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Alice Walker Novelist, Poet
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"No matter how hidden the cruelty, no matter how far off the screams of pain and terror, we live in one world. We are one people."

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Albert Camus Philosopher, Writer
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"In every rebellion is to be found the metaphysical demand for unity, the impossibility of capturing it, and the construction of a substitute universe."

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Saint Augustine Theologian, Philosopher
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"The Head and the body are Christ wholly and entirely. The Head is the only begotten Son of God, the body is His Church; the bridegroom and the bride, two in one flesh. All who dissent from the Scriptures concerning Christ, although they may be found in all places in which the Church is found, are not in the Church; and again all those who agree with the Scriptures concerning the Head, and do not communicate in the unity of the Church, are not in the Church."

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Thomas Merton Writer, Monk
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"To be alone by being part of the universe-fitting in completely to an environment of woods and silence and peace. Everything you do becomes a unity and a prayer. Unity within and without."

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Swami Vivekananda Spiritual Leader, Philosopher
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"All sectarian religions take for granted that all men are equal. This is not warranted by science. There is more difference between minds than between bodies. One fundamental doctrine of Hinduism is that all men are different, there being unity in variety. Even for a drunkard, there are some Mantras-even for a man going to a prostitute!"

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Mahatma Gandhi Political Leader
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"Truth, purity, self-control, firmness, fearlessness, humility, unity, peace, and renunciation - these are the inherent qualities of a civil resister."

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Milan Kundera Writer
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"But just make someone who has fallen in love listen to his stomach rumble, and the unity of body and soul, that lyrical illusion of the age of science , instantly fades away."

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E. M. Forster Novelist, Essayist
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"All invitations must proceed from heaven perhaps; perhaps it is futile for men to initiate their own unity, they do but widen the gulfs between them by the attempt."

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Dalai Lama Spiritual Leader
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"You use force, you create fear. Fear destroys trust. Trust is the basis of harmony. The hardliner believes harmony and unity can be brought by force. That's totally unscientific, totally wrong."

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Edgar Allan Poe Poet, Writer
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"The unity of effect or impression is a point of the greatest importance. It is clear, moreover, that this unity cannot be thoroughly preserved in productions whose perusal cannot be completed at one sitting."

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Edward Kennedy Politician
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"Family reunification has been an essential aspect of these policies.Many of those who are brought in, in terms of families, have become actively involved. They open small stores, play a significant role in the economy. The families and the importance of family unity are extremely important."

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Edward Abbey Author, Environmentalist
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"Literary critics, like a herd of cows or a school of fish, always face in the same direction, obeying that love for unity that every critic requires."

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