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Communion Quotes

The universe is a communion of subjects, not a collection of objects.

Thomas Berry (2010). “Evening Thoughts”, p.17, Counterpoint

I ought to spend the best hours of the day in communion with God. It is my noblest and most fruitful employment, and is not to be thrust into any corner.

Robert Murray M'Cheyne (1874). “Memoir and Remains of the Rev. Robert Murray M'Cheyne, Minister of St. Peter's Church, Dundee”

Wisdom is a sacred communion.

Victor Hugo (2000). “Les Mis??rables”, p.451, Modern Library

Whatever I cannot do for God's glory must be avoided.

Arthur W. Pink (2001). “A W Pink's Studies in the Scriptures, 1928-29”, p.72, Sovereign Grace Publishers,

At communion we ought to ask for the remedy of the vice to which we feel ourselves most inclined.

St Philip Neri (2009). “The Maxims and Sayings of St Philip Neri”, p.51, St Athanasius Press

Real prayer is communion with God

Arthur W. Pink (2008). “Sovereignty of God”, p.216, Sovereign Grace Publishers,

I derived my strength from daily mass and communion.

Vince Lombardi (2012). “What it Takes to be Number One”, p.83, Thomas Nelson Inc

To love is to be in communion with the other and to discover in that other the spark of God.

Paulo Coelho (2009). “By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept: A Novel of Forgiveness”, p.7, Harper Collins

It is not he who knows most, nor he who hears most, nor yet he who talks most, but he who exercises grace most, who has most communion with God.

Thomas Brooks (1860). “Smooth Stones Taken from Ancient Brooks: Being a Collection of Sentences, Illustrations, and Quaint Sayings, from the Works of that Renowned Puritan, Thomas Brooks”, p.192

Every time we make love to a human being, fully, we are making love to everything that lives and breathes. In that sense it becomes communion. It is a sacrament.

Terry Tempest Williams (2006). “A voice in the wilderness: conversations with Terry Tempest Williams”, Utah State Univ Pr

Connection and connectedness are other words for community and communion.

"The Teacher's Journey: An Interview with Parker J. Palmer". Interview with Ron Jackson, www.youthworker.com.

Mosquito bites Jesus, receives communion.

FaceBook post by Demetri Martin from Nov 24, 2013

Friendship is communion.

Aristotle (1871). “The Nicomachean Ethics of Aristotle”, p.260

Communion is deeper than theology.

Samuel Chadwick (2012). “The Path of Prayer”, p.31, CLC Publications

The road to revolution involves openness to the people, not imperviousness to them; it involves communion with the people, not mistrust.

Paulo Freire (2014). “Pedagogy of the Oppressed: 30th Anniversary Edition”, p.100, Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Nature had gathered her choicest treasures , to draw her lovers into close and confiding communion with her

John Muir, Terry Gifford (1996). “John Muir: His Life and Letters and Other Writings”, p.589, The Mountaineers Books