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Nicholas Of Cusa Quotes: "Divinity is in all things in such a way that all things are in divinity."

Divinity is in all things in such a way that all things are in divinity.



Nicholas Of Cusa Quotes: "God says to man: 'Be thou thyself, and I shall be thine.'"

God says to man: 'Be thou thyself, and I shall be thine.'




Nicholas Of Cusa Quotes: "All things are in the intended endpoint, and this mode of being is called will or desire."

All things are in the intended endpoint, and this mode of being is called will or desire.



Nicholas Of Cusa Quotes: "In humility alone lies true greatness, and knowledge and wisdom are profitable only in so far as our lives are governed by them."

In humility alone lies true greatness, and knowledge and wisdom are profitable only in so far as our lives are governed by them.




Nicholas Of Cusa Quotes: "Love is subsequent to knowledge and to the thing known, for nothing unknown is loved."

Love is subsequent to knowledge and to the thing known, for nothing unknown is loved.



Nicholas Of Cusa Quotes: "There will be a machina mundi whose centre, so to speak, is everywhere, whose circumference is nowhere, for God is its circumference and centre and He is everywhere and nowhere."

There will be a machina mundi whose centre, so to speak, is everywhere, whose circumference is nowhere, for God is its circumference and centre and He is everywhere and nowhere.



Nicholas Of Cusa Quotes: "Since beings desire to exist, because to exist is a good thing: they desire the One without which they cannot exist."

Since beings desire to exist, because to exist is a good thing: they desire the One without which they cannot exist.




Nicholas Of Cusa Quotes: "In every science certain things must be accepted as first principles if the subject matter is to be understood; and these first postulates rest upon faith."

In every science certain things must be accepted as first principles if the subject matter is to be understood; and these first postulates rest upon faith.



Nicholas Of Cusa Quotes: "In creating the world, God used arithmetic, geometry, and likewise astronomy."

In creating the world, God used arithmetic, geometry, and likewise astronomy.



Nicholas Of Cusa Quotes: "With the senses man measures perceptible things, with the intellect he measures intelligible things, and he attains unto supra-intelligible things transcendently."

With the senses man measures perceptible things, with the intellect he measures intelligible things, and he attains unto supra-intelligible things transcendently.



Nicholas Of Cusa Quotes: "The rational is apprehended through the intellect, however, the intellect is not found in the region of the rational; the intellect is as the eye and the rational as the colors."

The rational is apprehended through the intellect, however, the intellect is not found in the region of the rational; the intellect is as the eye and the rational as the colors.



Nicholas Of Cusa Quotes: "The fact is that man has no longing for any other nature but desires only to be perfect in his own."

The fact is that man has no longing for any other nature but desires only to be perfect in his own.




Nicholas Of Cusa Quotes: "For all the [body's] members seek nothing except inseparable union with the intellect, as with their beginning, ultimate good, and everlasting life."

For all the [body's] members seek nothing except inseparable union with the intellect, as with their beginning, ultimate good, and everlasting life.



Nicholas Of Cusa Quotes: "Through itself the soul arrives at all harmony that is perceptible in otherness-just as through what is internal the soul arrives at what is external."

Through itself the soul arrives at all harmony that is perceptible in otherness-just as through what is internal the soul arrives at what is external.



Nicholas Of Cusa Quotes: "But if you search further, you find in yourself nothing similar to God, but rather you affirm that God stands above all this as cause, origin, and the light of life of your intellective soul."

But if you search further, you find in yourself nothing similar to God, but rather you affirm that God stands above all this as cause, origin, and the light of life of your intellective soul.



Nicholas Of Cusa Quotes: "Time is to eternity as an image is to its exemplar, and those things which are temporal bear a resemblance to those things which are eternal."

Time is to eternity as an image is to its exemplar, and those things which are temporal bear a resemblance to those things which are eternal.



Nicholas Of Cusa Quotes: "Therefore, in the Beginning, which is Truth, all things are Eternal Truth itself"

Therefore, in the Beginning, which is Truth, all things are Eternal Truth itself



Nicholas Of Cusa Quotes: "That that which is neither true nor truthlike does not exist. Now, whatever exists, exists otherwise in something else than it exists in itself."

That that which is neither true nor truthlike does not exist. Now, whatever exists, exists otherwise in something else than it exists in itself.



Nicholas Of Cusa Quotes: "An external thing that is knowable [is knowable] by means of something internal that is consubstantial [with the rational soul]."

An external thing that is knowable [is knowable] by means of something internal that is consubstantial [with the rational soul].



Nicholas Of Cusa Quotes: "Nor is the darkness of colour a proof of the earth's baseness; for the brightness of the sun, which is visible to us, would not be perceived by anyone who might be in the sun."

Nor is the darkness of colour a proof of the earth's baseness; for the brightness of the sun, which is visible to us, would not be perceived by anyone who might be in the sun.