Quotes about Transcendence
You die and die and then you are beyond death.
— CS Lewis
When death speaks to me, it speaks only of the beauty of life.
— Marty Rubin
If I find in myself a desire which no experience in this world can satisfy, the most probable explanation is that I was made for another world.
— CS Lewis
Our desire is not only to SEE glory, but to participate in the glory we see.
— CS Lewis
If our deepest desires cannot be satisfied in this world, then we must have been made for another world.
— CS Lewis
It is not by change of place that we can come nearer to Him who is in every place, but by the cultivation of pure desires and virtuous habits.
— St. Augustine
We are made for larger ends than Earth can encompass. Oh, let us be true to our exalted destiny.
— Catherine Booth
I love this about Christian spirituality. It cannot be explained, and yet it is beautiful and true. It is something you feel, and it comes from the soul.
— Donald Miller
Pain then, if one could have faith in something greater than himself, might be a path to experiencing a meaning beyond the false gratification of personal comfort.
— Donald Miller
Religious experience involves an encounter with the holy, the mystery of the totally other that opens like a chasm before humans in unexpected ways, making impossible the denial of its presence.
— Luke Timothy Johnson
Since, then, you have been raised with Christ, set your hearts on things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things. (COLOSSIANS 3:1 — 2)
— Lysa TerKeurst
Death is an ascension to a better library.
— John Donne