Quotes about Transcendence

In the flailing light they all looked sharp-edged and ethereal and divided by great distances

Moses' vision of God began with light; afterwards God spoke to him in a cloud. But when Moses rose higher and became more perfect, he saw God in the darkness.

Time had not altered the beauty of his countenance, nor darkened the brightness of his eyes. He continued on the same, preserved in an incorruptible beauty in the corruptibleness of nature.

Those who have "died" and returned usually report being met and guided by people they know very well—even those already dead many years.

My soul can find no staircase to Heaven unless it be through Earth's loveliness.

The men and women who are truly filled with light are those who have gazed deeply into the darkness of their own imperfect existence.

The strong overcome their opponents, the mighty crush them, the shrewd outwit them, the cowardly hide from them, but the enlightened transcend them.

Logotherapy sees the human patient in all his humanness. I step up to the core of the patient's being. And that is a being in search of meaning, a being that is transcending himself, a being capable of acting in love for others.

Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time.

God comes down to us by his Spirit, and we go up to him by prayer.

To compare other things with God, is to debase Deity; as if you should compare the shining of a glow-worm with the sun. 3.

Glorious things are spoken of God; he transcends our thoughts, and the praises of angels. God's glory lies chiefly in his attributes, which are the several beams by which the divine nature shines forth. Among other of his orient excellencies, this is not the least, The Lord is a God of knowledge; or as the Hebrew word is, 'A God of knowledges.