quotes about Gnosis
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Cats have gnosis to a degree that is granted to few bishops.
-- Carl Van VechtenSource : Carl Van Vechten (1996). “The Tiger in the House”, p.3, Courier Corporation
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The gnosis of God is intermediate between immoderation, which is ascribing human characteristics to God, and negligence, which is denying any attributes to God. . . The Truth lies in the balance between the two extremes.
-- Ibn Ata Allah -
It is impossible that this gnosis resulting in the heart should be achieved by man for any other purpose than to obey God, love Him, and worship Him. This gnosis should be sought for the sake of God, not for any other reason whatsoever, unlike the remaining external acts of devotion, which can be performed for other worldly interests, such as hypocrisy, praise, and commendation.
-- Ibn Ata Allah -
When the heart becomes empty, the mimbar of the Divine Oneness is placed therein and the sultan of gnosis sits upon it.
-- Ibn Ata Allah -
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The key to all aristeia and wisdom and gnosis is a seed that conformist and mediocritist and democratist Americans haven't got even a scintilla of a prospect of nourishing, and that is sapere aude: DARE TO BE WISE.
-- Kenny Smith -
Gnosis is lived upon facts, withers away in abstractions, and is difficult to find even in the noblest of thoughts.
-- Samael Aun Weor -
When I compare life to a dream I do not mean to denigrate it as some sort of meaningless fantasy. Life is too wonderful to be called an "illusion" unless we whisper the word in amazement, as we might when witnessing the most astonishing magic trick. What could be more magnificent than this glorious universe, in all its multifarious extravagance? Its awesome vastness and delicate detail. Its impersonal precision and intimate intensity. Its harsh necessities and lush sensuality. This dream of life is truly marvelous.
-- Timothy Freke
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Source : "Filmmaker Tom Hooper". "The Tavis Smiley show", www.pbs.org. January 28, 2011.
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“Poker has the feeling of a sport, but you don't have to do push-ups.”