Sacred Vision Quotes

By virtue of Creation, and still more the Incarnation, nothing here below is profane for those who know how to see.

Several people feel I have photographed God. May be.

And while I stood there I saw more than I can tell and I understood more than I saw; for I was seeing in a sacred manner the shapes of all things in the spirit, and the shape of all shapes as they must live together like one being.

No mighty trance, or breathed spell Inspires the pale-eyed priest from the prophetic cell.

The world is waiting for new saints, ecstatic men and women who are so deeply rooted in the love of God that they are free to imagine a new international order.

In a way, light unites the spiritual world and the ephemeral, physical world. People frequently talk about spiritual experiences using the vocabulary of light: Saul on the road to Damascus, near-death experiences, samadhi or the light-filled void of Buddhist enlightenment.

Enhance and intensify one's vision of that synthesis of truth and beauty which is the highest and deepest reality.

And when I was in the trunk, I saw Jesus. And the Virgin Mary. And Ozzy Osbourne.

There are very few religious experiences that aren't explained using the vocabulary of light.

But the most important lesson I have learned in my twenty years or research on morality is that nearly all people are morally motivated. Selfishness is a powerful force, particularly in the decisions of individuals, but whenever groups of people come together to make a sustained effort to change the world, you can bet that they are pursuing a vision of virtue, justice, or sacredness.

I see everything through a spiritual lens.

In your eyes I see the doorway to a thousand churches.

I see heaven's glories shine and faith shines equal.