Of the eternal incorporeal substance nothing is changed, is formed or deformed, but there always remains only that thing which cannot be a subject of dissolution, since it is not possible that it be a subject of composition, and therefore, either of itself or by accident, it cannot be said to die.
GIORDANO BRUNOIn this infinite space is placed our universe (whether by chance, by necessity, or by providence I do not now consider).
More Giordano Bruno Quotes
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I don’t care if 1 is prime or not, if 2 is prime or not, if 3 is prime or not. All I care is that there are more stars in the heavens than primes in the earth.
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I understand Being in all and over all, as there is nothing without participation in Being, and there is no being without Essence. Thus nothing can be free of the Divine Presence.
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In space there are countless constellations, suns and planets; we see only the suns because they give light; the planets remain invisible, for they are small and dark.
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The Divine Light is always in man, presenting itself to the senses and to the comprehension, but man rejects it.
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If the first button of one’s coat is wrongly buttoned, all the rest will be crooked.
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I fought, and therefore, believed in my victory. There is more to the fact that I didn’t fear death and preferred a brave death instead of a life of an idiot.
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I cleave the heavens and soar to the infinite. And while I rise from my own globe to others and penetrate ever further through the eternal field. That which others saw from afar, I leave far behind me.
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In this infinite space is placed our universe (whether by chance, by necessity, or by providence I do not now consider).
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The stars in the sky are really other suns like our own, around which orbit other planets. (paraphrase)
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It may be you fear more to deliver judgment upon me than I fear judgment.
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We delight in one knowable thing, which comprehends all that is knowable; in one apprehensible, which draws together all that can be apprehended; in a single being that includes all, above all in the one which is itself the all.
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The soul is not the body and it may be in one body or in another, and pass from body to body.
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It is unity that doth enchant me. By her power I am free though thrall, happy in sorrow, rich in poverty, and quick even in death.
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There is in the universe neither center nor circumference.
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I await your sentence with less fear than you pass it. The time will come when all will see what I see.
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