Quote#God & Faith
I was to see myself as God's Self-Expression working with others who…
Quote byBasil King · 1859–1928
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: The Conquest of Fear (1921), Chapter III : God And His Self-Expression, § VIII.
English (original)
I was to see myself as God's Self-Expression working with others who were also His Self-Expression to the same extent as I. It was in the fact of our uniting together to produce His Self-Expression that I was to look for my security.
— Basil King
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