Men go abroad to wonder at the heights of mountains, at the huge waves of the sea, at the long courses of the rivers, at the vast compass of the ocean, at the circular motions of the stars, and they pass by themselves without wondering. Saint Augustine of Hippo (354 – 430)
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)
An individual drop can be merged with the ocean, and still remain meaningful. He has found his “place.” Alauddin Al-Attar (circa 1119 – 1185)
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
No one of you is a believer until he desires for his brother that which he desires for himself. Islamic Saying
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, […]
He raises the afflicted from a dunghill, For he will settle him with the Rulers of the people. Aramaic Bible
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)
Ye must love beyond yourselves. So ye must learn to love. The Book of Revelation (circa 95 A.D.)
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 […]
