Astonishment Quote by Joseph Addison

The soul is perfected by knowledge and virtue.

— Thomas Aquinas

Only in eternity shall we see the beauty of the soul, and only then shall we realize what great things were accomplished by interior…

— Mother Angelica

Our souls, piercing through the impurity of flesh, behold the highest heaven, and thence bring knowledge to contemplate the ever-during, glory and termless joy.

— Walter Raleigh

“Our spirit knows we don’t die nor are we born. If our ego knew what our greater self knows, it would not fear disaster…Caught…

— Hope Bradford

...if we know God our knowledge of... everything will be brought to perfection, and, in so far as is possible, the infinite, divine and…

— Pope Dionysius

“To know that what is impenetrable to us really exists, manifesting itself to us as the highest wisdom and the most radiant beauty, which…

— Karen Armstrong

“We try to discover in things, which become precious to us on that account, the reflection of what our soul has projected on to…

— Marcel Proust

What's come to perfection perishes. Things learned on earth we shall practice in heaven; Works done least rapidly Art most cherishes.

— Robert Browning

“When will the Soul be realized? As long as the wrong understanding of, ‘I am the doer, ’There are things I can do’, exists…

— Dada Bhagwan

“We try to discover in things, which become precious to us on that account, the reflection of what our soul has projected on to…

— Marcel Proust

Every truth ever discovered -- each new light that will ever burn bright -- already exists in our consciousness. All we will ever know…

— Guy Finley

We shall never learn to know ourselves except by endeavoring to know God; for, beholding His greatness, we realize our own littleness; His purity…

— Teresa of Avila