Top 24 Transcendence Quotes

Transcendence constitutes selfhood.

Philosophical, Transcendence

Martin Heidegger (1969). “The essence of reasons”, Northwestern Univ Pr

My principal motive is the belief that we can still make admirable sense of our lives even if we cease to have... an ambition of transcendence.

Richard Rorty

Ambition, Belief, Transcendence

Richard Rorty (1991). “Objectivity, Relativism, and Truth: Philosophical Papers”, p.12, Cambridge University Press

Transcendence is something between a metaphor and a miracle.

Mason Cooley

Miracle, Metaphor, Transcendence

Within alpinism's narrow framework we seek transcendence and relentlessly pursue what remains hidden from us on flat ground: our true selves.

Steve House

Self, Transcendence, Framework

A total acceptance of yourself brings about a total transcendence of yourself.

Adyashanti

Acceptance, Self, Transcendence

Through love, through hope, and faith's transcendent dower, We feel that we are greater than we know.

William Wordsworth

Faith, Greatness, Transcendence

'The River Duddon' (1820) st. 34 'After-Thought'

Transcendence means going beyond duality. Attachment means remaining within duality.

Rajneesh

Mean, Attachment, Transcendence

Liberation is the path of transcendence. Manifestation is the path of immanence. Both lead to the same place: the divine.

Anodea Judith

Path, Divine, Transcendence

It seems to me that one of the most basic human experiences, one that is genuinely universal and unites-or, more precisely, could unite-all of humanity, is the experience of transcendence in the broadest sense of the word.

Vaclav Havel

Humanity, Transcendence, Human Experience

Self-forgetfulness in creativity can lead to self-transcendence.

Sylvia Ashton-Warner

Creativity, Self, Transcendence

Sylvia Ashton-Warner (1967). “Myself”, Harvill Secker

Our goal is self-transcendence

Sri Chinmoy

Self, Goal, Transcendence

Connection exists. There is immanence and transcendence, and everything beyond and in between. My tradition calls this connection God Herself.

T. Thorn Coyle

Connections, Tradition, Transcendence

T. Thorn Coyle (2009). “Kissing the Limitless: Deep Magic and the Great Work of Transforming Yourself and the World”, p.203, Weiser Books

Contradiction is the lever of transcendence.

Simone Weil

Levers, Contradiction, Transcendence

Transcendence and dissolution, always the same thing.

Brian Francis

Transcendence, Dissolution

Without transcendence, life has no beauty.

Deepak Chopra

Spiritual, Transcendence

Deepak Chopra (2010). “Creating Affluence: The A-to-Z Steps to a Richer Life”, p.40, Amber-Allen Publishing

The most striking feature of contemporary culture is the unslaked craving for transcendence.

Andrew Delbanco

Culture, Transcendence, Craving

Andrew DELBANCO (2009). “The Real American Dream”, p.114, Harvard University Press

My urge to write is an urge not to self-expressionism but to self-transcendence. My work is both bigger and smaller than I am.

Susan Sontag

Writing, Self, Transcendence

Where character forbids self-indulgence, transcendence still hovers around.

Richard M. Weaver

Character, Self, Transcendence

Richard M. Weaver (2013). “Ideas Have Consequences”, p.73, University of Chicago Press

...(I)ndividual selfhood is expressed in the self's capacity for self-transcendence and not in its rational capacity for conceptual and analytic procedures.

Reinhold Niebuhr

Self, Spirituality, Transcendence

Reinhold Niebuhr (1996). “The Nature and Destiny of Man: A Christian Interpretation : Human Nature”, p.25, Westminster John Knox Press