Quotes about Universal

But with respect to religion itself, without regard to names, and as directing itself from the universal family of mankind to the divine object of adoration, it is man bringing to his maker the fruits of his heart; and though these fruits may differ from each other like the fruits of the earth, the grateful tribute of everyone is accepted.

Creation speaketh an universal language, independently of human speech or human language

O the blest eyes, the happy hearts, That see, that know the guiding thread so fine, Along the mighty labyrinth. -from Song of the Universal

The law of the past can't be eluded, The law of the present and future cannot be eluded, The law of the living cannot be eluded

Wherever men exist, in all ages and in all parts of the world, they have some form of religion. The idea of God is impressed on every human language. And as language is the product and revelation of human consciousness, if all languages have some name for God, it proves that the idea of God, in some from, belongs to every human being.

What is essential in a work of art is that it should rise far above the realm of personal life and speak to the spirit and heart of the poet as man to the spirit and heart of mankind.

This isn't from me, but from Faulkner, and may be the best advice I've seen for any writer. (Write of) the old verities and truths of the heart, the old universal truths lacking which any story is ephemeral and doomed — love and honor and pity and pride and compassion and sacrifice.

There is only one Church, and the responsibility for missionary work is universal. 'Every member a missionary.'

A children's story that can only be enjoyed by children is not a good children's story in the slightest.

No book is really worth reading at the age of ten which is not equally — and often far more — worth reading at the age of fifty and beyond.

I don't have to change anything. I think that's the secret to comedy. You want to be universal and appeal to everyone.

I recognize the power of Thought as being an inlet leading into my brain from the universal ocean of life; therefore, I will set no destructive thoughts afloat upon that ocean lest they pollute the minds of others.