Many / One

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1		"The earth is but one country and mankind its citizens." Baha'u'llah, founder of the Baha'i tradition

2		"One instant is eternity; eternity is in the now; When you see through this one instant, you see through the one who sees." Wu-Men, Chinese poet

3		"Kindness will eventually transform the entire existence of an individual, having reverberations in the community and the world. Let us allow ourselves to be refashioned by the effective and beautiful quality of kindness."

4		"The Divine flows through all of us."

5		"The Divine Presence is everywhere; it only requires us to experience it."

6		"In each moment the will of God is present, if we can only allow ourselves to discern it."

7		"One of the reasons we are here in this existence is to learn and hone this skill of great love."

8		"Whatever the Source is, however it is named or imagined, the truth is the same: Our gifts are donated from that originating point. Each interpretive system of spiritual and mystical culture understands this. The crucial point in life is to use these gifts wisely: not to squander them, but to commit them to the benefit of the whole community of life."

9		"That we may outgrow our need for dualism and conflict – that is my prayer."

10		"This Divine Love that exists between God and the soul is eternal and cannot be destroyed."

11		"Paradoxically, it's most often our smallest, most anonymously done good works that have the greatest spiritual impact in and on this world." Thom Hartmann, author and radio talk show host

12		"We can choose to use our lives for others to bring about a better and more just world for our children." Cesar Chavez, Mexican-American activist

13		"To love is to think, speak, and act according to the spititual knowledge that we are infinitely loved by God and called to make that love visible in the world." Henri Nouwen

14		"The Divine Reality is doing, or being, each one of us. We are expressions of God's endless creativity. The Divine is happening all the time, and in all corners of reality."

15		"No matter what we believe, we are all bound to seek justice, to think and act with genuine kindness, and to have humility of heart."

16		"People see God every day; they just don't recognize him." Pearl Bailey, American singer

17		"God is everywhere, in every being and in every situation, in the cosmos and the natural world, in our loved ones, our friends, just as he is in the stranger, our neighbors, our pets, and very pointedly in the suffering."

18		"Every place is the center because God is an infinite, intelligible sphere – totally unlimited and undetermined. Wherever the Divine is, that is the center."

19		"Learn to open your being to the greater love witnessed in the example of the saints and watch your capacity expand, your compassion grow, and your generosity deepen."

20		"Everything happens within the Divine Consciousness."

21		"The Divine Reality – the Source of Being, Allah, the Brahman, the Tao, the One, the Ground of Being – has a limitless number of qualities; each one of these is itself infinite, but each also expresses the one nature."

22		"Be a blazing fire of truth, be a beauteous blossom of love, and be a soothing balm of peace." Sufi saying

23		"Let us each examine our faith. If it is rooted in love, mercy, kindness, and compassion, we are on the right track."

24		"Fear is the easiest thing in the world: it's cheap and widespread. Tyrants and oppressors count on fear's contagion to dominate others. But if one person steps forward and summons courage, his or her courage becomes equally contagious, spreading to others and becoming a movement."

25		"Think about yourself: your temple of God, the body; your spirit of God, the soul; the flow of God, the mind." Yogi Bhajan