"It was the custom of Jesus to use familiar things for his illustrations, and as the people he worked among were fishermen, it was but natural that fish should figure prominently as illustrations in this teaching. Instead of trying to change the customs of the people, he laid down certain universal principles which would lead the people themselves to change their customs. He knew that mere outward conformity to righteousness did not fulfill the divine Law which requires man to choose for himself the principles of Truth and work them out in his own life. One of these principles is Love Universal."
Charles Fillmore, Co-founder of Unity Society of Practical Christianity