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Definition of Transcendent

Transcendent

  1. Very excellent; superior or supreme in excellence; surpassing others; as, transcendent worth; transcendent valor.
  2. Transcending, or reaching beyond, the limits of human knowledge; -- applied to affirmations and speculations concerning what lies beyond the reach of the human intellect.

Transcendent Quotations

Gratitude bestows reverence, allowing us to encounter everyday epiphanies, those transcendent moments of awe that change forever how we experience life and the world.
John Milton

Worship is transcendent wonder.
Thomas Carlyle

I'm always trying to reach a transcendent point, a romantic point, but reach it in a really unconventional way, a really profane way. To get to that romantic, touching, heartbreaking place, but through a lot of acts of profanity.
Chuck Palahniuk

We are biological creatures. We are born, we live, we die. There is no transcendent purpose to existence. At best we are creatures of reason, and by using reason we can cure ourselves of emotional excess. Purged of both hope and fear, we find courage in the face of helplessness, insignificance and uncertainty.
Jonathan Sacks

I've seen the greatest actors in the world, transcendent talents, who can't find a home.
Laura Linney
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Transcendent Translations

transcendent in Spanish is trascendente

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