"Good is that which makes for unity. Evil is that which makes for separateness."
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"The structural unity of the parts is such that, if any one of them is displaced or removed, the whole will be disjointed and disturbed. For a thing whose presence or absence makes no visible difference is not an organic part of the whole."
"But obviously a state which becomes progressively more and more of a unity will cease to be a state at all. Plurality of numbers is natural in a state; and the farther it moves away from plurality towards unity, the less of a state it becomes and the more a household, and the household in turn an individual."
"Painting is the same kind of problem as unfolding a long, sustained interlocked argument... It is a proposition commanded by a single unity of conception."
"Consequently, heretics and schismatics, separated from the unity of this Body, are able to receive the same Sacrament, but with no benefit to themselves; indeed, more to their own harm, in that they are judged the more severely rather than being liberated."
"O Sacrament of Love! O sign of Unity! O bond of Charity! He who would have Life finds here indeed a Life to live in and a Life to live by."
"There is an intellectual function in us which demands unity, connection and intelligibility from any material, whether of perception or thought, that comes within its grasp; and if, as a result of special circumstances, it is unable to establish a true connection, it does not hesitate to fabricate a false one."
"In real existence there is only unity."
"The space under the sky is occupied by all things in their unity."
"The unity is brought about by force ."
"You can walk with the Shintoist through his sacred groves, or chant an affirmation with the Hindu on the banks of the Ganges...and still be a student of Unity... As the Christ becomes greater to you in Unity, the Buddha also becomes greater, and the greater the Buddha becomes, the greater the Christ becomes."
"Yes, I am going into the woods; I am going into the unity of all things."
"I am everybody and every time, I always call myself by your name."
"It is in virtue of unity that beings are beings."
"The existential split in man would be unbearable could he not establish a sense of unity within himself and with the natural and human world outside."
"When Malcolm X was assassinated I was working at the Apollo. They brought his body to the Unity Funeral Home, which was around the corner."
"The transformation from separation to unity, from conflict to peace, is the goal of all spiritual traditions."
"The direction of life is from duality to unity."
"The very nature of these inventions cries out for the goodness in men; cries out for universal brotherhood; for the unity of us all."
"Our attitude is very clear. In effect there is the conflict, ideological conflict which we all know. We have stated our position in the sense of unity among socialist states - unity as a first measure."