Quotes About Unity

At that point they all agreed not to get drunk that evening; they decided to drink only as much as pleased them.

Pour Aristophane, Éros est le seul dieu qui puisse nous permettre de réaliser ce à quoi tend tout être humain : la réunion avec la moitié de lui-même dont il a été séparé par Zeus.

de dos hombres que caminan juntos, el uno ve lo que el otro no ve».[27]

Each of us, then, is a token of a human, since we've been sliced like a flatfish and made two out of one. So everyone's always searching for his own token.

Soma sèma estin.

The law is not concerned with making any one class in the city do outstandingly well, but is contriving to produce this condition in the city as a whole.

And if there were only some way of contriving that a state or an army should be made up of lovers and their beloved, they would be the very best governors of their own city, abstaining from all dishonour, and emulating one another in honour; and when fighting at each other's side, although a mere handful, they would overcome the world.

Men of my age flock together; we are birds of a feather, as the old proverb says;

Even the fragments of his words when 'repeated at second-hand' (Symp.) have in all ages ravished the hearts of men, who have seen reflected in them their own higher nature. He is the father of idealism in philosophy, in politics, in literature. And many of the latest conceptions of modern thinkers and statesmen, such as the unity of knowledge, the reign of law, and the equality of the sexes, have been anticipated in a dream by him.

if it be shown that absolute unity is also many and the absolute many again are one, then I shall be amazed.

According to Greek mythology, humans were originally created with 4 arms, 4 legs and a head with two faces. Fearing their power, Zeus split them into two separate parts, condemning them to spend their lives in search of their other halves.

Being together, like being able to see certain stars only with your peripheral vision, isn't something you can create. It's just something that happens to you.

The Lord dwells in the hearts of all. Who then is his devotee? He who dwells in Him with his whole soul, heart, and mind. Such a devotee not only sees God in his own heart and realizes his oneness with Him, but he sees the same Lord in the hearts of all, and serves God in all mankind, knowing His oneness with all. 'Love your neighbour as yourself,' because your neighbor is your self.

We may come from different places and have different stories, but we share common hopes, and one very American dream.

For we know that our patchwork heritage is a strength, not a weakness.

For as much as government can do and must do, it is ultimately the faith and determination of the American people upon which this nation relies. So let us mark this day with remebrance, of who we are and how far we have traveled.

President Barack Obama

And that's the work of your generation. As long as more walls still stand...We'll need more of you, young people, who imagine the world as it should be; who knock down walls; who knock down barriers; who imagine something different and have the courage to make it happen. The courage to bring communities together, to make even the small impossibilities a shining example of what is possible.

We have not lost each other, we have not lost America, and we will stand together for as many tomorrows as it takes.

Peacefully, and patriotically make your voices heard.

In light of reports of more demonstrations, I urge that there must be NO violence, NO lawbreaking and NO vandalism of any kind. That is not what I stand for, and it is not what America stands for. I call on ALL Americans to help ease tensions and calm tempers. Thank You.

the South is the land of Washington, who made our Nation – of Jefferson, who shaped its direction – and of Robert E. Lee who, after gallant failure, urged those who had followed him in bravery to reunite America in purpose and courage." --President John F. Kennedy

For good or evil, we are a single people: the more we become conscious of this, the less difficult and long will be humanity's progress toward justice and peace.

Dissention, diversity, the grain of salt and mustard are needed: Fascism does not want them, forbids them, and that's why you are not a Fascist; it wants everybody to be the same, but you are not.