Quotes about Unity

If we were to make the table the most sacred object of furniture in every home, in every church, in every community, our faith would quickly regain its power, and our world would quickly become a better place. The table is the place where identity is born—the place where the story of our lives is retold, re-minded, and relived.

Adam means "human." Eve means "life." A human needs another for "life" to come alive and become living. Identity can't grow ferally, only communally. We were meant to eat together, not solo. Eve's solitary eating is what got her in trouble.

Christ does not say to me, "Be yourself." He says, "Be with me." BROTHER ROGER OF TAIZÉ

Christians have made the gospel about so many things—things other than Christ. But Jesus Christ is the gravitational pull that brings everything together and gives it meaning. Without Him, all things lose their value. They are but detached pieces floating around in space. That includes your life.1

Jesus didn't care about a "holy table" as the religious establishment defined "holy." For Jesus a holy table was one that was open to anyone, a table where all God's children were present.

True love frees us, and at the same time it binds us:

Oh, 'tis love, 'tis love, that makes the world go round!

We've learned that sometimes a lack of conflict in a marriage means you are not fighting for it. There are times you must battle to become one.

We do not fight to tear down but to build up.

We do not live by the violence of a sword, but the time has come to live by the power of one.

I am not afraid of an army of lions led by a sheep; I am afraid of an army of sheep led by a lion.

Satyagraha can rid society of all evils, political, economic and moral.