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Sun Myung Moon

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“Jesus said, "I am the way, the truth, and the life." In order for you yourself to become the way, the truth, and the life, you must embrace the whole universe and bring harmony to it.”
Sun Myung Moon (1920–2012) first seen 1957 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: For Whom Are We Living, (1957-04-07)
“Although today the Unification Church is being persecuted, I am grateful for it. If we did not receive opposition, where would the Unification Church be diverted to? Even when constructing a building, one must dig deep and lay down concrete. If one digs shallow and puts in the concrete, one cannot build a strong building. Because Jesus understood this situation, he could join his hands and pray for the sake of Satan.”
Sun Myung Moon (1920–2012) first seen 1958 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Meaning of the Trinity, (1958-01-03)
“What is true love? Its essence does not lie in receiving but in being the first to give, in living for the sake of others and the sake of the larger whole.”
Sun Myung Moon (1920–2012) said by 2012 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“God’s Ideal Family and the Responsibility the Citizens of Cheon Il Guk Are Called to Fulfill, (2007-02-23)”
Sun Myung Moon (1920–2012) said by 2012 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“There have been a number of instances in the Bible where the Spirit of God has acted in a birth. For instance, in the story of Abraham and Sarah, Sarah was too old and Abraham was also old. But the Bible says God quickened the womb of Sarah so that she could bear a son. In the same way, the Holy Spirit worked with Mary. It was not done in the sense of producing a child from the union of God with man, but in the sense of God participating in the event. Jesus was born of a father and a mother, just as anyone else is, but in his case the Spirit of God was working also.”
Sun Myung Moon (1920–2012) first seen 1965 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Master Speaks (1967) Part 7: Bible Interpretation, (transcriptions of Q&A sessions in March-April 1965)
“If the perfection of men had been fulfilled in the very beginning, then with God and men together in complete harmony, the ideal world of God's love would have prevailed.”
Sun Myung Moon (1920–2012) first seen 1977 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Dignity of God and Man, (Apr 1, 1977)
“You must be a true, eternal, and unchanging person, not an imitation. When your being reflects that standard, you are just that: true and eternal. If you compare yourself to that standard, then you can measure the degree of your genuineness.”
Sun Myung Moon (1920–2012) first seen 1977 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Our Pride, (Jun 5, 1977)
“After 7,000 biblical years — 6,000 years of restoration history plus the millennium, the time of completion — communism will fall in its 70th year. Here is the meaning of the year 1978. Communism, begun in 1917, could maintain itself approximately 60 years and reach its peak. So 1978 is the border line and afterward communism will decline; in the 70th year it will be altogether ruined. This is true. Therefore, now is the time for people who are studying communism to abandon it.”
Sun Myung Moon (1920–2012) first seen 1972 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Way of Restoration, (April, 1972)
“The time will come, without my seeking it, that my words will almost serve as law. If I ask a certain thing, it will be done. If I don't want something, it will not be done. If I recommend a certain ambassador for a certain country, and then visit that country and that ambassador's office, he will greet me with the red carpet treatment.”
Sun Myung Moon (1920–2012) first seen 1974 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Statement of 1974-03-24, as quoted in Investigation of Korean-American Relations : Report of the Subcommittee on International Organizations of the Committee on International Relations, U.S. House Of Representatives (31…
“Modern war has occurred primarily in the Western culture. Western culture is short-tempered in a sense, always resorting to showdowns with weapons. It originated in the cold North with hunters who killed to eat and then moved on. The tradition of Vikings and pirates is strong in Western culture, and when Western culture moves into a new territory it is accompanied by rifles and guns. You don't like to hear this because you are Westerners, but someone must wake you up.”
Sun Myung Moon (1920–2012) first seen 1978 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: New Morning of Glory (1978-01-22)
“In daily life, which sex is usually more disruptive or problem-causing? Percentage-wise, it is usually women. What contributes to that? It is mainly because they lack perseverance.”
