An individual drop can be merged with the ocean, and still remain meaningful. He has found his “place.” Alauddin Al-Attar (circa 1119 – 1185)
Islamic Saying – “All the Messengers of God are the same and yet they are many…”
All the Messengers of God are the same and yet they are many; that God manifests in his Messengers, but that they are not God. Islamic Saying
Islamic Saying – “No one of you is a believer until he desires for his brother…”
No one of you is a believer until he desires for his brother that which he desires for himself. Islamic Saying
Father Pedro Arrupe Quote – “Nothing is more practical than finding God…”
Nothing is more practical than finding God, than falling in Love in a quite absolute, final way. What you are in love with, what seizes your imagination, will affect everything. It will decide what will get you out of bed in the morning, what you do with your evenings, how you spend your weekends, what you read, whom you know, […]
Aramaic Bible Quote – “He raises the afflicted from a dunghill…”
He raises the afflicted from a dunghill, For he will settle him with the Rulers of the people. Aramaic Bible
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)
Quote from The Book of Revelation – “Ye must love beyond yourselves. So ye must learn to love.”
Ye must love beyond yourselves. So ye must learn to love. The Book of Revelation (circa 95 A.D.)
Saint Anthony of the Desert Quote – “God is gathering us out of all regions till he can make resurrection…”
God is gathering us out of all regions till he can make resurrection of our own hearts from the very earth, and teach us that we are all of one substance, and members of one another. For the one who loves his neighbor loves God, and the one who loves God, loves his own soul. Saint Anthony of the Desert […]
Anonymous Saying – “All the water in the world, However hard it tried, Could never, never sink a ship…”
All the water in the world, However hard it tried, Could never, never sink a ship, Unless it got inside. And all the evil in the world, The blackest kind of sin. Can never hurt you one least bit — Unless you let it in! Anonymous
Anonymous Saying – “If ever two were one, then surly we…”
If ever two were one, then surly we. As ever man is loved by God, then truly me. Anonymous