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In the sublime imagination of the Beatific Vision, he catches a hint…
Quote bySister Nivedita · 1867–1911
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: The Web of Indian Life (1904).
English (original)
In the sublime imagination of the Beatific Vision, he catches a hint of a deeper reality, but why, he asks, this distinction between time and eternity? Can the apprehension of the Infinite Good be conditioned by the clock? Oh, for a knowledge undimensioned, untimed, effect of no cause, cause of no effect!
— Sister Nivedita
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