part of the universe-fitting in completely to an environment of woods and silence and peace. Everything you do becomes a unity and a prayer. Unity within and without. Thomas Merton unitysilenceprayer«3031323334353637383940»
