“Love teaches us how to penetrate the inner worlds, to clean the glass of existence and see reality in its perfect essence.” WorldRealityPerfectExistenceTeachYogaEssenceCleanGlassesPenetrateInner WorldBhakti Yoga Author:Frederick Lenz
“From whence it is obvious to conclude that, since our Faculties are not fitted to penetrate into the internal Fabrick and real Essences of Bodies; but yet plainly discover to us the Being of a GOD, and the Knowledge of our selves, enough to lead us into a full and clear discovery of our Duty, and great Concernment, it will become us, as rational Creatures, to imploy those Faculties we have about what they are most adapted to, and follow the direction of Nature, where it seems to point us out the way.” WayRealSelfEnoughGodBodySeemsScienceKnowledgeClearDutyCreaturesDiscoveryEssenceObviousRationalInternalsFacultyPenetrateAdapted Book:An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding (Complete) Source: An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding (Complete)
“Our task is not to penetrate the essence of things, the meaning of which we do not know anyway, but rather to develop concepts which allow us to talk in a productive way about phenomena in nature” KnowsWayConceptsTasksEssenceProductivePenetrate Author:Niels Bohr
“The task is not primarily to have a story, but to penetrate the story, to discard the elements of it that are merely shell, or husk, that give apparent form to the story, but actually obscure the essence. In other words, the problem is to transcend the givens of a narrative.” GivingStoriesProblemFormGivenElementsTasksEssenceNarrativeShellsObscurePenetrate Author:Deborah Eisenberg
“There do exist enquiring minds, which long for the truth of the heart, seek it, strive to solve the problems set by life, try to penetrate to the essence of things and phenomena and to penetrate into themselves. If a man reasons and thinks soundly, no matter which path he follows in solving these problems, he must inevitably arrive back at himself, and begin with the solution of the problem of what he is himself and what his place is in the world around him.” IfsThinkingMenWorldTryingMindHeartLongMatterReasonProblemPathSolutionsEssenceStriveSolvePenetrate Author:G. I. Gurdjieff
“To penetrate into the essence of all being and significance, and to release the fragrance of that inner attainment for the guidance of others, by expressing in the world of forms- truth, love, purity and beauty - this is the sole game which has any intrinsic and absolute worth. All other happenings, incidents and attainments can, in themselves, have no lasting importance.” WorldInspirationalFormGamesHappeningsEssenceImportanceAbsolutesReleaseGuidancePuritySignificanceLastingSoleFragrancePenetrateIncidentsAttainmentTruth Love Book:Infinite Intelligence Source: Infinite Intelligence
“Beauty kindles love, and only the one who remains captivated by it, only the one who is intoxicated by it, only the one who remains a lover while he is investigating its essence, can hope to penetrate its essence.” LovePhilosophyHopeBeautyLoversEssenceRemainsTheologianPenetrateKindlesInvestigatingIntoxicatedCaptivated Author:Dietrich von Hildebrand