Oneness

Buddhism

“He who experiences the unity of life sees his own Self in all beings, and all beings in his own Self, and looks on everything with an impartial eye.

-          The Buddha, Gautama Siddhartha

Christianity

“Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love.

Make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace.

There is one body and one Spirit – just as you were called to hope when you were called.

One Lord, one faith, one baptism;

One God and Father of all, who is over all, through all and in all.”

-          Ephesians 4:2-6

Hinduism

“The truth is that you are always united with the Lord. But you must know this.”

-          Svetasvatara Upanishad

Native American Wisdom

“Humankind has not woven the web of life.

We are but one thread within it.

Whatever we do the web, we do to ourselves.

All things are bound together.

All things connect.”

-          Chief Seattle

Sikhism

Now are for us no entanglements or snares,

Nor a bit of egoism left,

Now is all distance annulled, nor are curtains drawn between us.

Thou are mine, I thine.

Guru Granth Sahib

Sufism

“O Thou Soul who art free of ‘we’ and ‘I’,

O Thou who art the subtle essence of the Souls of men and women,

When a man or woman unites with Thee, Thou art that One; when their individuality is obliterated, Thou alone art.

Thou didst contrive this ‘I’ and this ‘we’ only so that Thou might play the game of worship with Thyself,

So that all ‘Is’ and ‘Thous’ should become one Soul, immersed at last in the one Beloved.”

-          Rumi

Taoism

“He perceives the oneness of everything, does not know about duality in it.”

-          Tchuang Tzu