Quote by Saint Augustine
My mind withdrew its thoughts from experience, extracting itself f

My mind withdrew its thoughts from experience, extracting itself from the contradictory throng of sensuous images, that it might find out what that light was wherein it was bathed… And thus, with the flash of one hurried glance, it attained to the vision of That Which Is. – Saint Augustine

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Thou must be emptied of that wherewith thou art full, that thou mayest be filled with that whereof thou art empty. – Saint Augustine

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Faith is to believe what you do not see the reward of this faith is to see what you believe. – Saint Augustine

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Who can map out the various forces at play in one soul? Man is a great depth, O Lord. The hairs of his head are easier by far to count than his feeling, the movements of his heart. – Saint Augustine

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Most people go through life dreading theyll have a traumatic experience. Freaks were born with their trauma. Theyve already passed their test in life. Theyre aristocrats. – Diane Arbus

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The utmost thing is the user experience, to have the most useful experience. – Marissa Mayer

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Color is an intense experience on its own. – Jim Hodges

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If you havent read you dont have the voice. The lack of voice eliminates experience. – George Saunders

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The well-bred contradict other people. The wise contradict themselves. – Oscar Wilde

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I have no name: I am but two days old. What shall I call thee? I happy am, Joy is my name. Sweet joy befall thee! – William Blake

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In passing, also, I would like to say that the first time Adam had a chance he laid the blame on a woman. – Nancy Astor

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I used to do this as a kid. And now theyre paying me for it, which is cool. – William Kempe

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