Aiden Wilson Tozer Quotes

Individuality or Unity? I say there's room for both.

At the centre of Christianity is community; we are gathered by the Lord around the altar.

It takes all kinds to make the world go 'round. If everyone was straight-laced and uptight, it would sure be a drag. We need a little tug of war in society.

There's so many wonderful gospel people out there, and I don't necessarily want to compete with those people.

Strange to see how a good dinner and feasting reconciles everybody.

A moral consideration of the utmost importance for us: We must respect individual differences, yet we must coordinate, work together, and act as one…. Mutual commitment to ideals -- yes; the stifling of all dissenting notions -- no.

May we know unity without conformity.

It's hard to be the one that stands out when, you know, in a ballet company, you're trying to create unison and uniform when you're in a corps de ballet.

Sufi music talks about connecting people. It talks about connecting hearts and connecting man with God. Everything that talks about connection is Sufi.

The Tao can't be perceived. Smaller than an electron, it contains uncountable galaxies. If powerful men and women could remain centered in the Tao, all things would be in harmony. The world would become a paradise. All people would be at peace, and the law would be written in their hearts. When you have names and forms, know that they are provisional. When you have institutions, know where their functions should end. Knowing when to stop, you can avoid any danger. All things end in the Tao as rivers flow into the sea.

There will be no hatred or resentment among them, their hearts will be as one, and they will glorify God, morning and evening.

Only in Christ are all things in communion. He is the point of convergence of all hearts and beings and therefore the bridge and the shortest way from each to each.

Keep your heart pure. A pure heart is necessary to see God in each other. If you see God in each other, there is love for each other, then there is peace.

Conformity is the ape of harmony.

At the heart of all things is love.

Give thanks and praise to the Lord and I will feel all right; Let's get together and feel all right. Give thanks and praise to the Lord and I will feel all right; Let's get together and feel all right.

Which of you would be silent - when all else sings together in unison?

In public worship all should join. The little strings go to make up a concert, as well as the great.

The superior person is in harmony, but does not follow the crowd. The lesser person follows the crowd, but is not in harmony.

The essence of spirituality is, to be constantly aware of the oneness of all; at the same time to celebrate the uniqueness of the individual.

Now they are a circle, and they vibrate together, they pulsate together. Their hearts are no longer separate, their beats are no longer separate, they have become a melody, a harmony. It is the greatest music possible, all other musics are just faint things compared to it, shadow things compared to it.

O brother man! fold to thy heart thy brother; Where pity dwells, the peace of God is there; To worship rightly is to love each other, Each smile a hymn, each kindly deed a prayer.

My secret is a very simple one: I pray. To pray to Christ is to love him.

A pure heart means a single heart, a heart in which only one desire lives: love.

That which is to be most desired in America is oneness and not sameness. Sameness is the worst thing that could happen to the people of this country. To make all people the same would lower their quality, but oneness would raise it.