Quotes about Unity

We would have helped history and individuals so much more if we had spent our time revealing how Christ is everywhere instead of proving that Jesus was God.

God is gathering us out of all regions till he can make resurrection of our own hearts from the very earth [emphasis added], 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.

I'll say it again: God loves things by becoming them.

My point is this: When I know that the world around me is both the hiding place and the revelation of God, I can no longer make a significant distinction between the natural and the supernatural, between the holy and the profane.

This realization that Someone is living in us and through us is exactly how we plug into a much larger mind and heart beyond our own.

So long as we all cling to our prejudices and identify with our preconceived views and feelings, genuine human community is impossible. You have to get to the point where you can break free from your feelings. Otherwise in the end you won't have any feelings; they'll have you.

Human life is about more than building boundaries, protecting identities, creating tribes, and teaching impulse control.

In all my travels, I've never seen a country's population more determined to forgive, and to build and succeed than in Rwanda.

A truly free society protects all faiths, and true faith protects a free society.

We bring God glory by loving other believers.

The sooner we give up the illusion that a church must be perfect in order to love it, the sooner we quit pretending and start admitting we're all imperfect and need grace. This is the beginning of real community.

He wants to be included in every activity, every conversation, every problem, and even every thought.