Sun Myung Moon (1920–2012) first seen 1978 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Perseverance and Contemplation (1978-08-27)
“If there is anything so precious that without it history and the world will be destroyed, where will you keep it? You will naturally want to keep it in the deepest part of your mind. If you desire to place it in the depths of your mind, it needs to be invisible. It is for this very reason that God exists as an invisible being. It is fortunate that He is invisible, for if He were visible how could a great contest to gain Him be avoided? It would be difficult for God to endure the pain of seeing it.”
Sun Myung Moon (1920–2012) first seen 1980 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Way of God's Will Chapter 1-1. The Will of God Translated 1980.
“Until this day the history of restoration has been the course of being beaten and recovering. Thus, history has been made by those who were beaten and persecuted. Go where people hate to be, and where people cry sorrowfully from the depths of their hearts. There lies the bone marrow of history.”
Sun Myung Moon (1920–2012) first seen 1980 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Way of God's Will Chapter 1-2. The Heart of Restoration Translated 1980.
“We leaders should leave the tradition that we have become crazy for God.”
Sun Myung Moon (1920–2012) first seen 1980 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Way of God's Will Chapter 1-3. Leaders Translated 1980.
“Up until today evil has lured goodness into evil, but goodness has not been able to lure evil into goodness. This may be the reason why up to today Christianity has not been able to boldly fulfill the Will of God.”
Sun Myung Moon (1920–2012) first seen 1980 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Way of God's Will Chapter 1-4. Practice Translated 1980.
“God is not stupid. Don't make excuses before Him. God will not make excuses, even though man may cause damage to His promise. You must take that degree of responsibility too.”
Sun Myung Moon (1920–2012) first seen 1980 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Way of God's Will Chapter 1-5. Tradition, Official Business, and Responsibility Translated 1980.
“Anyone can keep going in an easy situation, but do you have a philosophy which can enable you to meet the worst hardship?”
Sun Myung Moon (1920–2012) first seen 1980 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Way of God's Will Chapter 1-6. Suffering, Offering, and Obedience Translated 1980.
“If you refrain from judging your worst enemy, his children will come to your side. What more severe judgment could come upon an enemy than this?”
Sun Myung Moon (1920–2012) first seen 1980 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Way of God's Will Chapter 1-7. Judgement Translated 1980.
“You should be a person who can establish the Heavenly Kingdom rather than just the one who can go there. Those who can go to heaven are those who wish to be dependent on God, but those capable of building the Kingdom are those who can let God depend on them.”
Sun Myung Moon (1920–2012) first seen 1980 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Way of God's Will Chapter 1-8. Kingdom of Heaven Translated 1980.
“A God who fits within the confines of our conception is useless. God cannot be comprehended by man's conception or logic. God is an eternal being who transcends the framework of man's limited logic.”
Sun Myung Moon (1920–2012) first seen 1980 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Way of God's Will Chapter 2-1 God's Words Translated 1980.
“Don't live your life as though you were measuring it with a ruler.”
Sun Myung Moon (1920–2012) first seen 1980 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Way of God's Will Chapter 2-2 Character Translated 1980.
“Give love and forget that you gave it.”
Sun Myung Moon (1920–2012) first seen 1980 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Way of God's Will Chapter 2-3 Heart Translated 1980.
“If you see the good in others and cover their defects with your love, they will follow you. If you see only weaknesses in others, your spirituality will be ruined.”
Sun Myung Moon (1920–2012) first seen 1980 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Way of God's Will Chapter 3-1 The Church and Church Life Translated 1980.
“Absolute faith is not the place of self-affirmation, but the place of self-negation. Life of faith is not limited to our spiritual life. What is important is how our spiritual sensitivity is applied to our relative environment.”
Sun Myung Moon (1920–2012) first seen 1980 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Way of God's Will Chapter 3-2 Life of Faith Translated 1980.
