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THE LION CHRISTIAN QUOTATION COLLECTION
Hannah Ward & Jennifer Wild, compilers
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"It is good to love many things, for therein lies strength. Whosoever loves much can accomplish much, and what is done with love is well done." Vincent vanGogh (1853-1900), Dutch post-impressionist painter
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"The whole sensible appearance of things is the lotus flower which is God, the country of all of us." Paulinus of Nola (d. 431), Italian bishop and poet
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"No one can live without symbols. The symbol is the true appearance of reality; it is the form in which reality discloses itself to our consciousness, or rather, it is that particular consciousness of reality. It is in the symbol that the real appears to us." Raimundo Panikkar, Indian Catholic theologian
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"Every person may err, but not the whole gathered together, for the whole has a promise." Robert Hugh Benson (1871-1914), English Catholic writer
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"Turn our hearts, O Christ, to everlasting truth and healing harmony." Philip Melanchthon (1497-1560), Humanist scholar and Lutheran theologian
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"All who know themselves know that they are of one immortal substance." Antony of Egypt (ca. 251-356 ad), Egyptian monk
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"O marvellous, indescribable and joyful love, in you is all savour and sweetness and all delight, the contemplation of which exalts the soul." Angela of Foligno (1248-1309), Italian mystic
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"The mystery of the world abides in freedom." Nicolas Berdyaev (1874-1948), Russian philosopher
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"Love goes on in the depth of our life, whether we notice or not." Kosuke Koyama, Japanese theologian
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"Incline us, oh God!....to consider our fellow-creatures with kindness, and to judge of all they say and do with that charity which we would desire from them ourselves." Jane Austen (1775-1817), English novelist
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"Give rest to the weary, visit the sick, make provision for the poor, this is indeed prayer." Aphrahat (mid 4th century), Syriac monk
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"Human nature has ineffable dignity." John Duns Scotus (c. 1266-1308), Scottish Franciscan philosopher
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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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"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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"You can never love your neighbour without loving God." Jacques Benigne Bossuet (1627-1704), French philosopher and bishop
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"Released by Love from isolating wrong, let us with Love unite our various song, each with his gift according to his kind." W. H. Auden, Anglo-American poet and essayist
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"I AM only through communication with the other." Karl Jaspers, German-born philosopher
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"Sow everywhere the good seed given to you." Seraphim of Sarov (1759-1833), Russian monk
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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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"To have a prayerful approach to people is to have eyes to see, a mind intent upon seeing, a heart hopeful of seeing the image of God in each person I meet, to see them in themselves and in God." Douglas Rhymes, contemporary English priest and author
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"We become contemplatives when God discovers Himself in us." Thomas Merton, American Cistercian monk and writer
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"The symbols by which we structure our world have direct and substantive effect on how we act in that world." Janet Martin Soskice, British theologian
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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 ethic of relation of man to man is not something apart by itself: it is only a particular relation which results from the universal one." Albert Schweitzer
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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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We are gathering together the primary insights of spirituality and bringing them together into one place.
This archive contains 11,754 quotes, taken from 635 references,
organized in terms of 39 primary categories. Quotes are randomized and appear in a different way at every click.
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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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