“Every man contemplates an angel in his future self.”
Source: The complete works of Ralph Waldo Emerson
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“Facts as facts do not always create a spirit of reality, because reality is a spirit.”
“The old religionist cried out for his god. The new religionist cries out for some god to be his.”
“Your birthday is the vintage of your wine; the mark that warns you of your future.”
“The mystery of a person, indeed, is ever divine to him that has a sense for the godlike.”
Source: Carlyle Reader
Source: The Life of Reason: Human Understanding
“Often do the spirits stride on before the event; and in today already walks tomorrow.”
“A sanctity hangs about the sources of our being, whether physical, social, or imaginary.”
Source: Little essays drawn from the writings of George Santayana
Source: Religio Medici [and] Its Sequel Christian Morals
“Devils can be driven out of the heart by the touch of a hand on a hand, or a mouth on a mouth.”
Source: The Theatre of Tennessee Williams: The milk train doesn't stop here anymore. Kingdom of Earth (The seven descents of Myrtle). Small craft warnings. The two-character play
“We are given children to test us and make us more spiritual.”
Source: The Morning After: American Successes and Excesses, 1981-1986
Source: Mysticism and Logic
Source: The Inner Beauty
Source: The Romance of the Commonplace
Source: Religio Medici: Hydriotaphia : and the Letter to a Friend
“Nothing can so pierce the soul as the uttermost sigh of the body.”
Source: Little essays drawn from the writings of George Santayana
“The spirit is the true self, not that physical figure which can be pointed out by your finger.”
Source: De Re Publica
“When science starts to be interpretive it is more unscientific even than mysticism.”
Source: Complete Poems by Lawrence: Easyread Super Large 24pt Edition
Source: Wissenschaftlicher Briefwechsel mit Bohr, Einstein, Heisenberg u.a. Band IV, Teil III: 1955–1956. Scientific Correspondence with Bohr, Einstein, Heisenberg, a.o. Volume IV, Part III: 1955–1956
Source: Suggestions for Thought by Florence Nightingale: Selections and Commentaries
“Mysticism is in fact the only criticism people cannot level against my theory.”
Source: Joseph Conrad’s Sea Tales - Premium Collection: An Outcast of the Islands, The Nigger of the ‘Narcissus’, A Smile of Fortune, Typhoon and more: Classics of World Literature from One of the Greatest English Novelists (Including Author’s Memoirs, Letters & Critical Essays)
Source: The Tiger in the House
“Sex is the mysticism of materialism and the only possible religion in a materialistic society.”
Source: Muggeridge through the microphone: B.B.C. radio and television
Source: THE ART OF LOVING
Source: Memoirs, Correspondence and Private Papers of Thomas Jefferson, Late President of the United States
“The whole planet reeks of mysticism without revelation.”
Source: The Hyperion Cantos 4-Book Bundle: Hyperion, The Fall of Hyperion, Endymion, The Rise of Endymion
“The journey of consciousness, of mysticism, is to come to know yourself and your own motivations.”