Transcendent

Famous quotes containing the word transcendent:

“We admire Chaucer for his sturdy English wit.... But though it is full of good sense and humanity, it is not transcendent poetry. For picturesque description of persons it is, perhaps, without a parallel in English poetry; yet it is essentially humorous, as the loftiest genius never is.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

“... effective magic is transcendent nature ...”
—George Eliot [Mary Ann (or Marian)

“Through love, through hope, and faith’s transcendent dower,
We feel that we are greater than we know.”
—William Wordsworth (1770–1850)