Quotes about Transcendence
All things are full of God.
— Cicero
It is only when we understand the transcendence of God that we see how amazing his immanence is, and what a huge privilege it is to be able to enjoy God's intimate friendship.
— Nicky Gumbel
It's only by forgetting yourself that you draw near to God.
— Henry David Thoreau
Holy is the way God is. To be holy He does not conform to a standard. He IS that standard.
— AW Tozer
God Gives Birth To gods!
— Chris Oyakhilome
Self is the opaque veil that hides the Face of God from us. It can be removed only in spiritual experience, never by mere instruction.
— AW Tozer
Prayer is you speaking to God. Meditation is allowing the spirit to speak to you.
— Deepak Chopra
Heaven is beyond our imagination . . . . At our most creative moment, at our deepest thought, at our highest level, we still cannot fathom eternity.
— Max Lucado
Even though you can't finally grasp me, guess what? I still want to be known.
— William Paul Young
One will observe that all things are arranged according to their degrees of beauty and excellence, and that the nearer they are to God, the more beautiful and better they are.
— St. Thomas Aquinas
Godhead here in hiding, whom I adore Masked by these bare shadows, shape and nothing more, See, Lord, at thy service low lies here a heart Lost, all lost in wonder at the God thou art
— St. Thomas Aquinas
God is not related to creatures as though belonging to a different "genus," but as transcending every "genus," and as the principle of all "genera.
— St. Thomas Aquinas