Many / One
A database of 11,000+ illuminated guiding quotations in 40 categories from 600+ inspired books by our most brilliant and influential authors.
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"Thou, Lord, art the supreme good, the eternal good, from Whom is all good, without Whom there is no good." St. Francis of Assisi (1181-1226), 'Opuscula S. P. Francisci'
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"The inner dwelling….is like the home of a rich father, and the human soul like a tender son, who is reared in his father's house with as much care as he is dearly loved." Hugh of St. Victor (ca. 1100-1141), 'De Vanitate Mundi', Bk. 2
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"He [God] does not cease in one internal way or another to manifest Himself without ceasing to the gaze of those who seek Him, so that the word may be fulfilled which said: 'Behold I am with you all days, even to the consummation of the world.' (Matthew 28:20)." Bernard of Clairvaux (1090-1153),
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"Whatever creed we may recite, our primary faith ought to be in the potential greatness of life." Rufus M. Jones (1863-1948), 'The Luminous Trail', ch. 2
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"You have within yourself the standard by which to apprehend the Divine. For He who made you did at the same time endow your nature with this wonderful quality. For God imprinted on it the likeness of the glories of His own nature, as if moulding the form of a carving into wax." Gregory of Nyssa (ca. 335-395), 'On the Beatitudes', Sermon 6
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