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“The Jews are not a part of a vast Whole which they re-integrate in dying, but they are a Whole in themselves, defying space, time, life, and death. Can God be outside the Whole? If he exists, necessarily he confounds himself with this Whole...Thus Divinity in Judaism is contained in the exaltation of the entity represented by the Race - passionnel entity, eternal flame, it is the Divine essence. It must be preserved and perpetuated, therefore the idea of pure and impure was created.”

Ifs Ideas Whole Space Race Dying Divine Pure Eternal Essence Jew Flames Divinity Life And Death Entity Judaism Integrating Exaltation Space Time Defying

Author:Kadmi Cohen

“I am essence of Rose Solitude my cheeks are laced with cognac my hips sealed with five satin nails I carry dreams and romance of new fools and old flames between the musk of fat and the side pocket of my mink tongue.”

Dream Romance Sides Five Fool Solitude Essence Rose Tongue Fats Hips Flames Pockets Cheeks Nails Satin Musk Mink Cognac

Book:Jazz fan looks back

Source: Jazz fan looks back

“For every prophet there are a thousand interpreters to distort the essence of the religion, to replace the bright flame with the heat of the inquisitors' pyres.”

Thousand Essence Flames Heat Prophet Interpreter

Book:Night Watch

Source: Night Watch

“A symbol is indeed the only possible expression of some invisible essence, a transparent lamp about a spiritual flame; while allegory is one of many possible representations of an embodied thing, or familiar principle, and belongs to fancy and not to imagination: the one is a revelation, the other an amusement.”

Spiritual Imagination Principles Expression Essence Invisible Familiar Symbols Flames Fancy Revelations Representation Lamps Amusement Transparent Symbolism Allegory

Book:The Collected Works of W.B. Yeats Volume IV: Early Essays

Source: The Collected Works of W.B. Yeats Volume IV: Early Essays

“It is the essence of truth that it is never excessive.... We must not resort to the flame where only light is required.”

Light Essence Flames Resorts Exaggeration Exaggerating Exaggeration Is

Author:Victor Hugo

“For the body is temporal and thought is eternal and the shimmering essence of flame is an image of thought.”

Body Eternal Essence Flames

Author:Milan Kundera

“An assassin can be found for every president. And for every prophet there are a thousand interpreters to distort the essence of the religion, to replace the bright flame with the heat of the inquisitors' pyres. The time came when every book was cast into the fire, when every symphony was reduced to a popular tune and played in all the drinking dens. A sound philosophical basis could be set in place under any vile nonsense.”

Book Found Sound President Fire Thousand Essence Bases Philosophical Drinking Casts Flames Heat Prophet Nonsense Tunes Symphony Assassins Interpreter Dens Anton Gorodetsky

Book:Night Watch

Source: Night Watch