Valentin Tomberg famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

We must surrender ourselves so utterly that we can never own ourselves again. We must hand over self and all its rights in an eternal covenant, and give God the absolute right to own us, control us and possess us forever.
One bright and thankful look at the cross is worth a thousand morbid, self-condemning reflections.
Just try to learn the truth by approaching a spiritual master. Inquire from him submissively and render service unto him. The self-realized soul can impart knowledge unto you because he has seen the truth.
I don't recall having any self-awareness about the intricacy of my stories.
I'm addicted to self-improvement. The thing is, there's so damn much about myself to improve.
Poetry leads us to the unstructured sources of our beings, to the unknown, and returns us to our rational, structured selves refreshed.
I have a dreadful fear that the more you try to prevent revealing the self, the more you do.
Inspiration may be a form of superconsciousness, or perhaps of subconsciousness - I wouldn't know. But I am sure it is the antithesis of self-consciousness.
Birth is a shadow. Courage, self-sustained, outlords succession's phlegm, and needs no ancestors.
American ladies are known abroad for two distinguishing traits (besides, possibly, their beauty and self-reliance), and these are their ill-health and their extravagant devotion to dress.

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