Sublime Quotes

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Physical vision - one might say scientific vision - brings a

Physical vision - one might say scientific vision - brings about a metaphysical shift in the observer's view of reality as a whole. The geography of the earth, or the structure of the solar system, are in an instant utterly changed, and forever. The explorer, the scientific observer, the literary reader, experience the Sublime: a moment of revelation into the idea of the unbounded, the infinite.

Science Reading Inspirational Observation Vision Sublime Ineffable

When I look out on such a night as this, I feel as if there

When I look out on such a night as this, I feel as if there could be neither wickedness nor sorrow in the world; and there certainly would be less of both if the sublimity of Nature were more attended to, and people were carried more out of themselves by contemplating such a scene.

Nature Sorrow Night Wickedness Contemplation Sublime

The soul that loves and suffers is in the sublime state.

The soul that loves and suffers is in the sublime state.

Love Pain Soul Suffering Feeling Sublime