Quotes about Union
How powerful is the influence of a mother! The bond between mother and child seems to be God-designed, the perfect union of potential and the power to make it spring forth. The simple, daily influences of prayer, persuasion, and promoting of godly values are the most powerful tools a mother can use to unleash the potential of her children.
— David Jeremiah
God is closer to us than water is to a fish.
— Catherine of Siena
The deepest desire of our hearts is for union for God. God created us for union with himself. This is the original purpose of our lives.
— Brennan Manning
Faith is the union of God and the soul.
— John of the Cross
To live by grace is to live solely by the merit of Jesus Christ. To live by grace is to base my entire relationship with God, including my acceptance and standing with Him, on my union with Christ.
— Jerry Bridges
The most generous choices, especially the persevering, are the fruit of profound and prolonged union with God in prayerful silence.
— Pope John Paul II
There is nothing that I shudder at more than the idea of a separation of the Union. Should such an event ever happen, which I fervently pray God to avert, from that date I view our liberty gone.
— Andrew Jackson
God is nearer to us than our own spirit
— Julian of Norwich
God has set the type of marriage through creation. Each creature seeks its perfection in another.
— Martin Luther
Real prayer is union with God.
— Mother Teresa
God Himself begins to live in me not only as my Creator but as my other and true self.
— Thomas Merton
Marriage should be viewed as an institution ordained by God and should be out of the control of the state.
— Tony Campolo