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“Try to understand, Baudolino: God is a lamp without flame, a flame without fire, a fire without heat, a dark light, a silent rumble, a blind flash, a luminous soot, a ray of his own darkness, a circle that expands concentrating on its own center, a solitary multiplicity; He is a space that is not, in which you and I are the same thing, as we are today in this time that doesn't flow.”
― Baudolino: A Medieval Literary Adventure of History, Myth, and Invention in Byzantine Realms
― Baudolino: A Medieval Literary Adventure of History, Myth, and Invention in Byzantine Realms
“We believe that we, only we, need God, but often God needs us. At that moment I believed it was necessary to help Him.”
― Baudolino: A Medieval Literary Adventure of History, Myth, and Invention in Byzantine Realms
― Baudolino: A Medieval Literary Adventure of History, Myth, and Invention in Byzantine Realms
“To change ourselves effectively, we first had to change our perceptions.”
― The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change
― The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change
“I saw something ancient, because I knew I was not seeing something beautiful, but beauty itself, like the holy thought of God. I was discovering that perfection, even glimpsing it once, and once only, was something light and lovely. I looked at that form from the distance, but I felt that I had no hold on that image, as happens when you are on in years and you seem to glimpse clear signs on a parchment, but you know that the moment you move closer they will blur, and you will never be able to read the secret that the page was promising you - or, as in dreams, when something you desire appears to you, you reach out, move your fingers in the void, and grasp nothing.”
― Baudolino: A Medieval Literary Adventure of History, Myth, and Invention in Byzantine Realms
― Baudolino: A Medieval Literary Adventure of History, Myth, and Invention in Byzantine Realms
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