Quotes about Wholeness
We conceal, but God wants to heal, and to do that, He must first expose.
- Gary Thomas
Nothing can be by itself alone, no one can be by himself or herself alone, everyone has to inter-be with every one else. That is why, when you look outside, around you, you can see yourself.
- Thich Nhat Hanh
And we are just one little cell within the Body, very full of life but only a small part of the whole. Cells are born and cells die, but the Body lives forever.
- Shane Claiborne
Christ knows all that is true about our story, the parts we own and the parts we would delete, and He invites us to bring them all into the spotlight of His grace.
- Sheila Walsh
Human beings are members of a whole In creation of one essence and soul.
- Barack Obama
One man cannot do right in one department of life whilst he is occupied in doing wrong in any other department. Life is one indivisible whole."2
- Stephen Covey
George Sheehan, the running guru, describes four roles: being a good animal (physical), a good craftsman (mental), a good friend (social), and a saint (spiritual).
- Stephen Covey
All love craves unity.
- Bishop Fulton J. Sheen
At day's end I'm ready for sound sleep, For you, GOD, have put my life back together.
- Eugene Peterson
Christian spirituality means living in the mature wholeness of the gospel. It means taking all the elements of your life - children, spouse, job, weather, possessions, relationships - and experiencing them as an act of faith. God wants all the material of our lives.
- Eugene Peterson
Maturity requires the integration, not the amputation, of what we have received through our conception and birth, our infancy and schooling.
- Eugene Peterson
Don't fret or worry. Instead of worrying, pray. Let petitions and praises shape your worries into prayers, letting God know your concerns. Before you know it, a sense of God's wholeness, everything coming together for good, will come and settle you down. It's wonderful what happens when Christ displaces worry at the center of your life.
- Eugene Peterson