This site is dedicated to the memory of Dr. Alan William Smolowe who gave birth to the creation of this database.
He who does not believe that revelation is continuous does not believe in revelation at all.
With the approach of death I care less and less about religion and truth. One hasn’t long to wait for revelation and darkness.
Nature is a revelation of God; Art is a revelation of man.
Know what work you want to do and go after it. The young man who gets ahead must decide for himself what he wishes to do. From his own tastes, his own enthusiasm, how he must get the motive and the inspiration which are to start him on his way to a successful life.
Enthusiasm | Inspiration | Life | Life | Man | Wishes | Work |
Nature is a revelation of God. Art is a revelation of man.
All men are competent to know the mind of God. There is no revelation special to any people.
God | Men | Mind | People | Revelation |
Revelation does not flow from the unconscious; it is master of the unconscious, it takes possession of the existent human element and recasts it; revelation is encounter's pure form.
It is impossible to learn the art of poetry second-hand. Poetic inspiration comes only from the depths of the soul.
Nelson Mandela, fully Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela
There can be no keener revelation of a society's soul than the way in which it treats its children.
Children | Revelation | Society | Soul |
The glory of Friendship is not the outstretched hand, nor the kindly smile, nor the joy of companionship; it is the spiritual inspiration that comes to ne when he discovers that someone else believes in him and is willing to trust him with his friendship.
Glory | Inspiration | Joy | Smile | Trust | Friendship |
Aspiration shows us the goal and the distance to it; inspiration encourages with a view to how far we have come. Aspiration gives us the map of the journey; inspiration furnishes the music to keep us marching.
Aspiration | Inspiration | Journey | Music | Aspiration |
The glory of Friendship is not the outstretched hand, nor the kindly smile, nor the joy of companionship; it is the spiritual inspiration that comes to one when he discovers that someone else believes in him and is willing to trust him with his friendship. My friends have come unsought. The great God gave them to me.
Glory | God | Inspiration | Joy | Smile | Trust | Friendship | God | Friends |
Richard Bach, fully Richard David Bach
Here is the test to find whether your mission on earth is finished: If you're alive, it isn't.
Intimacy - the willing revelation of self and absorption in another is a rare thing... those who do tend to view it as a fait accompli rather than as a communal being in need of constant renewal... True intimacy is a human constant... Intimacy is to love what concentration is to work: a simultaneous drawing together of attention and release of energy.
Attention | Energy | Love | Need | Revelation | Self | Work |
Our free will can hinder the course of inspiration, and when the favourable gale of god’s grace swells the sails of our soul, it is in our power to refuse consent and thereby hinder the effect of the wind’s favour; but when our spirit sails along and makes it voyage prosperously, it is not we who make the gale of inspiration blow for us, nor we who make our sails swell with it, nor we who give motion to the ship of our heart; but we simply receive the gale, consent to its motion and let our ship sail under it, not hindering it by; our resistance.
Free will | God | Grace | Heart | Inspiration | Power | Receive | Soul | Spirit | Will |
Wilferd Peterson, fully Wilferd Arlan Peterson
The key to the art of listening is selectivity... Listen critically. Mentally challenge assertions, ideas, philosophies. Seek the truth with an open mind. Listen with your heart... Listen for growth. Be an inquisitive listener. Listen creatively... Listen to yourself. Listen to your deepest yearnings, your highest aspirations, your noblest impulses. Listen to the better man within you. Listen with depth. Be still and meditate. Listen with the ear of intuition for the inspiration of the Infinite.
Art | Better | Challenge | Growth | Heart | Ideas | Inspiration | Intuition | Listening | Man | Mind | Truth | Yearnings | Art |
Perpetual inspiration is as necessary to the life of goodness, holiness and happiness as perpetual respiration is necessary to animal life.
Inspiration | Life | Life | Happiness |