Communion Quotes

362 Communion quotes by 262 unique authors

The way to liberation lies through this realization of the Self, by God-communion and by remaining in this God-aware state of the soul while performing… — Paramahansa Yogananda
I was interested in transcendence from a very early age. I was interested in what was over there, what was behind life. So when I… — Anselm Kiefer
Sex could be a blissful communion,. But it could also be a weapon, and its absence, sometimes, was required for the establishment of peace. — Ann Brashares
This intimacy is not necessary; no one is compelling me to open my inmost self and lay it naked, undefended, against that of another –… — Sebastian Faulks
Eating, and hospitality in general, is a communion, and any meal worth attending by yourself is improved by the multiples of those with whom it… — Jesse Browner
Togetherness is a substitute sense of community, a counterfeit communion. — Gabriel Vahanian
Catholicism has changed tremendously in recent years. Now when Communion is served there is also a salad bar. — Bill Maher
Communion is as necessary for us to sustain our Christian vitality, as the vision of God is necessary to the angels, to maintain their life… — Peter Julian Eymard
The Artist submits from day to day to the fatal rhythm of the impulses of the universal world which encloses him, continual centre of sensations,… — Odilon Redon
Well, we're grasping for two things at once. Partly for communion with others - that's the deepest instinct in us. And partly, we're seeking security.… — Ingmar Bergman
We do not seek a Christ whom we have invented, for only in the real communion of the Church do we encounter the real Christ. — Pope Benedict XVI
In order for peace to reign, one must speak the truth, and that is why I have spoken of a political abduction, ... ... Far… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
One of the most admirable effects of Holy Communion is to preserve the soul from sin, and to help those who fall through weakness to… — Ignatius Loyola
If someone knows from experience that daily Communion increases fervor without lessening reverence, then let him go every day. But if someone finds that reverence… — Thomas Aquinas
I am excessively slothful, and wonderfully industrious-by fits. There are epochs when any kind of mental exercise is torture, and when nothing yields me pleasure… — Edgar Allan Poe
Only in intimate communion with solitude may man find himself. Solitude is good company and my architecture is not for those who fear or shun… — Luis Barragan
Just as in a physical body the operation of one member contributes to the good of the whole body, so it is in a spiritual… — Thomas Aquinas
Let children walk with Nature, let them see the beautiful blendings and communions of death and life, their joyous inseparable unity... — John Muir
To .. all the dispossessed youth of Africa: for perpetuation of communion with ancestral spirits through the fight for African freedom, and in the firm… — Jomo Kenyatta
Mere communion with nature, mere contact with the free air, exercise a soothing yet comforting and strengthening influence on the wearied mind, calm the storm… — Alexander von Humboldt
She who dwells with me whom I have loved with such communion, that no place on earth can ever be solitude to me. — William Blake
The cry for love and communion and for recognition that rises from the hearts of people in need reveals the fountain of love in us… — Jean Vanier
Isn't it sad, that in a time when we face so many devastating problems - poverty, HIV/AIDS, war and conflict - that in our Communion… — Desmond Tutu
Rapt into still communion that transcends The imperfect offices of prayer and praise, His mind was a thanksgiving to the power That made him; it… — William Wordsworth
All the communions of a life-time are one communion.All the communions of all men now living are one communion.All the communions of all men, present,… — Pierre Teilhard de Chardin

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