John Ruysbroeck (1293–1381) Flemish mystic
Quoted in Friends' Intelligencer, Vol. 107 (1950), ed. 26-52, p. 657
Book IV, line 895.
Astronomica
John Ruysbroeck (1293–1381) Flemish mystic
Quoted in Friends' Intelligencer, Vol. 107 (1950), ed. 26-52, p. 657
“Every word, every image used for God is a distortion more than a description.”
Anthony de Mello (1931–1987) Indian writer
Comprehension
Source: One Minute Wisdom (1989)
George Holmes Howison (1834–1916) American philosopher
Source: The Limits of Evolution, and Other Essays, Illustrating the Metaphysical Theory of Personal Ideaalism (1905), The Right Relation of Reason to Religion, p.255
Pope John Paul II (1920–2005) 264th Pope of the Catholic Church, saint
Apostolic Letter Mulieris Dignitatem, 15 August 1988 <br class="br">Source: www.vatican.va http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/john_paul_ii/apost_letters/documents/hf_jp-ii_apl_15081988_mulieris-dignitatem_en.html
Johannes Kepler book Harmonices Mundi
Book III, Ch. 1 as quoted in "Astrology in Kepler's Cosmology" by Judith V. Field, in Astrology, Science, and Society: Historical Essays (1987) edited by P. Curry, p. 154
Geometry, coeternal with God and shining in the divine Mind, gave God the pattern... by which he laid out the world so that it might be best and most beautiful and finally most like the Creator.
As quoted in Kepler's Geometrical Cosmology (1988), p. 123
Geometry is one and eternal shining in the mind of God. That share in it accorded to men is one of the reasons that Man is the image of God.
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Harmonices Mundi (1618)
Thomas Jackson (1824–1863) Confederate general
Q him, never let up in the pursuit so long as your men have strength to follow…
Source: As quoted in The Civil War : An Illustrated History (1990) by Geoffrey C. Ward, Ken Burns, and Ric Burns, p. 272
Ramakrishna (1836–1886) Indian mystic and religious preacher
Saying 269
Râmakrishna : His Life and Sayings (1898)
“Changing how we see images is clearly one way to change the world.”
Bell Hooks (1952) American author, feminist, and social activist
Source: Reel to Real: Race, Sex, and Class at the Movies