All religions proclaim the advantages of peace, loving one another, and "doing to others what we would like them to do to… — Thomas Keating Copy Share Image
Only when we can accept God as he is can we give up the desire for spiritual experiences that we can feel. — Thomas Keating Copy Share Image
It's obvious that humanity continues to be torn by religious violence. — Thomas Keating Copy Share Image
I venture to say that it's not enough to respect and tolerate religions other than our own. — Thomas Keating Copy Share Image
By deepening the spiritual dialogue between the spiritual traditions of the various religions in a spirit of friendship, one begins to understand… — Thomas Keating Copy Share Image
It is essential for world peace that the world religions make peace with each other. If they don't, we can hardly expect… — Thomas Keating Copy Share Image
The best way to understand another person's religion is to listen to the story of what particular practices helped them to deepen… — Thomas Keating Copy Share Image
We may experience moments of profound inner peace, a sense of oneness with nature, or a sense of something that is more… — Thomas Keating Copy Share Image
One of the great purposes of religion itself is being hindered by an exclusive-ism that doesn't take into account the common elements… — Thomas Keating Copy Share Image
Finding out what particular insights mean to people in other traditions enables us not only to respect but to love the wisdom… — Thomas Keating Copy Share Image
St. Teresa of Avila wrote: 'All difficulties in prayer can be traced to one cause: praying as if God were absent.' This… — Thomas Keating Copy Share Image
Just by the very nature of our birth, we are on the spiritual journey. — Thomas Keating Copy Share Image
The wisdom of all religions has to be respected. The discoveries of science are also essential for our time and the future. — Thomas Keating Copy Share Image
Technology isn't fulfilling its promise of unlimited progress and solving every problem through technology. With the Enlightenment and its aftermath, there already… — Thomas Keating Copy Share Image
Religions have a special responsibility to encourage and inspire people to love planet earth, which as far as we know, is the… — Thomas Keating Copy Share Image
Science and technology has tried to offer an alternative to religion by making a god out of human reason, but that didn't… — Thomas Keating Copy Share Image
Your relationship with God, others, yourself, and all creation keeps changing for the better. Most of the world's religions have developed maps… — Thomas Keating Copy Share Image
The whole immigration issue suggests the inevitability of people in our time seeking economic security that they can't find at home, which… — Thomas Keating Copy Share Image
The spiritual traditions of all the religions have certain similarities that are unmistakable. They share many of the same basic practices like… — Thomas Keating Copy Share Image
It is essential for world peace that the world religions make peace with each other. If they don't, we can hardly expect the nations… — Thomas Keating Copy Share Image
In the Christian perspective, the love of God and of all other human beings invites us to share and enjoy not just the best… — Thomas Keating Copy Share Image
Science and technology have been embarrassed by two world wars, many smaller ones, and the spread of weapons that could destroy humanity. As a… — Thomas Keating Copy Share Image
“As St. Thomas Aquinas (1225–1274) taught, whatever we say about God is more unlike God than saying nothing. If we do say something, it… — Thomas Keating Copy Share Image
God will bring people and events into our lives, and whatever we may think about them, they are designed for the evolution of His… — Thomas Keating Copy Share Image
For human beings, the most daunting challenge is to become fully human. For to become fully human is to become fully divine. — Thomas Keating Copy Share Image
The acceptance of all that God has given us and the willingness to let it go - to give it back to him at… — Thomas Keating Copy Share Image
The complementary movement towards divine love is growth in humility which is the acceptence of the reality about ourselves, our own weakness and limitations. — Thomas Keating Copy Share Image
St. Teresa of Avila wrote: 'All difficulties in prayer can be traced to one cause: praying as if God were absent.' This is the… — Thomas Keating Copy Share Image
I venture to say that it's not enough to respect and tolerate religions other than our own. — Thomas Keating Copy Share Image
