Quotes about Transcendence
Every infinity... is made finite to God.
- St. Augustine
The experience of bliss can be the purest one of all and therefore the closest to God.
- Deepak Chopra
You and I are created for transcendence, laughter, caring. God deliberately did not make the world perfect, for God is looking for you and me to be fellow workers with God.
- Desmond Tutu
Mysticism: to dwell on the unseen, to withdraw ourselves from the things of sense into communion with God - to endeavour to partake of the Divine nature; that is, of Holiness.
- Florence Nightingale
The best thing must be to flee from all to the All.
- Teresa of Avila
It is easier to gaze into the sun, than into the face of the mystery of God. Such is its beauty and its radiance.
- Hildegard of Bingen
The difference [God's] timelessness makes is that this now (which slips away from you even as you say the word now) is for Him infinite.
- CS Lewis
Let us not mock God with metaphor, Analogy, sidestepping, transcendence; Making of the event a parable, a sign painted in the Faded credulity of earlier ages: Let us walk through the door.
- John Updike
Deepest communion with God is beyond words, on the other side of silence.
- Madeleine L'Engle
All things are full of God.
- Cicero
It is only when we understand the transcendence of God that we see how amazing his immanence is, and what a huge privilege it is to be able to enjoy God's intimate friendship.
- Nicky Gumbel
It's only by forgetting yourself that you draw near to God.
- Henry David Thoreau