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title: "22 Union God Quotes by 20 authors"
description: "Browse 22 Union God quotes by 20 authors. Discover the best Union God sayings and thoughts."
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> [Real prayer is union with God,...](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mother-teresa/real-prayer-is-union-with-god/)

[Mother Teresa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mother-teresa/)

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> [Faith is the union of God and the soul.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-of-the-cross/faith-is-the-union-of-god-and-the-soul/)

[John of the Cross](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-of-the-cross/)

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> [The soul is restored through union with God.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leanne-payne/the-soul-is-restored-through-union-with-god/)

[Leanne Payne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leanne-payne/)

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> [Happiness is neither within us, nor without us. It is in the union of ourselves with God.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/blaise-pascal/happiness-is-neither-within-us-nor-without-us-it-is-in-the-union-of/)

[Blaise Pascal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/blaise-pascal/)

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> [Real prayer is union with God, a union as vital as that of the vine to the branch..](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mother-teresa/real-prayer-is-union-with-god-a-union-as-vital-as-that-of-the-vine-to/)

[Mother Teresa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mother-teresa/)

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> [Religion is not an end in itself. One's union with God is the ultimate goal.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peace-pilgrim/religion-is-not-an-end-in-itself-one-s-union-with-god-is-the-ultimate-2/)

[Peace Pilgrim](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peace-pilgrim/)

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> [Happiness is neither within us only, or without us; it is the union of ourselves with God](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/blaise-pascal/happiness-is-neither-within-us-only-or-without-us-it-is-the-union-of/)

[Blaise Pascal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/blaise-pascal/)

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> [An act of renunciation is an act of union with God. The Divine Master looks lovingly upon a person who gains a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madeleine-sophie-barat/an-act-of-renunciation-is-an-act-of-union-with-god-the-divine-master/)

[Madeleine Sophie Barat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madeleine-sophie-barat/)

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> [“Union with God is the only heaven there is, and it begins here on earth.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/macrina-wiederkehr/union-with-god-is-the-only-heaven-there-is-and-it-begins-here-on-earth/)

[Macrina Wiederkehr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/macrina-wiederkehr/)

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> [Perfect love of God means the complete union of our will with God's.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alphonsus-liguori/perfect-love-of-god-means-the-complete-union-of-our-will-with-god-s/)

[Alphonsus Liguori](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alphonsus-liguori/)

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> [The deepest desire of our hearts is for union for God. God created us for union with himself. This is the original…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brennan-manning/the-deepest-desire-of-our-hearts-is-for-union-for-god-god-created-us/)

[Brennan Manning](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brennan-manning/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9bc/brennan-manning-959_desire_the-deepest-desire-of-our-hearts-is-for_174454.png)

> [When we speak of God or achieving union with God, we are often merely trying to put that great thing into a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chogyam-trungpa/when-we-speak-of-god-or-achieving-union-with-god-we-are-often-merely/)

[Chogyam Trungpa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chogyam-trungpa/)

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> [True religion is a union of God with the soul, a real participation of the divine nature, the very image of God…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-scougal/true-religion-is-a-union-of-god-with-the-soul-a-real-participation-of/)

[Henry Scougal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-scougal/)

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> [Union with God is really possible. Unity with God I presume, is what is meant by Heaven, but that too is available…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-keating/union-with-god-is-really-possible-unity-with-god-i-presume-is-what-is/)

[Thomas Keating](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-keating/)

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> [They deceive themselves who believe that union with God consists in ecstasies or raptures, and in the enjoyment of Him. For it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/teresa-of-vila/they-deceive-themselves-who-believe-that-union-with-god-consists-in/)

[Teresa of Avila](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/teresa-of-vila/)

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> [“The saint is precisely one who has no “I” to protect or project. His or her “I” is in conscious union with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-rohr/the-saint-is-precisely-one-who-has-no-i-to-protect-or-project-his-or/)

[Richard Rohr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-rohr/)

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> [I believe that marriage is the union between a man and a woman. Now, for me as a Christian - for me…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/i-believe-that-marriage-is-the-union-between-a-man-and-a-woman-now/)

[Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/)

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> [What we can do with these means (our own unassisted strength) is still very small compared to what we could do in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dallas-willard/what-we-can-do-with-these-means-our-own-unassisted-strength-is-still/)

[Dallas Willard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dallas-willard/)

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> [“St. John of the Cross writes in The Living Flame of Love: “And here it ought to be pointed out why so…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/connie-rossini/st-john-of-the-cross-writes-in-the-living-flame-of-love-and-here-it/)

[Connie Rossini](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/connie-rossini/)

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> [“A choosing of their God and their people, with a full determination and with the whole soul, is the condition of an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-edwards/a-choosing-of-their-god-and-their-people-with-a-full-determination/)

[Jonathan Edwards](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-edwards/)

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> [“One of the greatest mystics of Islam is Mansur al-Hallaj (al-Husayn ibn Mansur Hallaj) (858-9z2- C.E.). With a passion unknown before him,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothee-soelle/one-of-the-greatest-mystics-of-islam-is-mansur-al-hallaj-al-husayn/)

[Dorothee Soelle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothee-soelle/)

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> [“The word Levi runs its course throughout the Bible, and in the Old Testament, this word ends in the book of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russell-m-stendal/the-word-levi-runs-its-course-throughout-the-bible-and-in-the-old/)

[Russell M. Stendal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/russell-m-stendal/)

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