“There is a hierarchy amongst living beings, that is eternal [without beginning or end].”
Madhvacharya (1199–1278) Hindu philosopher who founded Dvaita Vedanta school
Beginner’s Guide to Sri MadhvAchArya’s Life and Philosophy
“Eternity and Existence,” p. 31
The Sun Watches the Sun (1999), Sequence: “Skywalking”
“There is a hierarchy amongst living beings, that is eternal [without beginning or end].”
Madhvacharya (1199–1278) Hindu philosopher who founded Dvaita Vedanta school
Beginner’s Guide to Sri MadhvAchArya’s Life and Philosophy
“Love rests on no foundation.
It is an endless ocean,
with no beginning or end.”
Rumi (1207–1273) Iranian poet
Hush Don't Say Anything to God (1999)
“The final end of Eternity, and the beginning of Infinity”
Isaac Asimov The End of Eternity
Source: The End of Eternity
“Nothing ends without breaking, because everything is endless.”
Antonio Porchia (1885–1968) Italian Argentinian poet
Nada termina sin romperse, porque todo es sin fin.
Voces (1943)
“Infinity is the end. End without infinity is but a new beginning.”
Dejan Stojanovic (1959) poet, writer, and businessman
“Infinity and End,” p. 35
The Sun Watches the Sun (1999), Sequence: “Skywalking”
“Love was without beginning, is, and shall be without ending.”
Julian of Norwich (1342–1416) English theologian and anchoress
The Ninth Revelation, Chapter 22
Context: Love was without beginning, is, and shall be without ending. For which love He said full sweetly these words: If I might suffer more, I would suffer more.
“A trail without beginning has no end.”
Marion Zimmer Bradley book The Door Through Space
Source: The Door Through Space (1961), Chapter 5.
Ray Comfort (1949) New Zealand-born Christian minister and evangelist
Cults, Sects and Questions (c. 1979)
Khalil Gibran (1883–1931) Lebanese artist, poet, and writer
The Anthem of Humanity
The Vision: Reflections on the Way of the Soul (1994)
Context: I have existed from all eternity and, behold, I am here; and I shall exist till the end of time, for my being has no end.
I soared into limitless space and took wing in the imaginal world, approaching the circle of exalted light; and here I am now, mired in matter.
I listened to the teachings of Confucius, imbibed the wisdom of Brahma, and sat beside Buddha beneath the tree of insight. And now I am here, wrestling with ignorance and unbelief. I was on Sinai when Yahweh shed his effulgence on Moses; at the River Jordan I witnessed the miracles of the Nazarene; and in Medina I heard the words of the Messenger to the Arabs. And here I am now, a captive of confusion.
“There is no way to reach the end without mastering the beginning.”
Abu Hamid al-Ghazali (1058–1111) Persian Muslim theologian, jurist, philosopher, and mystic