Veil Quotes

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We have seen when the earth had to be prepared for the habitation of man, a veil, as it were, of intermediate being was spread… — John Ruskin
Acutely aware of the poverty of my means, language became obstacle. At every page I thought, 'That's not it.' So I began again with other… — Elie Wiesel
...Nature-the word that stands for the baffling mysteries of the Universe. Steadily, unflinchingly, we strive to pierce the inmost heart of Nature, from what she… — William Crookes
As an artist, there's a sweet, jump-starting quality to [marijuana] for me. I've often felt telepathic and receptive to inexplicable messages my whole life. I… — Alanis Morissette
Some labor this side of the veil, others on the other side of the veil. If we tarry here we expect to labor in the… — Wilford Woodruff
When mourning the loss of our departed friends, I cannot help but think that in every death there is a birth; the spirit leaves the… — Wilford Woodruff
Quite agreeable, of course, was this state of things to those who thought it in their abundant riches the result of inevitable economic laws and… — Pope Pius XI
The Indian way of life provides the vision of the natural, real way of life. We veil ourselves with unnatural masks. On the face of… — George Bernard Shaw
It is a rare person who can pierce the veil between ordinarly life, consumed with matters of physical survival, and pursuit of the empowered path… — Caroline Myss
For pilots sometimes see behind the curtain, behind the veil of gossamer velvet, and find the truth behind man, the force behind a universe. — Richard Bach
Photographing these flowers has made me see the world differently. It was as if I had lifted a secret veil from a subject I had… — Joyce Tenneson
The adventure is always and everywhere a passage beyond the veil of the known into the unknown; the powers that watch at the boundary are… — Joseph Campbell
Where mathematics and spirit join, where proof of the existence of mystery-salvific mystery-shimmers just below the surfaces of human perception, experience and the linguistic veil… — Jorie Graham
A poet's pleasure is to withhold a little of his meaning, to intensify by mystification. He unzips the veil from beauty, but does not remove… — Elwyn Brooks White
Cicero is dead! Cicero is born! The laughter has filled me, filled me so very completely. I am the laughter. I am the jester. The… — Marcus Tullius Cicero
Painters have always needed a sort of veil upon which they can focus their attention. It's as though the more fully the consciousness is absorbed,… — Bridget Riley
Occasionally words must serve to veil the facts. But let this happen in such a way that no one become aware of it; or, if… — Niccolo Machiavelli
Friendship is Love with jewels on, but without either flowers or veil. — Augustus William Hare
May Jack-o-lanterns burning bright, Of soft and golden hue, Pierce through the future's veil and show, What fate now holds for you? — Jerry Smith
Worship is not a repetitious exercise of rituals and formulas. These create a veil that actually prevents us from enjoying the presence of the Lord.… — Dave Hunt

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