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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.


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All we know of the truth is that the absolute truth, such as it is, is beyond our reach.



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



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

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



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.



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.



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.



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.



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.



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.



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

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





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