Illumination Quotes

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History is not a burden on the memory but an illumination of the soul. — Lord Acton
You can't study the darkness by flooding it with light. — Edward Abbey
I always consider the settlement of America with reverence and wonder, as the opening of a grand scene and design in providence, for the illumination… — John Adams
The generous wish to share with all what is precious, to spread broadcast priceless truths, to shut out none from the illumination of true knowledge,… — Annie Besant
I wanted to go to acting school, and I did a few modeling jobs to pay for acting school. I never aspired to be a… — Jacqueline Bisset
The values by which we are to survive are not rules for just and unjust conduct, but are those deeper illuminations in whose light justice… — Jacob Bronowski
We forget just how painfully dim the world was before electricity. A candle, a good candle, provides barely a hundredth of the illumination of a… — Bill Bryson
A person is disposed to an act of choice by an angel ... in two ways. Sometimes, a man's understanding is enlightened by an angel… — Thomas Aquinas
It appears to me (whether rightly or wrongly) that direct arguments against Christianity and theism produce hardly any effect on the public; It appears to… — Charles Darwin
We know there is a sun in heaven, yet we cannot see what matter it is made of, but perceive it only by the beams,… — Thomas Adams
Spiritual illumination and perspective are poured out through the windows of heaven and into our lives as we honor the law of tithing. — David A. Bednar
Through the fall our nature was stripped of divine illumination and resplendence. But the Logos of God had pity upon our disfigurement, and in His… — Gregory Palamas
There are many paths to enlightenment. Some of us who have expanded to a degree of illumination have thereafter preached the dogmatic certainty of one… — Thaddeus Golas
The prime objective of all Initiatory music in the Temples of Antiquity was to bring about physical purification and renewal, mental stimulation and alertness, spiritual… — Ambrose
For a servant of God to have authority in every sentence he utters, he must first suffer for the message he is to deliver. Without… — John Sung
All great musical composers have been connected, consciously or unconsciously, with this source of music-a fact that enabled them to become masters of their art.… — Corinne Heline
At a certain stage of our progressive attainment, every Initiate undergoes an "Illumination by Sound" in which the Music of the Spheres becomes to us… — Corinne Heline
All my sermons are prepared in the presence of the Blessed Sacrament. As recreation is most pleasant and profitable in the sun, so homiletic creativity… — Fulton J. Sheen
When light engages the heart, it causes an illumination of the path, a purification of the consciousness, an enlightenment of the intellect and an establishment… — Habib Umar bin Hafiz
If you have to be reasoned into Christianity, some wise fellow can reason you out of it! If you come to Christ by a flash… — Aiden Wilson Tozer

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