The angels are lost in perpetual contemplation of an infinite glory
The angels are lost in perpetual contemplation of an infinite glory
“A thought transfixed me: for the first time in my life I saw the truth as it is set into song by so many poets, proclaimed as the final wisdom by so many thinkers. The truth-that love is the ultimate and the highest goal to which a man can aspire.
Then I grasped the meaning of the greatest secret that human poetry and human thought and belief have to impart: The salvation of human is through love and in love.
I understood how a man who has nothing left in this world still may know bliss, be it only for the brief moment, in the contemplation of his beloved. In a position of utter desolation, when a man cannot express himself in positive action, when his only achievement may consist in enduring his sufferings in the right way-an honorable way-in such a position man can, through loving contemplation of the image he carries of his beloved, achieve fulfillment.
For the first time in my life I was able to understand the meaning of the words ,"The angels are lost in perpetual contemplation of an infinite glory.
―Victor Frankl, Man's Search for Ultimate Meaning
This book has changed my life on numerous occasions. Today, I find his words to be especially relevant and that through suffering, we can all find meaning and transform ourselves in the process.
