Divine Love does not derive its power from separation but from union. It is not fullness but emptiness, not Being but the Void. J.G. Bennett (1897 – 1974)
Basil the Great Quotation – “Do not despair or cast aside every good hope…”
Do not despair or cast aside every good hope because your present state is quite unenviable. Rather, turn your thoughts to the blessings already granted you by God and to those reserved by promise for the future. Basil the Great (329 – 379)
Sri Aurobindo Quote – “In this vision of things the universe will reveal itself in its unity…”
In this vision of things the universe will reveal itself in its unity and totality as a manifestation of a single being, nature as its power of manifestation, evolution as its process of gradual manifestation in matter. Sri Aurobindo (1872 – 1950)
Marcus Aurelius Quote – “Loss is nothing else but change, and change is Nature’s delight.”
Loss is nothing else but change, and change is Nature’s delight. Marcus Aurelius (121 – 180)
Saint Augustine of Hippo Quote – “God is more truly imagined than expressed…”
God is more truly imagined than expressed, and He exists more truly than He is imagined. Saint Augustine of Hippo (354 – 430)
Saint Augustine of Hippo Quote – “It is love that asks, that seeks, that knocks, that finds…”
It is love that asks, that seeks, that knocks, that finds, and that is faithful to what it finds. Saint Augustine of Hippo (354 – 430)
Saint Augustine of Hippo Quote – “Grace is not bestowed according to human merits…”
Grace is not bestowed according to human merits; otherwise grace would no longer be grace. For grace is so designated because it is given gratuitously. Saint Augustine of Hippo (354 – 430)
Saint Augustine of Hippo Quote – “In the future you will not clothe the naked…”
In the future you will not clothe the naked, because everyone will be clothed in eternal light. You will not bury the dead because everyone wil be living life without end. Saint Augustine of Hippo (354 – 430)
Native American Tradition Quote – “There are the springs of the Great Spirit…”
There are the springs of the Great Spirit… To bathe in them gives new life, to drink temperatures every bodily ill. Native American Tradition (Arapaho)
Thomas Aquinas Quote – “Therefore, if God’s essence is to be seen at all…”
Therefore, if God’s essence is to be seen at all, it must be that the intellect sees it through the divine essence itself… so that in that vision the divine essence is both the object and the medium of vision. Thomas Aquinas (1225 – 1274)