“God cannot be compared to anything. Note this.”
Source: Guide for the Perplexed (c. 1190), Part III, Ch.7
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rabbi, physician, philosopher 1138–1204Related quotes
“Q:So God cannot teach anything, except through a Master?”
A: What is God? You don't know what God is. God cannot be a human being. God is Light; God is power. God cannot talk. Electricity cannot give light. Only the bulb gives light, but electricity has to be put through the wire for the bulb to give light. It's power. Power cannot do anything; it has to be put through a medium. Yes?
Toronto, Ontario, Canada, October 2, 1971
1970s
On Ideas: Ideals: India.
Melodies of Brindavan: Pandit Hariprasad Chourasia
“You cannot be anything you want to be. But you can be everything God wants you to be.”
Source: Cure for the Common Life : Living In Your Sweet Spot (2005), p. 18
On Inspiration in Music, pages 112-117 (originally written around 1903).
Recollections and Reflections
Source: Guide for the Perplexed (c. 1190), Part III, Ch.13
“If you wish to forget anything on the spot, make a note that this thing is to be remembered.”
Marginalia http://www.easylit.com/poe/comtext/prose/margin.shtml (November 1844)
Variant: If you wish to forget anything on the spot, make a note that this thing is to be remembered.