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Wed 2 Aug 2023

Mystery

Posted by PJ under gods, infinity, mysteries, quote of the day
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Random quote of the day:

“A God that can be understood is no God. Who can explain the infinite in words?”

—W. Somerset Maugham, The Razor’s Edge

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Tue 11 Aug 2020

Forever

Posted by PJ under infinity, love, quote of the day
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Random quote of the day:

“That’s one of the first things that comes out of young people’s mouths when they’re in love. Forever. And that’s cool, it’s all good—until you get old enough to realize what forever is.”

―Ice-T, Ice: A Memoir of Gangster Life and Redemption—from South Central to Hollywood

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Mon 6 Nov 2017

Mysterious

Posted by PJ under gods, infinity, mysteries, quote of the day
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Random quote of the day:

“Mystery has its own mysteries, and there are gods above gods. We have ours, they have theirs. That is what’s known as infinity.”

—Jean Cocteau, “Anubis” in Act 2 of The Infernal Machine

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Fri 5 Feb 2016

Infinite mind

Posted by PJ under infinity, mind, quote of the day
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Random quote of the day:

“All other things have a portion of everything, but Mind is infinite and self-ruled, and is mixed with nothing but is all alone by itself.”

—Anaxagoras, quoted by Simplicius, Commentary on Aristotle’s Physics, 164, 24-5

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Mon 6 Apr 2015

Infinite limits

Posted by PJ under infinity, questions and answers, quote of the day
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“An infinite question is often destroyed by finite answers. To define everything is to annihilate much that gives us laughter and joy.”

—Madeleine L’Engle, A Circle of Quiet

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Thu 28 Aug 2014

Forever

Posted by PJ under infinity, love, quote of the day
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Random quote of the day:

“If a thing loves, it is infinite.”

—William Blake, Annotations to Swedenborg

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Wed 24 Oct 2012

The Ununderstandable*

Posted by PJ under infinity, mysteries, quote of the day, the universe
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“The roaring of lions, the howling of wolves, the raging of the stormy sea, and the destructive sword, are portions of eternity too great for the eye of man.”

—William Blake, “Proverbs of Hell,” The Marriage of Heaven and Hell

 

*It’s actually in the Merriam-Webster unabridged. Who knew? I thought I was just making stuff up.

 

 

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Wed 11 Apr 2012

Nothing from nothing is nothing

Posted by PJ under infinity, nothingness, quote of the day
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“Force is force, matter is matter, will is will, the infinite is the infinite, nothing is nothing.”

—Leo Tolstoy, A Confession

 

 

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Tue 8 Jun 2010

And beyond

Posted by PJ under infinity, poetry, quote of the day
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Random quote of the day:

“The poetic notion of infinity is far greater than that which is sponsored by any creed.

—Joseph Brodsky, interview, Writers at Work, Eighth Series, ed. George Plimpton

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