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Pope Dionysius has 18 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:
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...if we know God our knowledge of... everything will be brought to perfection, and, in so far as is possible, the infinite,…
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The name 'cherubim' means 'fullness of knowledge' or 'outpouring of wisdom'... The name cherubim signifies the power to know and to see…
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Those who do not know must be taught, not punished. We do not hit the blind. We lead them by the hand.
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Our Lord Jesus Christ made the merciful shepherding of His sheep the proof of love for Himself (cf. Jn. 21:15-17). He denounces…
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All angels bring revelations and tidings of their superiors. The first bring word of God who is their inspiration, while the others,…
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The word of God has provided nine explanatory designations of the heavenly beings... the first group is forever around God and is…
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The Word of God makes use of poetic imagery when discussing... formless intelligences but... it does not do so for the sake…
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'Every good endowment and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights' (Jms. 1:17). But there is…
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We make assertions and denials of what is next to [the Divine Nature], but never of It, for It is both beyond…
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The fact is that the more we take flight upward [to God], the more our words are confined to the ideas we…
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I pray we... come to this darkness so far above light! If only we lacked sight and knowledge so as to see,…
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What has actually to be said about the Cause of everything is this. Since it is the Cause of all beings, we…
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A comprehended god is no god.
— Saint John Chrysostom
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There is no kind of false wit which has been so recommended by the practice of all ages, as that which consists…
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Silence must be comprehended as not solely the absence of sound. It is the natural environment for serenity and contemplation. Life without…
— Norman Cousins
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Why, ever since Adam, who has got to the meaning of this great allegory - the world? Then we pygmies must be…
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For the little that one has reflected on the origin of our knowledge, it is easy to perceive that we can acquire…
— Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon
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Besides it is an error to believe that rigour is the enemy of simplicity. On the contrary we find it confirmed by…
— David Hilbert
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Archaeology, I found, comprehended all manner of excitement and achievement. Adventure is coupled with bookish toil. Romantic excursions go hand in hand…
— C W Ceram
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A comprehended God is no God at all!
— Gerhard
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It is completely incomprehensible to us how God can reveal himself and to some extent make himself known in created beings: eternity…
— Herman Bavinck
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The difference between the "natural" individuation process, which runs its course unconsciously, and the one that is consciously realized is tremendous. In…
— Carl Jung
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If we analyze the operations of scenes of beauty upon the mind, and consider the intimate relation of the mind upon the…
— Frederick Law Olmsted
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He knew that the whole mystery of beauty can never be comprehended by the crowd, and that while clearness is a virtue…
— Arthur Symons
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