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Cloud of Unknowing
Chapter 6: A short conceit of the work of this book, treated by question (1)
BUT now thou askest me and sayest, “How shall I think on Himself, and what is He?” and to this I cannot answer thee but thus: “I wot not.”
Chapter 22: Of the Birth or Geniture of the Stars, and Creation of the Fourth Day. (38)
I do not say that I cannot err at all. For there are some Things, which are not sufficiently declared, and are described as if it was from a Glimpse...
Book of Enoch
Chapter LX (10)
And he said to me: 'Thou son of man, herein thou dost seek to know what is hidden.'
Corpus Hermeticum
1. Poemandres, the Shepherd of Men (3)
This is, I said, what I desire to hear. He answered back to me: Hold in thy mind all thou wouldst know, and I will teach thee....
The Complete Sayings of Jesus
LXXV. Conspiracy at the High Priest's Palace—judas Hired—the Passover Supper—christ's Humility: He Washes the Feet of the Twelve (18)
What I do thou knowest not now; but thou shalt know hereafter.
Corpus Hermeticum
1. Poemandres, the Shepherd of Men (2)
He saith: I am Man-Shepherd (Poemandres), Mind of all-masterhood; I know what thou desirest and I'm with thee everywhere.
Chapter 22: Of the Birth or Geniture of the Stars, and Creation of the Fourth Day. (42)
Hearken, thou blind Man; thou livest in God, and God is in thee; and if thou livest holily, then therein thou thyself art God. For wheresoever thou lo...
Bhagavad Gita
Vibhūti Yoga (10.17)
How shall I, ever meditating, know Thee, O Yogin; in what several things, O Lord, art Thou to be thought of by Me?
Chapter 8: Of the whole Corpus or Body of an Angelical Kingdom. The Great Mystery. (117)
Thou mayest perhaps ask, How comes that to pass, or in what Manner is it so? Answer.
Corpus Hermeticum
1. Poemandres, the Shepherd of Men (21)
Right was thy thought, O thou! But how doth "he who knows himself, go unto Him", as God's Word (Logos) hath declared? And I reply: the Father of the...
Bhagavad Gita
Karma Yoga (3.2)
With an apparently perplexing speech, Thou confusest as it were my understanding. Tell me with certainty that one (way) by which I may attain bliss.
Book of Enoch
Chapter XXIII (3)
And I asked saying: 'What is this which rests not?'
Gospel of Thomas
Sayings (92)
Jesus said, "Seek and you will find. Yet, what you asked Me about in former times and which I did not tell you then, now I do desire to tell, but you...
Katha Upanishad
Second Vallī (14)
Nakiketas said: 'That which thou seest as neither this nor that, as neither effect nor cause, as neither past nor future, tell me that.'
Chapter 23: Of the Deep above the Earth. (89)
Here view thyself, thou witty subtle World, and consider from whence thy Prudence, Subtilty, and Wit proceeds. Now thou wilt say to me:
Chapter 10: Of the Sixth qualifying or fountain Spirit in the Divine Power. (74)
Thou askest: How can a Man quench this kindled Fire? Answer.
Chapter 4: Of the creation of the Holy Angels. An Instruction or open Gate of Heaven. (63)
But thou mayest here ask: How are they made or generated, or in what Way and Manner? Answer.
The Masnavi
The Travelers who ate the Young Elephant (71-80)
That person was sad at heart and hung his head, And then beheld Khizr present before him in a vision, Who said to him, "Ah! thou hast ceased to call...
The Complete Sayings of Jesus
LXXXIII. Christ's Trial Continued—false Witness—peter Thrice Denies Christ—morning: Further Questioning—judas a Suicide (9)
But he denied before them all, saying, I know him not: I know not, neither understand I what thou sayest.
Chapter 7: Of the Court, Place and Dwelling, also of the Government of Angels, how these things stood at the Beginning, after the Creation, and how they became as they are. (19)
When he parts from me, I know nothing, but the Elementary and Earthly Things of this World: but the Spirit sees even into the Depth of Deity....
Vimalakirti Nirdesa Sutra
Chapter 11: The Bodhisattva Conduct (9)
O Blessed One, I see it; but it is inconceivable to me and beyond my mind and beyond my power of measurement.”