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—Richard Baxter (1615-1691), clergyman “The reason why the world lacks unity, and lies broken and in heaps, is, because man is disunited with himself.” —Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882), poet, essayist, philosopher “Pleasure is Nature's test, her sign of approval. When man is happy, he is in harmony with himself and his environment.” —Oscar Wilde (1854-1900), novelist, playwright “In union there is strength.” —Aesop (ca. 600 B.C.), fabulist “Friendship is almost always the union of a part of one mind with a part of another: People are friends in spots.” —George Santayana (1863-1952), philosopher, essayist, novelist “I live to hold communion With all that is divine, To feel there is a union 'Twixt Nature's heart and mine.” —George Linnaeus Banks (1821-1881), writer “Man was born rich, or inevitably grows rich by the use of his faculties; by the union of thought with nature.” —Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882), poet, essayist, philosopher “True solidarity is only possible among the solitary.” —José Bergamín (1895-1983) “So we grew together, Like to a double cherry, seeming parted, But yet a union in partition.” —William Shakespeare (1564-1616), dramatist, poet “...religious experience, as we have studied it, cannot be cited as unequivocally supporting the infinitist belief. The only thing that it unequivocally testifies to is that we can experience union with something larger than ourselves and in that union find our greatest peace.” —William James (1842-1910), psychologist, philosopher “...the day will come when man will recognize woman as his peer, not only at the fireside but in the councils of the nation. Then, and not until then, will there be the perfect comradeship, the ideal union, between the sexes that shall result in the highest development of the race.” —Susan Brownell Anthony (1820-1906), women's rights activist, writer “The craving for equality can express itself either as a desire to pull everyone down to our own level (by belittling them, excluding them, tripping them up) or as a desire to raise ourselves up along with everyone else (by acknowledging them, helping them, and rejoicing in their success).” —Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900), scholar, writer, philosopher “I believe in the equality of man; and I believe that religious duties consist in doing justice, loving mercy, and endeavoring to make our fellow-creatures happy.” —Thomas Paine (1737-1809), intellectual, scholar, writer “Unity is power.” —Arabic proverb “The unity of freedom has never relied on uniformity of opinion.” —John Fitzgerald Kennedy (1917-1963), 35th U.S. President “Do not follow the ideas of others, but learn to listen to the voice within yourself. Your body and mind will become clear and you will realize the unity of all things.” —Dogen Zenji (1200-1253), Buddhist monk, philosopher “Love is blind; friendship closes its eyes.” —Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900), scholar, writer, philosopher
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