There is a descent from God through the world to animals, and an ascent from animals through the world to God. He is the highest point of the scale, pure act and active power, the purest light. Giordano Bruno More Quotes by Giordano Bruno More Quotes From Giordano Bruno Truth does not change because it is, or is not, believed by a majority of the people. Giordano Bruno majoritytruthpeople In space there are countless constellations, suns and planets; we see only the suns because they give light; the planets remain invisible, for they are small and dark. There are also numberless earths circling around their suns. Giordano Bruno spacelightdark God is infinite, so His universe must be too. Thus is the excellence of God magnified and the greatness of His kingdom made manifest; He is glorified not in one, but in countless suns; not in a single earth, a single world, but in a thousand thousand, I say in an infinity of worlds. Giordano Bruno greatnessexcellenceworld I beg you, reject antiquity, tradition, faith, and authority! Let us begin anew by doubting everything we assume has been proven! Giordano Bruno doubting-everythingassumingtradition All things are in the Universe, and the universe is in all things: we in it, and it in us; in this way everything concurs in a perfect unity. Giordano Bruno unityperfectway The Divine Light is always in man, presenting itself to the senses and to the comprehension, but man rejects it. Giordano Bruno lightdivinemen There is no absolute up or down, as Aristotle taught; no absolute position in space; but the position of a body is relative to that of other bodies. Everywhere there is incessant relative change in position throughout the universe, and the observer is always at the center of things. Giordano Bruno atheismspacebody The fools of the world have been those who have established religions, ceremonies, laws, faith, rule of life. Giordano Bruno stupiditylawworld I need not instruct you of my belief: Time gives all and takes all away ; everything changes but nothing perishes ; One only is immutable, eternal and ever endures, one and the same with itself. With this philosophy my spirit grows, my mind expands. Whereof, how r ever obscure the night may be, I await daybreak, and they who dwell in day look for night Rejoice therefore, and keep whole, if you can, and return love for love. Giordano Bruno givingphilosophynight God is the universal substance in existing things. He comprises all things. He is the fountain of all being. In Him exists everything that is. Giordano Bruno fountainsubstancespiritual The soul is not the body and it may be in one body or in another, and pass from body to body. Giordano Bruno bodysoulmay If the first button of one's coat is wrongly buttoned, all the rest will be crooked. Giordano Bruno coatsbuttonsfirsts Time is the father of truth, its mother is our mind. Giordano Bruno mothertimefather Innumerable suns exist; innumerable earths revolve around these suns in a manner similar Giordano Bruno earthwayworld I fought, and therefore, believed in my victory. There is more to the fact that I didn't fear death and preferred a brave death instead of a life of an idiot. Giordano Bruno victorybravefacts With luck on your side, you can do without brains. Giordano Bruno your-sideluckbrain What you receive from others is a testimony to their virtue; but all that you do for others is the sign and clear indication of your own. Giordano Bruno testimonyclearvirtue I have held and hold souls to be immortal.... Speaking as a Catholic, they do not pass from body to body, but go to paradise, purgatory or hell. But I have reasoned deeply, and, speaking as a philosopher, since the soul is not found without body and yet is not body, it may be in one body or in another, and pass from body to body. Giordano Bruno catholicbodysoul It is proof of a base and low mind for one to wish to think with the masses or majority, merely because the majority is the majority. Truth does not change because it is, or is not, believed by a majority of the people. Giordano Bruno freedomchangetruth What can be more stupid than to be in pain about future things and absent ones which at present are not felt? Giordano Bruno absentpainstupid
