“Faith is the capacity of the soul to perceive the abiding, the invisible in the visible.” SoulCapacityInvisiblePerceiveVisibleAbiding Author:Leo Baeck
“I am imperfect in many things, nevertheless I want my brethren and kinsfolk to know my nature so that they may be able to perceive my soul's desire.” KnowsWantMaySoulCharacterAbleDesireSpiritualityConsciousnessAngelMy SoulPerceiveImperfectNeverthelessBrethren Author:Saint Patrick
“Doubtless almost any intense emotion may open our 'inward eye' to the beauty of reality. Falling in love appears to do it for some people. The beauties of nature or the exhilaration of artistic creation does it for others. Probably any high experience may momentarily stretch our souls up on tiptoe, so that we catch a glimpse of that marvelous beauty which is always there, but which we are not often tall enough to perceive.” PeopleMayDoeSoulEnoughRealityEyeFallEmotionBeautyCreationFalling In LoveIntenseArtisticPerceiveTallInwardMarvelousGlimpseNature BeautyExhilarationTiptoesArtistic CreationIntense Emotions Author:Margaret Prescott Montague
“It is in our own mind and not in exterior objects that we perceive most things; fools know scarcely anything because they are empty, and their heart is narrow; but great souls find in themselves a number of exterior things; they have no need to read or travel or to listen or to work to discover the highest truths; they have only to delve into themselves and search, if we may say so, their own thoughts.” IfsKnowsNeedsMindHeartMaySoulNumbersObjectsFoolHighestEmptyPerceiveExteriorGreat Souls Author:Luc de Clapiers
“The best assurance any one can have of his interest in God, is doubtless the conformity of his soul to Him. When our heart is once turned into a conformity with the mind of God. when we feel our will conformed to His will, we shall then presently perceive a spirit of adoption within ourselves, teaching us to say, "Abba, Father.” FeelsMindHeartSoulSpiritFatherInterestTeachingPerceiveConformityAdoptionAssuranceAbbaAbba Father Author:Ralph Cudworth