"Unspeakable is the variety of form and immeasurable the diversity of beauty, but in all is the seal of unity."
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"If God had so wished, he would have made all Indians speak with one language ... the unity of India has been and shall always be a unity in diversity."
"We now know that unity, the cornerstone of Canada's greatness and prosperity, is above all a matter of emotion and reason for every citizen."
"The Goddess of Old Europe and Ancient Crete represented the unity of life in nature, delight in the diversity of form, the powers of birth, death and regeneration."
"Unity in wills cannot be unless there is one will dominating and ruling all the rest to oneness... wills of mortals have need of a directive principle... therefore for the well-being of the world, there should be a monarchy."
"From out of all the many particulars comes oneness, and out of oneness come all the many particulars."
"I felt knowledge and the unity of the world circulate in me like my own blood."
"All for one; one for all."
"What can defeat greed, technological superiority, and legal lawlessness ... is discipline, consciousness, and unity."
"As long as we believe in sequential time, we see becoming instead of being. Beyond time, we are all one."
"Unity in a Movement situation can be overrated. If you were the Establishment, which would you rather see coming in the door: one lion or five hundred mice?"
"Any unity which doesn't have its origin in the multitudes is tyranny."
"It is a magnificent feeling to recognize the unity of complex phenomena which appear to be things quite apart from the direct visible truth."
"I came with the notion of perhaps saying something for monks and to monks of all religions because I am supposed to be a monk. ... My dear brothers, WE ARE ALREADY ONE. BUT WE IMAGINE THAT WE ARE NOT. And what we have to recover is our original unity. What we have to be is what we are"
"The goal of fasting is inner unity."
"I value unity because I believe we learn truth from each other in this process."
"There is only one Soul in the Universe. There is no 'you' or 'me'; all variety is merged into the absolute unity, the one infinite existence - God."
"Truth in art is the unity of a thing with itself: the outward rendered expressive of the inward: the soul made incarnate: the body instinct with spirit. For this reason there is no truth comparable to sorrow."
"When force of circumstance upsets your equanimity lose no time in recovering your self-control, and do not remain out of tune longer than you can help. Habitual recurrence to the harmony will increase your mastery of it."
"What is important is that we make sure to work together, that we understand our strength comes from unity and not division."