Luminous Quotes

173 quotes by 135 authors

The self (Soul) is the constant-witness consciousness. Through all months, seasons and years, through all divisions of time, the past, present and future the consciousness… — Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
I am a Jew, but I am enthralled by the luminous figure of the Nazarene. Jesus is too colossal for the pen of phrasemongers, however… — Albert Einstein
Words become luminous when the poet's finger has passed over them its phosphorescence. — Joseph Joubert
When the mind is full of memories and preoccupied by the future, it misses the freshness of the present moment. In this way, we fail… — Matthieu Ricard
A book should be luminous not voluminous. — Christian Nestell Bovee
If you are a meditator, as your meditation goes on becoming more and more luminous, your intelligence will be growing to the last breath of… — Rajneesh
Painting is by nature a luminous language. — Robert Delaunay
Astronomy, that micography of heaven, is the most magnificent of the sciences. ... Astronomy has its clear side and its luminous side; on its clear… — Victor Hugo
In samadhi, in the highest form of meditation, the same thing happens: the mind stops functioning... but you are conscious. That is the only difference,… — Rajneesh
Remember, until you become a buddha you have wasted your life. Buddhahood is your flowering, your fragrance. A tree is fulfilled when it blooms, and… — Rajneesh
If we could look through the skull into the brain of a consciously thinking person, and if the place of optimal excitability were luminous, then… — Ivan Pavlov
Prayer, like radium, is a luminous and self-generating form of energy. — Alexis Carrel
It is a good rule never to see or talk to the man whose words have wrung your heart, or helped it, just as it… — Rebecca Harding Davis
Remember that in ascending to the Father You could not leave us orphans; And in making yourself a prisoner on earth You knew to veil… — Therese of Lisieux
Gus: "It tastes like..." Me: "Food." Gus: "Yes, precisely. It tastes like food, excellently prepared. But it does not taste, how do I put this… — John Green
Doubt is a precipice on the way to God. Blessed is he who is freed from its bonds. He who fares without any doubt, adhere… — Rumi
The sensitive plate, the gas which is ionised, the fluorescent screen, are in reality receivers, into another kind of energy, chemical energy, ionic energy... luminous… — Marie Curie
...it is not necessary to the child to awaken to the sense of the strange and humorous by giving a man a luminous nose...to the… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
Keep going; never stop; sit tight; Read something luminous at night. — Edmund Wilson
As I became aware that all things have unique spatial and temporal qualities which visually define and relate them, I began to perceive the things… — Wynn Bullock

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