Definition of Unity

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Definition of Unity

Unity

The state of being one; oneness.

Concord; harmony; conjunction; agreement; uniformity; as, a unity of proofs; unity of doctrine.

Any definite quantity, or aggregate of quantities or magnitudes taken as one, or for which 1 is made to stand in calculation; thus, in a table of natural sines, the radius of the circle is regarded as unity.

In dramatic composition, one of the principles by which a uniform tenor of story and propriety of representation are preserved; conformity in a composition to these; in oratory, discourse, etc., the due subordination and reference of every part to the development of the leading idea or the eastablishment of the main proposition.

Such a combination of parts as to constitute a whole, or a kind of symmetry of style and character.

The peculiar characteristics of an estate held by several in joint tenancy.

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Unity Quotations

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.
Buddha

Unity can only be manifested by the Binary. Unity itself and the idea of Unity are already two.
Buddha

I dream of the realization of the unity of Africa, whereby its leaders combine in their efforts to solve the problems of this continent. I dream of our vast deserts, of our forests, of all our great wildernesses.
Nelson Mandela

The reason why the world lacks unity, and lies broken and in heaps, is, because man is disunited with himself.
Ralph Waldo Emerson

When you make the sacrifice in marriage, you're sacrificing not to each other but to unity in a relationship.
Joseph Campbell

Only peril can bring the French together. One can't impose unity out of the blue on a country that has 265 different kinds of cheese.
Charles de Gaulle

By faithfulness we are collected and wound up into unity within ourselves, whereas we had been scattered abroad in multiplicity.
Saint Augustine

The point in history at which we stand is full of promise and danger. The world will either move forward toward unity and widely shared prosperity - or it will move apart.
Franklin D. Roosevelt

Hold firmly that our faith is identical with that of the ancients. Deny this, and you dissolve the unity of the Church.
Saint Thomas Aquinas

The men who have guided the destiny of the United States have found the strength for their tasks by going to their knees. This private unity of public men and their God is an enduring source of reassurance for the people of America.
Lyndon B. Johnson

Unity Translations

unity in Afrikaans is eenheid
unity in Dutch is eenheid, samenhang, eendracht
unity in German is Einigkeit, Einheit, Eins, Eintracht, Einheit
unity in Italian is elemento, concordia
unity in Portuguese is unidade

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