--- title: "9 Immanence Quotes by 9 authors" description: "Browse 9 Immanence quotes by 9 authors. Discover the best Immanence sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9cd/george-steiner-4683_cruel_the-symmetries-of-immanence-are-cruel-29_2916904.png" --- > [“The symmetries of immanence are cruel.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-steiner/the-symmetries-of-immanence-are-cruel/) [George Steiner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-steiner/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9cd/george-steiner-4683_cruel_the-symmetries-of-immanence-are-cruel-29_2916904.png) > [“There is no sphere of immanence, no realm in which my consciousness is fully at home and secure against all risk of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maurice-merleau-ponty/there-is-no-sphere-of-immanence-no-realm-in-which-my-consciousness-is/) [Maurice Merleau-Ponty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maurice-merleau-ponty/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/75d/maurice-merleau-ponty-2834_philosophy-of-mind_there-is-no-sphere-of-immanence-no-realm_944399.jpg) > [“If not immanence, the soul's bright anchor--blood passed from one to the other--what knowledge haunts each body, what history, what phantom ache?…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/natasha-trethewey/if-not-immanence-the-soul-s-bright-anchor-blood-passed-from-one-to/) [Natasha Trethewey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/natasha-trethewey/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/406/natasha-trethewey-7684_grave_if-not-immanence-the-soul-s-bright-ancho_1533016.png) > [Such an emphasis on the immanence of God as Creator in, with, and under the natural processes of the world unveiled by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-peacocke/such-an-emphasis-on-the-immanence-of-god-as-creator-in-with-and-under/) [Arthur Peacocke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-peacocke/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2ff/arthur-peacocke-44772_accord_such-an-emphasis-on-the-immanence-of-god_1274548.png) > [What now does the divine immanence mean in direct Christian experience? It means simply that God is here. Wherever we are, God…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aiden-wilson-tozer/what-now-does-the-divine-immanence-mean-in-direct-christian/) [Aiden Wilson Tozer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aiden-wilson-tozer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/279/aiden-wilson-tozer-296_immanence_what-now-does-the-divine-immanence-mean_2097750.png) > [“Transcendence is when God exists outside space and time while immanence is when He is present in time and space. Travel between…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joel-nyarangi-akoya/transcendence-is-when-god-exists-outside-space-and-time-while/) [JOEL NYARANGI AKOYA](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joel-nyarangi-akoya/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4ef/joel-nyarangi-akoya-10814_christianity_transcendence-is-when-god-exists-outside_537782.jpg) > [I did however used to think, you know, in the woods walking, and as a kid playing the the woods, that there…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-creeley/i-did-however-used-to-think-you-know-in-the-woods-walking-and-as-a/) [Robert Creeley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-creeley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0c8/robert-creeley-13644_awe_i-did-however-used-to-think-you-know-in_1815000.jpg) > [“Insofar as the intervention of grace constitutes the core of religious experience, the constant aim of every religious movement ought to be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-miller/insofar-as-the-intervention-of-grace-constitutes-the-core-of/) [Adam Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adam-miller/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ebd/adam-miller-82703_character_insofar-as-the-intervention-of-grace-con_360673.jpg) > [“People have seen that I intend to sweep away everything we have been taught to consider - without question - as grace…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-dubuffet/people-have-seen-that-i-intend-to-sweep-away-everything-we-have-been/) [Jean Dubuffet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-dubuffet/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f8a/jean-dubuffet-15341_art_people-have-seen-that-i-intend-to-sweep_970973.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/immanence/#itemlist", "name": "Immanence Quotes", "numberOfItems": 9, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“The symmetries of immanence are cruel.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "George Steiner" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-steiner/the-symmetries-of-immanence-are-cruel/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9cd/george-steiner-4683_cruel_the-symmetries-of-immanence-are-cruel-29_2916904.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9cd/george-steiner-4683_cruel_the-symmetries-of-immanence-are-cruel-29_2916904.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9cd/george-steiner-4683_cruel_the-symmetries-of-immanence-are-cruel-29_2916904.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The symmetries of immanence are cruel.” — George Steiner", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“There is no sphere of immanence, no realm in which my consciousness is fully at home and secure against all risk of error.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Maurice Merleau-Ponty" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maurice-merleau-ponty/there-is-no-sphere-of-immanence-no-realm-in-which-my-consciousness-is/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/75d/maurice-merleau-ponty-2834_philosophy-of-mind_there-is-no-sphere-of-immanence-no-realm_944399.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/75d/maurice-merleau-ponty-2834_philosophy-of-mind_there-is-no-sphere-of-immanence-no-realm_944399.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/75d/maurice-merleau-ponty-2834_philosophy-of-mind_there-is-no-sphere-of-immanence-no-realm_944399.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“There is no sphere of immanence, no realm in which my consciousness is fully at home and secure against all…” — Maurice Merleau-Ponty", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“If not immanence, the soul's bright anchor--blood passed from one to the other--what knowledge haunts each body, what history, what phantom ache? 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I am struck by the high value, for a man, of a simple permanent fact, like the miserable vista on which the window of his room opens daily, that comes, with the passing of time, to have an important role in his life. 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