“If you convey God's words to someone only with the intention to utilize him in some way, you will never be able to establish the standard of the "Way." Give what you have to others with your sincere heart.”
Sun Myung Moon (1920–2012) first seen 1980 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Way of God's Will Chapter 3-3 Witnessing Translated 1980.
“I would not be standing here today if my skin were white or my religion were Presbyterian. I am here today only because my skin is yellow and my religion is Unification Church. The ugliest things in this beautiful country of America are religious bigotry and racism.”
Sun Myung Moon (1920–2012) first seen 1210 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: On the tax charges against him, in a speech at Foley Square in New York City (22 October 1981); published in a full page advertisement in the The New York Times (5 November 1981), as quoted in US Court of Appeals docume…
“Those who are the most devout, outstanding Unification Church members are they the most beautiful people externally or just so-so? Very often, those who have the features of an Idaho potato are the most loyal members of the Unification Church.”
Sun Myung Moon (1920–2012) first seen 1981 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Our Pride 1981-12-13.
“Only because of the striving nature of men has mankind achieved what it has so far. Men are made that way; they are designed to reach out for things which they cannot see with their eyes but can only imagine. A man naturally seeks after his dream, his ideal, while women are more concerned with the here and now rather than the future, intangible realm.”
Sun Myung Moon (1920–2012) first seen 1982 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Ideal Family and Ideal World (1982-06-06)
“The original language of the Divine Principle is Korean, so if you want to become a true authority on the subject you must learn Korean. What if, when you go to the Kingdom of Heaven. the only language is Korean? You would be in deep trouble! Later on. when the Unification Church becomes larger, the official language of our church will be Korean. All official conferences and meetings will be conducted in Korean.”
Sun Myung Moon (1920–2012) first seen 1982 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Our Pledge (1982-11-21)
“The democratic world has come to a dead end; likewise, the communist world has come to a dead end. But the Unification Church is just beginning!”
Sun Myung Moon (1920–2012) first seen 1984 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Creation Of The Fatherland, 1984-01-01
“When Jesus said, "The Kingdom of Heaven is within you," it was the mind that he was speaking about. The Kingdom of Heaven must begin within a mind which exists for the sake of the whole. Such a mind is so broad that the entire universe can be embraced by it; the whole Kingdom, including all of mankind, can come within that mind. In that case, who should be the center of your mind — the nation, the world, or God? Yes, it should be God. If your mind is embracing everything, that means you are trying to capture or embrace the mind of God.”
Sun Myung Moon (1920–2012) first seen 1984 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Chapter 11 The Textbook of Love 1984-02-05
“This country desperately needs a God-centered president, senators and congressmen. America's intellectual establishment is liberal, godless, secular, humanistic, and anti-religious. We are declaring war against three main enemies: godless communism, Christ-less American liberalism, and secular-humanistic morality. They are the enemies of God, the True Parents, the Unification Church, all of Christianity, and all religions. We are working to mobilize a united front against them.”
Sun Myung Moon (1920–2012) first seen 1985 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: CAUSA Seminar Speech 1985-08-29
“100,000 soldiers are reported to have died in the Iraqi war. If you count 100 relatives of each soldier, it means that practically there are millions of people who now have antagonism toward the white people of America. These Arab people will remember this country whose main religion is Christianity, who came and destroyed all Iraqi facilities and industry. They won't easily forget this.”
Sun Myung Moon (1920–2012) first seen 1991 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Reverend Sun Myung Moon Speaks on New Heaven and New Earth Centering On Our Pledge 1991-03-03
“God cannot avoid working to separate good from evil and thus reverse this situation. God is public-minded and continues on the path of living for the whole and going toward the goal of love and peace. On the other hand, Satan is selfish and individualistic. Satan is always trying to destroy the good side through hate, evil and war. His intent is to prevent earth from returning eternally to God's side.”
