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"The natural corrolary of the Oneness of God and the unity of mankind is the fundamental equality of all men and races before God. And this means, or should mean, a real democracy of spirit in the relation of men to each other."
The Nature and Truth of the Great Religions
(August Karl Reischauer)
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"Our divine origin makes us kin with every thing and every being that is, for not only are all mankind kin, but all beings and things that are are our other selves. All spring from the same universal ocean which holds us forever – the Mother Eternal, the Father-Mother."
Wind of the Spirit
(G. dePurucker)
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"In essence, all human beings are identical. We are all part of One; we are One." Erich Fromm, 'The Art of Loving'
Handbook for the Heart, Original Writings on Love
(Richard Carlson and Benjamin Shield, editors)
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“If regarded solely by the mind, the human race exhibits a great diversity; seen by intuitive perception and implicit insight, these differences are found to be largely limited to the surface. Below the surface can be discerned an underlying bond which holds together, in unbreakable unity, all human beings – indeed, all that exists.”
Call to the Heights, Guidance on the Pathway to Self-illumination
(Geoffrey Hodson)
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"Nothing can exist in which the Deity is not immanent…the Soul is present in the divine Idea."
The Ancient Wisdom
(Annie Besant)
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"Heart (kardia): not simply the physical organ but the spiritual centre of man's being, man as made in the image of God, his deepest and truest self, or the inner shrine…in which the mystery of the union between the divine and the human is consummated."
The Philokalia, volume 2
(various authors, compiled by St. Nikodimos of the Holy Mountain)
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"Man is a microcosm of the greater creation."
Theosophy, The Wisdom of the Ages
(Cherry Gilchrist)
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"The depth of the psyche, the unconscious, is not made by man but is divinely created nature."
C. G. Jung: Letters, 1951-1961
(Gerhard Adler and Aniela Jaffe, editors)
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"Each one of us comes from the loving hand of God and each of us has a purpose for being here on earth." Fr. Francis E. Butler, S.S.J.
The Light of Love
(Patricia Devlin)
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"The Centre where the intelligence of God is producing the evolutionary process (is) Humanity."
Telepathy
(Alice A. Bailey)
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"Mankind has an inherent sensitivity to the needs of Earth and to the plan of God."
The Findhorn Garden: Pioneering a New Vision of Man and Nature in Cooperation
(The Findhorn Community)
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"We have different roots, traditions, and ways of seeing, but we share the common qualities of love, understanding, and acceptance. For our dialogue to be open, we need to open our hearts, set aside our prejudices, listen deeply, and represent truthfully what we know and understand."
Living Buddha, Living Christ
(Thich Nhat Hanh)
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"Man is a dignified, immortal being, evolving towards a divinely glorious end."
The Ancient Wisdom
(Annie Besant)
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"A truth once seen, even by a single mind, always ends up by imposing itself on the totality of human consciousness."
The Phenomenon of Man
(Pierre Teilhard deChardin)
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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
Macmillan Dictionary of Religious Quotations
(Margaret Pepper, editor)
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“The spirit of man, itself essentially divine, is capable of immediate communion with God, the One Reality.” Evelyn Underhill, ‘Practical Mysticism’
Divine Light and Fire, Experiencing Esoteric Christianity
(Peter Roche deCoppens)
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"The Holy One, blessed be He, made Man by printing the image of the kingdom of heaven within him, which is the image of the All." The Zohar
Revelations: The Wisdom of the Ages
(Paul Roland)
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"There is something marvellous in the power within a seed, and when that seed is the human soul, containing the powers of will, thought and love, no one should dare to measure its possibilities by an undeveloped imagination…it is for him to be his own gardener, to understand his own destiny, and to make his circumstances assist him in its swift achievement."
The Glorious Presence
(Ernest E. Wood)
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"Creatures are somewhat likened to the very nature of God, forasmuch as they derive their being from the first being, their goodness from the sovereign good." Thomas Aquinas, ST I, q. 3, a. 4, ad 9
Sheer Joy, Conversations with Thomas Aquinas on Creation Spirituality
(Matthew Fox)
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"The spring of the amazing energy which enables the great mystic to rise to freedom and dominate his world, is latent in all of us; an integral part of our humanity."
Mysticism
(Evelyn Underhill)
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