“Within itself the soul sees all things more truly than as they exist in different things outside itself. And the more it goes out unto other things in order to know them, the more it enters into itself in order to know itself.” KnowsDifferentSoulOrderAll ThingsDifferent Things Author:Nicholas of Cusa
“Paul indeed wanted to reveal the unknown God to the philosophers and then affirms of Him, that no human intellect can conceive Him. Therefore, God is revealed therein, that one knows that every intellect is too small to make itself a figuration or concept of Him. However, he names him God, or in Greek, theos.” KnowsHumansWantedNamesConceptsPhilosopherIntellectGreek Author:Nicholas of Cusa
“If that one is already a great artist, who knows how to educe from a small piece of wood the face of a king or of a queen, an ant or a camel, how great then is the mastery which can form as actuality everything which is in all potentiality? Therefore, God, who is able to produce from the most minute piece of matter the similitude of all forms which can be in this world and in infinitely many worlds, is of admirable subtlety.” IfsKnowsWorldMatterAbleFacesFormArtistKnow HowPiecesMinutesThis WorldProduceKingsWoodsQueensMasteryGreat ArtAntsAdmirableGreat ArtistSubtletyCamelsActualitySmall Pieces Author:Nicholas of Cusa
“All we know of the truth is that the absolute truth, such as it is, is beyond our reach.” KnowsScienceTruth IsAbsolutesAbsolute Truth Author:Nicholas of Cusa