Sun Myung Moon (1920–2012) first seen 1995 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The True Family and I" Address given in 16 countries (June and July 1995)
“The time is coming that we have to abolish the concept of separation between church and state. We need a political party centered upon religious ideology. The world of democracy is based upon the ideology of brotherhood. That is why Cain and Abel struggle exists there. Changes of power always head towards the satanic side. This democratic period in human history is passing away. Soon the heavenly sovereignty will be established to lead the world.”
Sun Myung Moon (1920–2012) first seen 1996 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: True God's Day Midnight Address, Reverend Sun Myung Moon, World Mission Center (1996-01-01)
“Where do you want to live? When you reach your fifties and sixties and you retire, if you remain in the city you will become suffocated. Eventually you will have to travel to the ideal village which we have established and spend the rest of your life with nature and contribute as much as possible. Breathe and mingle with nature. Then end your life with nature and go and join God in the spiritual world. That will become the course of your life.”
Sun Myung Moon (1920–2012) first seen 1996 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Where and How do You Want to Live Your Life?, (1996-06-09)
“If the world had attended me after World War II, it would have been united within seven years, and there would have been no suffering of the Unification Church and no damage to the democratic world.”
Sun Myung Moon (1920–2012) first seen 1997 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: True God's Day (1997-01-01)
“Charles Darwin's evolution theory states that the strong eat the weak. According to Darwin's evolution theory we are the worst people. But it is actually not so. It is a natural universal law. If we take Darwin's evolution theory literally then God is the worst kind of being. Because God planned creation in a certain way. When love is involved there is no evil. Even mother birds sacrifice their own lives for the sake of their babies.”
Sun Myung Moon (1920–2012) first seen 1997 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: TRUE DAY OF ALL THINGS AND THE INITIATOR OF HARMONY, June 5, 1997
“Jesus Christ is trying to follow me, my footsteps, all the way. He stayed in Paradise, because he did not marry. But I gave him marriage. Don’t you want to meet the wives of Buddha, Confucius and Muhammad? They sent letters of gratitude to me from spirit world. They pledge that even if their religion disappears, they will follow me. Can you imagine anyone in this world claiming to have married those past saints? The rings I prepared for their marriage cost a great deal per couple. Did I do that because I am crazy?”
Sun Myung Moon (1920–2012) first seen 1999 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Jae Sa gwa Adam Kwon Shidae Dorae: The Arrival of the Era of the Fourth Adam's Realm (1999-10-24)
“That should be your determination. As a man, in your right front pants pocket is a small inside watch pocket. Keep pliers there, and when you go to the bathroom, once a day, pinch your love organ. Cut the skin a little bit as a warning. If your love organ does not listen to your conscience, then you should cut off the tip. Even if it takes that extreme measure, we have to make sure our mind and body become one.”
Sun Myung Moon (1920–2012) first seen 2001 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Purity, Lineage and the Love Organ (of Life) (2001-02-18)
“Looking at the Moonies from the normal, common-sense point of view, we certainly appear to be a bunch of crazy people!”
Sun Myung Moon (1920–2012) first seen 2001 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: As quoted in "Zoff off, Moon loon, and Cheat schmeat" in The Guardian (2001-09-20)
“That's why I can dream dreams that God Himself never dreamed. I'm that kind of person. I can believe the things even God can't believe. I can do things even God can't. That's why God hated me more than Satan hated me.”
Sun Myung Moon (1920–2012) first seen 2003 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Father's Words in Washington D.C. (2003-05-17)
“There is no doubt that this kingdom is one that the children of God's direct lineage can reign over by upholding the heavenly decree. In other words, it is a nation in which they rule on behalf of God's commands and kingship. Democracy and communism cannot exist in such a kingdom. Once established, it will remain as an eternal state system. Considering these things, isn't it mortifying that you have not yet become the citizens of that kingdom?”
