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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"All the things of God and the soul are one in participant transformation; and the soul seems to be God rather than a soul, and is indeed God by participation."
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"The transformation of the soul is wrought through its love for God."
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"It must be known that God dwells and is present substantially in every soul, even in that of the greatest sinner in the world."
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"Love creates a likeness between that which loves and that which is loved."
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"Prayer, for St. John [of the Cross] as for St. Teresa [of Avila], is no mere exercise made up of petition and meditation, but a complete spiritual life which brings in its train all the virtues, increases all the soul's potentialities and may ultimately lead to 'deification' or transformation in God through love." E. Allison Peers, Introduction
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"All the virtues grow through the practice of any one of them, and all the vices grow through the practice of any one of them likewise."
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"It is true that all creatures have a certain relation to God, and bear a Divine impress."
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