"It is a law both of the intellectual and the
spiritual nature that by beholding we become changed. The mind gradually adapts
itself to the subjects upon which it is allowed to dwell. It becomes assimilated
to that which it is accustomed to love and reverence." The Great
Controversy p.555 E.G.W.
But we all, with open face beholding
as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory
to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord. 2 Corinthians
3:18