Sun Myung Moon (1920–2012) first seen 2005 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: March 4th Address (2005-03-04)
“Beloved guests, in what form does God, the Creator of all things in the universe, exist? God exists as the dual characteristics of a subject partner in the male position and object partner in the female position. God created Adam and Eve, the first human ancestors, by dividing the male and female positions within Himself. The children of Adam and Eve were to have been created in the same pattern of male and female as a result of the union formed by Adam and Eve.”
Sun Myung Moon (1920–2012) first seen 2005 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Holy Marriage Blessing is the Path to Unite the Virtues of Heaven and Earth and Harmonize and Unify the Universe as One (2005-08-20)
“As citizens of Cheon Il Guk, please have the wisdom to protect and love nature. Return to nature and enjoy a life of liberation and complete freedom. To love nature is to love God and humanity. When human life resonates with nature, human character can blossom in perfection. The flowers of a true culture of heart, a true artistic world, will bloom. It will be the Garden of Eden, the original ideal where human beings and all creation live in complete harmony and express their original nature.”
Sun Myung Moon (1920–2012) first seen 2006 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Cheon Il Guk is the Ideal Heavenly Kingdom of Eternal Peace (2006-06-13)
“Japanese leaders aren't you teaching a principle that I do not teach, when you say, "I am Abel because I am a church leader. You are Cain. Cain obeys Abel. This is the Principle. So obey." There is no such principle. The person who does not fulfill his mission and become the embodiment of love is not Abel.”
Sun Myung Moon (1920–2012) said by 2012 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Satan tried to control the world with power but created hell. That power cannot create the ideal world. God has to create the Kingdom of Heaven on Earth by true love, even to liberate hell. Based on true love, not politics or economy, scholars can change their concepts. So far, scholars have supported political authority, but that must change. Economy has supported the reigning political power, which makes for division. Now unity will come by parental love.”
Sun Myung Moon (1920–2012) first seen 1999 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: 1999,
“I tell brides and grooms to have many children. To bear many children and raise them is God's blessing. It is unthinkable the human beings apply their own standard of judgement and arbitrarily abort precious lives given to them by God. All life born into this world embodies God's will. All life is noble and precious, so it must be cared for and protected.”
Sun Myung Moon (1920–2012) first seen 2009 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: 2009, As a Peace Loving Global Citizen
“The words of the Bible that you believe in today are the words of a betrayed Jesus. The apostles betrayed not only Jesus but also his words. His words were betrayed and Jesus was also personally betrayed. Did Heaven labor for four thousand years to establish Jesus just so he might be betrayed? No, not at all. Why do you believe in Jesus? You must believe in Jesus in order to fulfill the hope of God and to ease the pain of Jesus. Without caring whether you go to Heaven or hell and even if you go to hell, you should fulfill Jesus' hope. Even if you become the prince of hell, you should believe in order to fulfill God's hope. But people say, "Even if Jesus perishes and Heaven fails, all that needs to happen is that I go to the Kingdom of Heaven." This attitude is worse than criminal. This kind of faith is faulty in essence. Today the road of the Unification Church members is the road of setting this kind of Christianity straight.”
Sun Myung Moon (1920–2012) first seen 1959 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Jesus Whom God Wanted To Find, 1959-10-18
“Where did you set your standard of faith? Do you desire the greatest blessing? I know you do. Are you willing to take up the cross? Do you know what Jesus said? He said, "He who loves his mother, his father, his wife, his brothers and sisters, his children more than me is not worthy of me. To come with me, you must bear your own cross." Jesus Christ, of course, was a pathfinder. He opened up the territory, the new way. In order to be adopted as a true son and daughter of God, those who followed his path must walk the same way. The time has come when the tears of civilized people are necessary. The tears of the millionaire are needed, The tears of the men of talent, the men of knowledge are needed. And their sweat. And even their blood. This is the only way we can expedite the restoration of the Kingdom of Heaven.”
Sun Myung Moon (1920–2012) first seen 1965 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Process of Restoration, (1965-02-13)