"Everything that is visible hides something that is invisible."
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"The soul...is audible, not visible."
"If we cannot comprehend God in his visible works, how then in his inconceivable thoughts, that call the works into being?"
"The author, in his work, must be like God in the Universe, present everywhere and visible nowhere."
"There is in all visible things an invisible fecundity, a dimmed light, a meek namelessness, a hidden wholeness."
"Every idea must have a visible enfolding."
"The more transparent the writing, the more visible the poetry."
"The cause is hidden; the effect is visible to all."
"Everything we see… is just the visible part of reality."
"The visible sign of utter love is an undying smile."
"If you have something specific and visible to fear, rather than something that could be anything, it is easier."
"Unused power was like a marionette with visible strings, nobody holding them. A compelling attraction: I could make it dance."
"Make the visible a little hard to see."
"All this visible world is but an imperceptible point in the ample bosom of nature."
"The most visible joy can only reveal itself to us when we've transformed it, within."
"Once the divinity we worshipped made itself visible and comprehensible, we crucified it."
"The newest is but the oldest made visible to our senses."
"The visible order of the universe proclaims a supreme intelligence."
"Nature is the living, visible garment of God."