Quotes about Integration
do not find our own Center; it finds us. The body is in the soul. It is both the place of contact and the place of surrender.
— Fr. Richard Rohr
He wants to be included in every activity, every conversation, every problem, and even every thought.
— Rick Warren
To be alone by being part of the universe-fitting in completely to an environment of woods and silence and peace. Everything you do becomes a unity and a prayer. Unity within and without.
— Thomas Merton
One who prays ceaselessly is one who combines prayer with work and work with prayer.
— Origen
In good relationships, we are happy to grow as the other person becomes part of us and who we are.
— Miroslav Volf
Contemplative living is living in true relationship with oneself, God, others and nature, free of the illusions of separateness.
— Thomas Merton
Carefully studying the Bible will reveal to us our own ignorance of these things. It will challenge us to reject a superficial understanding of Christianity and impress on us that it is imperative not to simply be religious or moral, but also to master the Bible intellectually, integrate its principles into our lives morally, and put into action what we have learned practically.
— William Wilberforce
Some Americans need hyphens in their names, because only part of them has come over; but when the whole man has come over, heart and thought and all, the hyphen drops of its own weight out of his name.
— Woodrow Wilson
The fingers of the attacker feel what will soon belong to his whole body.
— Elias Canetti
I am a little too absorbed by science to be able to philosophise much; but the more I look into myself, the more I find myself possessed by the conviction that it is only the science of Christ running through all things, that is to say true mystical science, that really matters. I let myself get caught up in the game when I geologise.
— Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
Sitting at the table doesn't make you a diner. You must be eating some of what's on that plate. Being here in America doesn't make you an American. Being born here in America doesn't make you an American.
— Malcolm X
My goal in life is to unite my avocation with my vocation, As my two eyes make one in sight.
— Robert Frost