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.
Nothing could be more beneficial for even the most zealous searcher for knowledge than his being in fact most learned in that very ignorance which is… - Nicholas Of Cusa
Nothing could be more beneficial for even the most zealous searcher for knowledge than his being in fact most learned in that very ignorance which is…
- Nicholas Of Cusa
Divinity is in all things in such a way that all things are in divinity. - Nicholas Of Cusa
Divinity is in all things in such a way that all things are in divinity.
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 … - Nicholas Of Cusa
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 …
All things are in the intended endpoint, and this mode of being is called will or desire. - Nicholas Of Cusa
All things are in the intended endpoint, and this mode of being is called will or desire.
God says to man: 'Be thou thyself, and I shall be thine.' - Nicholas Of Cusa
God says to man: 'Be thou thyself, and I shall be thine.'
All we know of the truth is that the absolute truth, such as it is, is beyond our reach. - Nicholas Of Cusa
All we know of the truth is that the absolute truth, such as it is, is beyond our reach.
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
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. - Nicholas Of Cusa
Love is subsequent to knowledge and to the thing known, for nothing unknown is loved.
Thou art merciful; when all my endeavour is turned toward Thee because all Thy endeavour is turned toward me; when I look unto Thee alone with all my… - Nicholas Of Cusa
Thou art merciful; when all my endeavour is turned toward Thee because all Thy endeavour is turned toward me; when I look unto Thee alone with all my…
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