The universe, according to God's original plan, was made transparent, like a windowpane: A mountain was not to be just a mountain, but a symbol of the power of God. A snowflake was not just a snowflake, but a clue to the purity of God. Everything created was to tell something about God, for "by the visible things of the world is the Invisible God made manifest." According to this plan, every person was to be a poet, a humorist, someone endowed with a sense of the invisible, infinite values in everything.
— Fulton J. Sheen, Lift Up Your Heart