A philosophical thought has probably not attained all its sharpness and all its illumination until it is expressed in French. — Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve Copy Share Image
I cannot resist making the observation that some people use statistics as a drunk uses a lamppost - more to lean on… — Alfred E. Perlman Copy Share Image
The word suffering is full and whole and perfect as a pierced heart, sweet, rushing and tender ... Suffering is the joy… — Lydia Millet Copy Share Image
The departure from the world is regarded not as a fault, but as the first step into that noble path at the… — Joseph Campbell Copy Share Image
I have suckled the wolf's lip of anger and I have used it for illumination, laughter, protection, fire in places where there… — Audre Lorde Copy Share Image
Intuitive knowledge is an illumination of the soul, whereby it beholds in the light of God those things which it pleases Him… — Rene Descartes Copy Share Image
One might point to the great illumination that has resulted from Freud's analysis of the abracadabra of our dreams. No one can… — Walter Lippmann Copy Share Image
“One passionate heart can brighten the world. From person to person the chain reaction burns through us — setting heart to heart… — Bryant McGill Copy Share Image
Don't hate the arising of thoughts or stop the thoughts that do arise. Simply realize that our original mind, right from the… — Bankei Yotaku Copy Share Image
Perhaps, after all, romance did not come into one’s life with pomp and blare, like a gay knight riding down; perhaps it… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
When we want culture more than potatoes, and illumination more than sugar-plums, then the great resources of a world are taxed anddrawn… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
serene illumination, or just sitting, is not a technique, or a means to some resulting higher state of consciousness, or any particular… — John Daido Loori Copy Share Image
What are the sources of an illumination? To me, they come after hours of searching and keeping my soul ready. Yet they… — Carson McCullers Copy Share Image
I'm trying to find these rare moments where you feel completely illuminated. Facts never illuminate you. The phone directory of Manhattan doesn't… — Werner Herzog Copy Share Image
The wisdom of literature is quite antithetical to having opinions. 'Nothing is my last word about anything,' said Henry James. Furnishing opinions,… — Susan Sontag Copy Share Image
One reason writers write is out of revenge. Life hurts; certain ideas and experiences hurt; one wants to clarify, to set out… — Cynthia Ozick Copy Share Image
The prime objective of all Initiatory music in the Temples of Antiquity was to bring about physical purification and renewal, mental stimulation… — Ambrose Copy Share Image
“It is impossible to grasp another human's inner world. But even in the darkness of the densest forest, there can always be… — Krupakar Copy Share Image
Making a film, you're in a really dark tunnel and the only kind of illumination is the shared experience you're having with… — Colin Farrell Copy Share Image
The great revelation perhaps never did come. Instead there were little daily miracles, illuminations, matches struck unexpectedly in the dark. — Virginia Woolf Copy Share Image
Truth will never come into our minds so long as there will remain the faintest shadow of Ahamkâra (egotism). All of you… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
If you like to read, sometimes it's interesting just to go and see what the reality is, of the word, of the… — Harold Brodkey Copy Share Image
“He exuded wisdom-even the wisest...were pale, flickering candles next to the nourishing solar illumination of [his] insights.” — Aprilynne Pike Copy Share Image
The exploration of oneself is usually also an exploration of the world at large, of other writers, a process of comparison with… — Colin Wilson Copy Share Image
For a servant of God to have authority in every sentence he utters, he must first suffer for the message he is… — John Sung Copy Share Image
I'm not turned away from the church through anger, although I have criticisms of it. It's through finding affirmation of life and… — Steve Coogan Copy Share Image
Pray to God with tears in your eyes whenever you want illumination or find yourself faced with any doubt or difficulty. The… — Sarada Devi Copy Share Image
There's a much deeper knowing and deeper intelligence in this place. This is where I began the journey of listening to that… — Brad Willis Copy Share Image
“Spirituality is like a thin-thin thread, that if delicately followed guides us from darkness to light; from poverty to abundance and from… — Bryant McGill Copy Share Image
Just as one candle lights another and can light thousands of other candles, so one heart illuminates another heart and can illuminate… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
Can you imagine the hopelessness of trying to live a spiritual life when you’re secretly looking up at the skies not for… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
I don't see it as a form of healing, because if you have wounds that are bleeding I don't think acting will… — Rebecca De Mornay Copy Share Image
There are five stages of meditation, each one leading gradually into the next: concentration, meditation, contemplation, illumination, and inspiration. — Benjamin Creme Copy Share Image
The union of the mind and intuition which brings about illumination, and the development which the Sufis seek, is based upon love. — Idries Shah Copy Share Image
It is as if my heart and my brain did not belong to the same person. Feelings come quicker than lightning and… — Jean-Jacques Rousseau Copy Share Image
Spiritual illumination and perspective are poured out through the windows of heaven and into our lives as we honor the law of… — David A. Bednar Copy Share Image
Whenever I get lost in a novel I just throw a poem in. What it does is flare up, and it's so… — Kate Braverman Copy Share Image
This is the great object held out by this association; and the means of attaining it is illumination, enlightening the understanding by… — Adam Weishaupt Copy Share Image
I always consider the settlement of America with reverence and wonder, as the opening of a grand scene and design in providence,… — John Adams Copy Share Image
“To be myself (I note) I need the illumination of other people’s eyes, and therefore cannot be entirely sure what is my… — Virginia Woolf Copy Share Image
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