C. S. Lewis Quotes

For as we have many members in one body, and all members have not the same office: so we, being many, are one body in Christ, and every one members one of another.

And I say the sacred hoop of my people was one of the many hoops that made one circle, wide as daylight and as starlight, and in the center grew one mighty flowering tree to shelter all the children of one mother and one father.

It's easy for me to care about Toronto, because Toronto is a community that cares about itself. It represents the world. It talks to itself, and because it does, it figures out that there must be a music garden as part of its existence.

When it all boils down, it's about embracing each others' stories and maybe even finding that synergy to collaborate for the common good.

Society is unity in diversity.

Repertory theater is all about being part of the whole, one of the many colors in this vast palette.

All differences in this world are of degree, and not of kind, because oneness is the secret of everything.

We are enriched by our reciprocate differences.

I believe that we are here for each other, not against each other. Everything comes from an understanding that you are a gift in my life - whoever you are, whatever our differences.

We Are One

This great country, this India, is woven of the rich individual strands of our regions, languages, religions, traditions, and communities through the ages. Yet its vibrant beauty can be seen only as a whole, a single seamless fabric, much greater than the sum of all the strands.

We are all fingers on the same hand. We may not look alike, but we are all needed.

In my dreams is a country where the State is the Church and the Church the people: three in one and one in three. It is a commonwealth in which work is play and play is life: three in one and one in three. It is a temple in which the priest is the worshiper and the worshiper the worshipped: three in one and one in three. It is a godhead in which all life is human and all humanity divine: three in one and one in three.

There are many paths leading to the top of Mount Fuji, but there is only one summit - love.

Peace is not unity in similarity but unity in diversity, in the comparison and conciliation of differences.

In nature there is a fundamental unity running through all the diversity we see about us. Religions are given to mankind so as to accelerate the process of realisation of fundamental unity.

Our differences are our strength as a species and as a world community.

Beware of the differences that blind us to the unity that binds us.

The wonderful thing about the black church for me is that it forces you to come to terms with the centrality of love in the world.

The ability to see yourself as a temporary expression of intention and to see yourself in all of humanity is a characteristic of the holy relationship. It's the ability to celebrate and honor in all others, the place where we're all one. ...establish a holy relationship with your Source, the world community, your neighbors, acquaintances, family, the animal kingdom, our planet, and yourself.

All have their worth and each contributes to the worth of the others.

On the platform of reality, on the platform of oneness of life, all differences dissolve.

And watch two men washing clothes, one makes dry clothes wet. The other makes wet clothes dry. they seem to be thwarting each other, but their work is a perfect harmony. Every holy person seems to have a different doctrine and practice, but there's really only one work.

We are participants in a vast communion of being, and if we open ourselves to its guidance, we can learn anew how to live in this great and gracious community of truth.