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God says to man: 'Be thou thyself, and I shall be thine.'


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All we know of the truth is that the absolute truth, such as it is, is beyond our reach.

All we know of the truth is that the absolute truth, such as it is, is beyond our reach.



Divinity is in all things in such a way that all things are in divinity.

Divinity is in all things in such a way that all things are in divinity.



All things are in the intended endpoint, and this mode of being is called will or desire.

All things are in the intended endpoint, and this mode of being is called will or desire.



In humility alone lies true greatness, and knowledge and wisdom are profitable only in so far as our lives are governed by them.

In humility alone lies true greatness, and knowledge and wisdom are profitable only in so far as our lives are governed by them.



Love is subsequent to knowledge and to the thing known, for nothing unknown is loved.

Love is subsequent to knowledge and to the thing known, for nothing unknown is loved.



There will be a machina mundi whose centre, so to speak, is everywhere, whose circumference is nowhere, for God is its circumference and centre and He is everywhere and nowhere.

There will be a machina mundi whose centre, so to speak, is everywhere, whose circumference is nowhere, for God is its circumference and centre and He is everywhere and nowhere.



Since beings desire to exist, because to exist is a good thing: they desire the One without which they cannot exist.

Since beings desire to exist, because to exist is a good thing: they desire the One without which they cannot exist.



In every science certain things must be accepted as first principles if the subject matter is to be understood; and these first postulates rest upon faith.

In every science certain things must be accepted as first principles if the subject matter is to be understood; and these first postulates rest upon faith.



In creating the world, God used arithmetic, geometry, and likewise astronomy.

In creating the world, God used arithmetic, geometry, and likewise astronomy.



With the senses man measures perceptible things, with the intellect he measures intelligible things, and he attains unto supra-intelligible things transcendently.

With the senses man measures perceptible things, with the intellect he measures intelligible things, and he attains unto supra-intelligible things transcendently.





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Technology... is a queer thing. It brings you great gifts with one hand, and it stabs you in the back with the other.



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Assessments should compare the performance of students to a set of expectations, never to the performance of other students.



I think fracking for gas will reduce the incentive to turn to renewables, and I think it will do a lot of other damage across the countryside.

I think fracking for gas will reduce the incentive to turn to renewables, and I think it will do a lot of other damage across the countryside.



What if compassion is also profitable? What if compassion is also good for business?

What if compassion is also profitable? What if compassion is also good for business?



A zombie apocalypse isn't the most jovial situation.

A zombie apocalypse isn't the most jovial situation.



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And for an instant, I fantasized about wrapping my arms around her right then and there.

And for an instant, I fantasized about wrapping my arms around her right then and there.



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The future is but the obsolete in reverse.



Since no one is always right, always being right is really a role model for his children feeling inadequate.

Since no one is always right, always being right is really a role model for his children feeling inadequate.




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