“Before we had our becoming here, we existed There, men other than now; we were pure souls. Intelligence inbound with the entire of reality, not fenced off, integral to that All. [...] Then it was as if One voice sounded. One word was uttered and from every side an ear attended and received and there was an effective hearing; now we are become a dual thing, no longer that which we were at first, dormant, and in a sense no longer present.” IfsMenFirstsSoulRealitySidesVoiceBecomingPureEarsHearingOne WordDormantPure Soul Author:Plotinus
“Like the bat, the Sufi is asleep to 'things of the day' - the familiar struggle for existence which the ordinary man finds all-important - and vigilant while others are asleep. In other words, he keeps awake the spiritual attention dormant in others. That 'mankind sleeps in a nightmare of unfulfillment' is a commonplace of Sufi literature” MenImportantSpiritualLiteratureSleepExistenceAttentionStruggleMankindOrdinaryFamiliarAwakeNightmareBatsSufiCommonplaceVigilantOrdinary ManDormantStruggle For ExistenceUnfulfillment Book:The Sufis Source: The Sufis
“I cannot live or write without music. It stimulates the normally dormant parts of my brain that come in handy when constructing fiction.” WritingBrainFictionHandyDormantWithout Music Author:Aleksandar Hemon
“Lack of knowledge is the source of all pains and sorrows whether dormant, attenuated, interrupted or fully active.” PainSourceSorrowActiveInterruptedDormantLack Of KnowledgePain And Sorrow Book:Astadala Yogamala Volume-3 Source: Astadala Yogamala Volume-3
“Judgment consists not in seeing through deceptions and evil intentions, but in being able to awaken the decency dormant in every person.” PersonsAbleEvilSeeingJudgmentIntentionDeceptionDecencyDormant Author:Eric Hoffer