The Religion Network

Welcome To The Religion Network!

I'm Lisa Bowman, editor of The Religion Network, a multifaith Web site. We provide inspirational
quotes by exploring a new theme every Monday, Wednesday and Friday. This site is offered in the
conviction that inspiration can be found in all spiritual faiths, and furthermore, that finding the
commonalities among the world's religions is more healing than pointing up their differences.

Religion as an institution is precious gift, blessing individuals and uplifting communities.
However you choose to worship, I hope this site enhances your journey.
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Come, and let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, and to the house of the
God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths:
for the law shall go forth of Zion, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.

And he shall judge among many people, and rebuke the strong nations afar
off; and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into
pruninghooks; nation shall not lift up a sword against nation,
neither shall they learn war any more.

But they shall sit every man under his vine and under his fig tree;
and none shall make them afraid: for the mouth of the Lord
of hosts hath spoken it.

Micah 4:2-5
The Tanakh
JewishVirtualLibrary.org

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The first peace, which is the most important, is that which comes
within the souls of people when they realize their relationship,
their oneness with the universe and all its powers, and when they
realize that at the center of the universe dwells the Great Spirit,
and that this center is really everywhere, it is within each of us.

Black Elk (1863-1950)
Holy man of the Oglala Lakota

And he lifted up his eyes on his disciples and said:

"But I say to you that hear, Love your enemies, do good to those
who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who
abuse you. To him who strikes you on the cheek, offer the other
side also; and from him who takes away your cloak do not
withhold your coat as well."

"But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing
in return; and your reward will be great, and you will be sons
of the Most High; for he is kind to the ungrateful and the
selfish. Be merciful, even as your Father is merciful."

Luke 6: 20, 27-29, 35-36
The Holy Bible
Revised Standard Version

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Peace is the work of justice indirectly, in so far as justice removes
the obstacles to peace; but it is the work of charity (love) directly,
since charity, according to its very notion, causes peace.

Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274)
Dominican priest, philosopher, theologian

If you love peace, then hate injustice,
hate tyranny, hate greed, but hate
these things in yourself,
not in another.

Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948)
Major political and spiritual leader of India

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If in our daily life we can smile, if we can be peaceful and
happy, not only we, but everyone will profit from it.
This is the most basic kind of peace work.

Thich Nhat Hanh (1926 - )
Vietnamese Zen Buddhist monk and author

Not-So-Random Bonus Quote:

When you're finally up on the moon, looking back at the earth,
all these differences and nationalistic traits are pretty well
going to blend and you're going to get a concept that maybe
this is really one world and why the hell can't we learn to
live together like decent people?

Frank Borman (1928 - )
NASA astronaut, Commander of Apollo 8