Divine Quote by Bede Griffiths

“God has graced every tradition with insight into the divine mystery, from the most primitive to the most sophisticated-each has a gift to bring to the world.”

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Stillness within one individual can affect society beyond measure.

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I suddenly saw that all the time it was not I who had been seeking God, but God who had been seeking me. I…

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“...Nobody know when he is going to die. It is no good simply putting it off all the time, as we tend to do.…

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God had brought me to my knees and made me acknowledge my own nothingness, and out of that knowledge I had been reborn. I…

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