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Page xxiv
... divine . Nothing finite is true , is interesting , is worthy to fix my attention . All that is particular is exclusive , and all that is exclusive repels me . There is nothing non - exclusive but the All ; my end is communion with Being ...
... divine . Nothing finite is true , is interesting , is worthy to fix my attention . All that is particular is exclusive , and all that is exclusive repels me . There is nothing non - exclusive but the All ; my end is communion with Being ...
Page xli
... Divine , so many modes of tasting and adoring God . Religion is not a method : it is a life — a higher and supernatural life , mystical in its root and practical in its fruits ; a communion with God , a calm and deep enthusiasm , a love ...
... Divine , so many modes of tasting and adoring God . Religion is not a method : it is a life — a higher and supernatural life , mystical in its root and practical in its fruits ; a communion with God , a calm and deep enthusiasm , a love ...
Page 15
... brings peace . It says : " There is no repose for the mind except in the absolute ; for feeling , except in the infinite ; for the soul , except in the divine . Nothing finite is true , is interesting , AMIEL'S JOURNAL 15.
... brings peace . It says : " There is no repose for the mind except in the absolute ; for feeling , except in the infinite ; for the soul , except in the divine . Nothing finite is true , is interesting , AMIEL'S JOURNAL 15.
Page 16
... divine , every creature worth loving . 2d December 1851. - Let mystery have its place in you ; do not be always turning up your whole soil with the ploughshare of self- examination , but leave a little fallow corner in your heart ready ...
... divine , every creature worth loving . 2d December 1851. - Let mystery have its place in you ; do not be always turning up your whole soil with the ploughshare of self- examination , but leave a little fallow corner in your heart ready ...
Page 17
... divine dignity of the individual spirit , expanding till it admits neither any limit nor anything foreign to itself , and conscious of a strength instinct with creative force , —such is the point of view of the Monologues . The inner ...
... divine dignity of the individual spirit , expanding till it admits neither any limit nor anything foreign to itself , and conscious of a strength instinct with creative force , —such is the point of view of the Monologues . The inner ...
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