John Ruysbroeck (1293–1381) Flemish mystic
Quoted in Message of the East, Vol. 15 (1926) by Cohasset Vedanta Centre, p. 212
“Unity of intent is on the lips of many, but in the hearts of few.”
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Italian scholar, essayist and poet 1941Related quotes
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