Quotes to ponder ~ Unity in Diversity

[Feridust]

I came across these quotes today while doing a search on the web and wanted to share them with anyone who may be interested. They are timely reminders that each of us has our own path to follow, our own truths to learn...that respect and compassion can be shown, even if we don't abide by another's beliefs.

I hope you enjoy these.

Love and light to everyone



He who experiences the unity of life sees his own Self in all beings.
~Buddha

So powerful is the light of unity that it can illuminate the whole earth.
~Baha'u`llah

The wise embrace unity
luminous without ostentation
distinguished without justifying
recognized without boasting
persevering without complaining.

~ Lao Tzu

All the races and tribes in the world are like the different colored flowers in one meadow. All are beautiful. As children of the Creator they must all be respected. 

~Native American Indian Traditional Code of Ethics

As different streams, having their sources in different places, all mingle their water in the sea, so, O Lord, the different paths which men take through different tendencies, various though they appear, crooked or straight, all lead to Thee.

~Swami Vivekenanda - Hindu yogi

Tolerance implies a respect for another person, not because he is wrong or even because he is right, but because he is human.

~John Cogley

And perhaps one of my favorite quotes....:)

She could write the scene three times over, from three points of view...none of these three was bad, nor were they particularly good.  She need not judge...She need only show seperate minds, as alive as her own, struggling with the idea that other minds were equally alive. It wasn't only wickedness and scheming that made people unhappy, it was confusion and misunderstanding; above all, it was the failure to grasp that other people are as real as you. And only in a story could you enter these different minds and show that they had equal value.  That was the only moral a story need have.

~Ian McEwan- From the novel Atonement

[Avrille]

Feb. 22, 2009 at 5:43 AM

Amazing quotes! Some of them are familiar to me, but it's always good to read words of wisdom again & again. Thank you so much for them! Blessed day to you!