“I begin to perceive that I am a woman. What that is, heaven knows... the philosophy is yet to be written, there is a world to be explored.” KnowsWorldPhilosophyHeavenWrittenPerceive Author:Pam Gems
“If a photographic plate under the center of a lens focused on the heavens is exposed for hours, it comes to reveal stars so far away that even the most powerful telescopes fail to reveal them to the naked eye. In a similar way, time and concentration allow the intellect to perceive a ray of light in the darkness of the most complex problem.” IfsWayProblemLightEyeScienceHeavenStarsHoursPowerfulDarknessFailingComplexesIntellectFocusedNakedPerceiveConcentrationMost PowerfulRaysExposedFar AwayPlatesLensesTelescopesDarkness To LightRays Of LightComplex ProblemsNaked Eyes Book:Advice for a Young Investigator Source: Advice for a Young Investigator
“The stately heavens which glory doth array, are mirrors of God's admirable might; there, whence forth spreads the night, forth springs the day. He fix'd the fountains of this temporal light, where stately stars enstall'd, some stand, some stray, all sparks of his great power (though small) yet bright. By what none utter can, no, not conceive. All of his greatness, shadows may perceive.” MayLightMightNightHeavenStarsGreatnessSpringGloryShadowMirrorsSpreadPerceiveSparksFountainAdmirableGreat Power Author:William Alexander, 1st Earl of Stirling
“The gods being always close to men perceive those who afflict others with unjust devices and do not fear the wrath of heaven.” MenHeavenInjusticePerceiveDevicesUnjustWrathDo Not Fear Author:Hesiod
“It is not the eye that sees the beauty of the heaven, nor the ear that hears the sweetness of music or the glad tidings of a prosperous occurrence, but the soul, that perceives all the relishes of sensual and intellectual perfections; and the more noble and excellent the soul is, the greater and more savory are its perceptions.” SoulEyeHeavenGreaterPerspectivePerceptionIntellectualPerfectionEarsNobleGladSensualExcellentPerceiveSweetnessProsperousRelishTidingsSavoryEyes That See Author:Jeremy Taylor
“Of course! The path to heaven doesn't lie down in flat miles. It's in the imagination with which you perceive this world, and the gestures with which you honor it.” WorldLyingCoursesHeavenImaginationPathThis WorldHonorMilesPerceiveFlatsGestures Book:Winter Hours: Prose, Prose Poems, and Poems Source: Winter Hours: Prose, Prose Poems, and Poems