Illumination Quotes
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A person is disposed to an act of choice by an angel ... in two ways. Sometimes, a man's understanding is enlightened by an angel to know what is good, but it is not instructed as to the reason why ... But sometimes he is instructed by angelic illumination, both that this act is good and as to the reason why it is good.
Thomas Aquinas -
Facts do not convey truth. That's a mistake. Facts create norms, but truth creates illumination.
Werner Herzog
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In the temporary illumination of the headlights, the insects were scribbling out messages from God that we couldn't get.
Heather O'Neill -
Whether drugs lead to illumination or degradation depends on the spirit in which one takes them
George Andrews -
A philosophical thought has probably not attained all its sharpness and all its illumination until it is expressed in French.
Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve -
The truth of faith is a slender, glowing element that runs through even the seemingly ordinary and undramatic moments of existence. Even at low intensity, it is a steady source of illumination. Such religious truth is powerful even when it seems faint, even when it seems obscured by the larger events of history.
Eugene Kennedy -
There's a much deeper knowing and deeper intelligence in this place. This is where I began the journey of listening to that inner wisdom. We've all had those aha moments. In yoga it's called prajna - a flash of illumination. I heard that voice.
Brad Willis -
Painters who are not colorists produce illumination, not painting.
Eugene Delacroix