“Before His visible advent in the flesh the Logos of God dwelt among the patriarchs and prophets in a spiritual manner, prefiguring the mysteries of His advent. After His incarnation He is present in a similar way not only to those who are still beginners, nourishing them spiritually and leading them toward the maturity of divine perfection, but also to the perfect, secretly pre-delineating in them the features of His future advent as if in an ikon.” IfsWayStillsChristianSpiritualPerfectMysteryDivinePerfectionFleshFeaturesMaturityProphetVisibleOrthodoxIncarnationOrthodox ChristianBeginnersAdventLogos Author:Maximus the Confessor
“With the empowerment of an advanced Teacher, and your own best efforts, you will be able to explore the mysteries of knowledge that lead to completion and perfection.” AbleEffortTeacherMysteryEmpowermentPerfectionEnlightenedCompletionBest Effort Author:Frederick Lenz
“Perfection seems sterile; It is final, no mystery in it; It's a product of an assembly line.” SeemsLinesMysteryProductsPerfectionFinalsAssemblyAssembly Line Author:Dejan Stojanovic
“A day spent without the sight or sound of beauty, the contemplation of mystery, or the search of truth or perfection is a poverty-stricken day; and a succession of such days is fatal to human life.” HumansTruthSoundBeautyPovertyMysteryPerfectionSightHuman LifeContemplationImperfectSuccessionSight And Sound Author:Lewis Mumford
“Theirs is the mystery of continuous creation and all that providence implies: the uncertainty of vision, the horror of the fixed, the dissolution of the present, the intricacy of beauty, the pressure of fecundity, the elusiveness of the free, and the flawed nature of perfection.” VisionMysteryCreationHorrorPerfectionPressureUncertaintyFixedProvidenceFlawedDissolutionIntricacyElusiveness Book:The Abundance Source: The Abundance