“When our intellect has shaken off its many opinions about created things, then the inner principle of truth appears clearly to it, providing it with a foundation of real knowledge and removing its former preconceptions as though removing scales from eyes, as happened in the case of St. Paul (cf. Acts 9:18). For an understanding of Scripture that does not go beyond the literal meaning, and a view of the sensible world that relies exclusively on sense perception, are indeed scales, blinding the soul's visionary faculty and preventing access to the pure Logos of truth.” WorldDoeRealSoulEyeChristianUnderstandingViewsOpinionPrinciplesCasesHappenedPurePerceptionFoundationIntellectAccessScriptureScalesFormerRelyOrthodoxFacultySensibleProvidingVisionariesLiteralPreventingCfsLogosPreconceptionsReal KnowledgeSense Perception Author:Maximus the Confessor
“For me it is not a detachment to take a picture. It's a way of touching somebody - it's a caress… I think that you can actually give people access to their own soul.” PeopleThinkingWayGivingSoulAccessTouchingDetachmentCaress Author:Nan Goldin
“Even when reading is impossible, the presence of books acquired (by passionate devotion to them) produces such an ecstasy that the buying of more books than one can peradventure read is nothing less than the soul reaching towards infinity ... we cherish books even if unread, their mere presence exudes comfort, their ready access, reassurance.” IfsBookSoulReadingImpossibleProduceReadyComfortMerePassionateAccessDevotionBuyingReachingCherishEcstasyInfinityReassurance Author:A. Edward Newton
“When God has access to our heart, mind, and soul through years of fellowship and worship, He allows us to see more of His activity and to be more involved in His miraculous work.” YearsMindHeartSoulGodChristianInvolvedActivityWorshipAccessMiraculousFellowshipThrough The YearsHeart Mind And Soul Book:Discovering God's Daily Agenda Source: Discovering God's Daily Agenda