Quote#Wisdom
Know that the essence of a person, as such, is quite impossible to…
Quote byYehuda Ashlag · 1880–1954
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: On Form, Essence & Matter.
English (original)
Know that the essence of a person, as such, is quite impossible to perceive without his material embodiment (...) This is because our five senses and our imagination do not offer us anything more than the revelation of the actions of the essence, but not the essence itself.
— Yehuda Ashlag
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