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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"God is seated in the hearts of all." Bhagavad Gita
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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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"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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"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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"The great world of light lies behind all human destinies." Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, 'To A Child'
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"The prayer itself is the essence of the Godhead." Rabbi Pinhas of Korez, 'Hasidism'
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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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"The best prayer is not that which feels most, but that which gives most." Fr. Andrew, 'A Gift of Light'
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"We must accept finite disappointment, but we must never lose infinite hope." Martin Luther King, 'The Words of Martin Luther King'
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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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"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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"He who knows his own self knows God." Mohammed
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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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"Silver and gold are not the only coin; virtue too passes current all over the world." Euripides, 'Oedipus'
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"All shall be well and…All manner of thing shall be well…When the tongues of flame are in-folded…Into the crowned knot of fire…and the fire and the rose are one." T. S. Eliot, 'Little Gidding'
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"There is no power on earth like imagination." Laurens van der Post, 'Venture to the Interior'
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"Give rest to the weary, visit the sick, support the poor, for this also is prayer." Afrahat, the first Syriac Father
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"He who sees the Infinite in all things, sees God." William Blake, 'Poetry and Prose'
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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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"Holiness consists of doing the will of God with a smile." Mother Teresa of Calcutta
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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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"The parent of the universe fixed for eternity the causes whereby He keeps all things in order." Martin Luther
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"Faith is a permanent and vital endowment of the human mind." Eden Philipotts, 'A Shadow Passes'
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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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"He alone loves the Creator perfectly who manifests a pure love for his neighbour." Venerable Bede
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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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