Quotes about Unity

Unfortunately, the marvelous understanding celebrated at the original Pentecost has faded into the background, and now the word "Pentecostal" often signifies not Christian unity but sectarian differences. Many Pentecostals are conservative Christians who disdain those of a more liberal persuasion. And mainstream Christians often dismiss Pentecostals as looney tunes; anti-intellectual in their theology, overemotional in their worship.

My favorite definition of heaven comes from a Benedictine sister, who told me that as her mother lay dying in a hospital bed she had ventured to reassure her by saying, "In heaven, everyone we love is there." The older woman had replied, "No, in heaven I will love everyone who's there.

Forgiving and being forgiven are two names for the same thing. The important thing is that a discord has been resolved.

There is, hidden or flaunted, a sword between the sexes till an entire marriage reconciles them.

Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another: "What! You too? I thought I was the only one".

True friends... face in the same direction, toward common projects, interests, goals.

When a man begins to feel that he is the only one who can lead in this republic, he is guilty of treason to the spirit of our institutions.

When a man begins to feel that he is the only one whou can lead in this republic, he is guilty of treason to the spirit of our institutions.

there is a declaration in our sacred texts that reads 'Vasudhaiva kutumbakam,' which means 'The whole world is a family.

companionship thrives only when each individual remembers his individuality and does not identify himself with others.

I do not forget that my voice is but one voice, my experience a mere drop in the sea, my knowledge no greater than the visual field in a microscope.

Crimes the individual alone could never stand are freely committed by the group.