 Truth is within ourselves ; it takes no rise From outward things, whate'er you may believe. There is an inmost centre in us all, Where truth abides in fulness ; and around, Wall upon wall, the gross flesh hems it in, This perfect, clear perception —...  Spiritual Reformers in the 16th & 17th Centuries - Page 138by Rufus Matthew Jones - 1914 - 362 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Joseph John Murphy - 1873 - 532 pages
...Quotation from Browning's Paracelsus. " There is an inmost centre in ns all Where truth abides in fulness : and To KNOW Rather consists in opening out a way Whence...imprisoned splendour may escape, Than in effecting entrance for a light Supposed to be without." Enough has been now said of metaphysical errors, and... | |
 | Association for the Advancement of Women - 1877 - 404 pages
...it in, This perfect, clear conception which is truth ; A baffling and perverting carnal mesh Blinds it, and makes all error : and ' to know ' Rather consists in opening out a way Whence the imprisoned splendor may escape, Then in effecting entry for a right Supposed to be without. Watch narrowly The... | |
 | 1894 - 834 pages
...get-oft", but as a true giving — tests the veracity of the Christ-word, tastes the beautitude. ' ' To know rather consists in opening out a way whence the imprisoned splendor may escape, than in effecting entry for a light supposed to be without. There are two modes... | |
 | 1922 - 694 pages
...famous formula for obtaining knowledge can be used as a safe guide in the education of adolescents: "To KNOW, rather consists in opening out a way whence the imprisoned splendour may escape." This formula is especially applicable to the adolescent, for in his case "To know is to get away from... | |
 | 1925 - 702 pages
...within the child, not without. It is our business to afford the means by which it may be expressed. "And to know Rather consists in opening out a way Whence the imprisoned splendor may escape, Than in effecting entry for a light Supposed to be without." This consideration... | |
 | Robert Browning - 1881 - 1006 pages
...in, this perfect, clear perception — which is truth. A baffling and perverting carnal mesh blinds it, and makes all error : and, to know, rather consists...than in effecting entry for a light supposed to be without." All possible thought is implicit in tne mind, and waiting for release — waiting to become... | |
 | 1881 - 552 pages
...it in, This perfect, clear perception, which is tnith. A baffling and perverting carnal mesh Blinds it, and makes all error ; and to KNOW Rather consists...Than in effecting entry for a light Supposed to\№ without. Robert liroicniny (Paracdtun). TRUTH the Body of GOD. Dark, dark, yea, irrecoverably dark,... | |
 | Browning Society (London, England) - 1881 - 610 pages
...in, this perfect, clear perception — which is truth. A baffling and perverting carnal mesh blinds it, and makes all error : and, to know, rather consists...escape, than in effecting entry for a light supposed to he without." All possible thought is implicit in tne mind, and waiting for release — waiting to Income... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin Cocker - 1882 - 214 pages
...hypothesis. It assumes that — " There is an inmost centre In us all Where truth abides in fullness; and To KNOW Rather consists in opening out a way Whence the imprisoned splendour may escape, Than in ettecting entrance for a light Supposed to be without." (BROWNING: "Paracelsus.") The human soul is... | |
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