Quote of the week #45…

“A man is not idle because he is absorbed in
thought. There is a visible labor and there is
an invisible labor.”
Victor Hugo

Quote of the week #44…

Religion must be the cause of affection. It must be a joy-bringer. If it become the cause of difference, it were better to banish it. Should it become the source of hatred, or warfare, it were better that it should not exist. If a remedy produce added illness, it were far better to discard the remedy. A religion which does not conform with the postulates of science is merely superstition.

~ Abdu’l-Baha

Quote of the week #43…

“All the Manifestations of God came with the same purpose, and they have all sought to lead men into the paths of virtue. Yet we, their servants, still dispute among ourselves! Why is it thus? Why do we not love one another and live in unity? It is because we have shut our eyes to the underlying principle of all religions, that God is one, that He is the Father of us all, that we are all immersed in the ocean of His mercy and sheltered and protected by His loving care.”
~ Abdu’l-Baha

Quote of the week #42…

“There is no Them, there is only Us. Some of Us think this or some of Us think that, but we’re all Us.”

~ Lisa Williams, Us and Them: A Blog Conversation Survival Guide, SXSW 2006