All in Good Faith

Author(s): Jean Potter, Marcus Braybrooke
Publisher: World Congress of Faiths

Page 86

The Anthology
In the company of saints and holy people. No more the feeling of us and them No one an enemy, none a stranger I am a friend of all.
(Adi Granth)
Hate is not conquered by hate: hate is conquered by love.
(Dhammapada)
Do not allow difference of opinion, or diversity of thought to separate you from your fellow-men, or to be the cause of dispute, hatred and strife in your hearts.
('Abdu'l l-Baha: Paris Talks)
Overcome anger by peacefulness; overcome evil by good. Overcome the mean by generosity; and the man who lies by truth.
(Dhammapada)
The good deed and the evil deed are not alike. Repel the evil deed with one that is better. Then lo! he between whom and thee there was enmity will become as though he was a bosom friend.
(The Holy Qur'an)
If any differences arise amongst you, behold Me standing before your face, and overlook the faults of one another for My name's sake, and as a token of your love for My manifest and resplendent Cause.
(Gleanings from the Writings of Baha'u'llah)
Theories only lead to fighting; thus the name of God which ought to bring peace has been the cause of half the bloodshed of the world. Go direct to the source. Ask God what He is. Unless He answers, He is not. But every religion teaches that He does answer.
(Swami Vivekananda)
Let the ugliness of unkindness in others compel me to make myself beautiful with loving-kindness. May harsh speech from my companions remind me to use sweet words always. If stones from evil minds are cast at me, let me send in return only missiles of goodwill. As a jasmine vine sheds its flowers over the hands delivering axe blows at its roots, so, on all who act inimically towards me may I shower the blossoms of forgiveness.
(Paramahansa Yogananda)
Forgive us, Lord, our selfishness that spurns your burning love; O'erlook our spiritual weakness that's afraid the world to move. Brace us for supreme adventure that is fuelled from above By the power that the Spirit prompts.
(Frank Whaling)
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