“Everything that exists is in a manner the seed of that which will be.”
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Marcus Aurelius400
Emperor of Ancient Rome 121–180Related quotes
J.C. Ryle (1816–1900) Anglican bishop
Source: The Upper Room (1888), Ch. XVI: "The Duties of Parents"
John Stuart Mill book Autobiography
cannot be answered, because we have no experience or authentic information from which to answer it; and that any answer only throws the difficulty a step further back, since the question immediately presents itself, “Who made God?”
Source: Autobiography (1873), Ch. 2: Moral Influences in Early Youth. My Father's Character and Opinions.
Jean-Baptiste Say (1767–1832) French economist and businessman
Source: A Treatise On Political Economy (Fourth Edition) (1832), Introduction, p. xvii
Max Planck (1858–1947) German theoretical physicist
The Universe in the Light of Modern Physics (1931)
“A little of all things, but nothing of everything, after the French manner.”
Michel De Montaigne book Essays
On the education of children; Book I, Chapter 26
Essais (1595), Book I
Sarada Devi (1853–1920) Hindu religious figure, spiritual consort of Ramakrishna
[Swami Tapasyananda, Swami Nikhilananda, Sri Sarada Devi, the Holy Mother; Life and Conversations, 292]
“No seed shall perish which the soul hath sown.”
John Addington Symonds (1840–1893) English poet and literary critic
Sonnet. Versöhnung. A Belief.
