Illumination Quotes

153 Illumination quotes by 127 unique authors

Islam is a way of life which opens the heart to the meaning of existence. Thus any increase of outward splendor is usually a sign… — Unknown Author
If you like to read, sometimes it's interesting just to go and see what the reality is, of the word, of the seedy or not… — Harold Brodkey
It had become clear to me, in a flash of illumination, that for me the only possible goal was psychiatry. Here alone the two currents… — Carl Jung
This generation, raised on "Eyewitness News," conditioned by the instant replay, and spared the illumination that comes from tedious historical study, tends to be even… — Harry S. Truman
Men's and nations' finest hour consist of those moments when extraordinary challenge is met by extraordinary response. Hence in those darkest hours, we must light… — Neal A. Maxwell
Writing is to descend like a miner to the depths of the mine with a lamp on your forehead, a light whose dubious brightness falsifies… — Blaise Cendrars
In the spiritual world there are no time divisions such as the past, present and future; for they have contracted themselves into a single moment… — Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki
Real art is illumination, it adds stature to life. — Brooks Atkinson
What are the sources of an illumination? To me, they come after hours of searching and keeping my soul ready. Yet they come in a… — Carson McCullers
The dimensions of a work of art are seldom realized by the author until the work is accomplished. It is like a flowering dream. Ideas… — Carson McCullers
One function of the angels is illumination, and the other function is that of being a guardian. — Fulton J. Sheen
The word suffering is full and whole and perfect as a pierced heart, sweet, rushing and tender ... Suffering is the joy of someone about… — Lydia Millet
You are the instrument of your own illumination. — Vivian Gornick
There is a tendency for humans to consciously see what they wish to see. They literally have difficulty seeing things with negative connotations while seeing… — Lionel Tiger
Intuitive knowledge is an illumination of the soul, whereby it beholds in the light of God those things which it pleases Him to reveal to… — Rene Descartes
The ordinances do not impart eternal life to the believer, but they do confirm, strengthen, and heighten our awareness and enjoyment of that life. The… — Sam Storms
Faith is not belief, it is the grasp on the Ultimate, an illumination. — Swami Vivekananda
Truth will never come into our minds so long as there will remain the faintest shadow of Ahamkâra (egotism). All of you should try to… — Swami Vivekananda
We talk of sunshine and moonshine, but not of cloud-shine, which is yet one of the illuminations of our skies. A shining cloud is one… — Alice Meynell
Most new discoveries are suddenly-seen things that were always there. A new idea is a light that illuminates presences which simply had no form before… — Susanne Katherina Langer
Where the light is brightest, the shadows are deepest. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Most striking at first is the appearance of sudden illumination, a manifest sign of long unconscious prior work. — Henri Poincare
When we try to make everything clear, we make everything confused. If, however, we admit one mysterious thing in the universe, then everything else becomes… — Fulton J. Sheen
By persistent and sustained practice, anyone and everyone can make the yoga journey and reach the goal of illumination and freedom. — B.K.S. Iyengar
Jacqueline Carey has created a postmodern fable of enormous scope and force. Santa Olivia is at once a cautionary tale of people caught in a… — Eric Van Lustbader

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