"We have made thee neither of heaven nor……" — Giovanni Pico Della Mirandola
"We have made thee neither of heaven nor of earth, Neither mortal or immortal, So that with freedom of choice and with honor, As thought the maker and molder of thyself, Thou mayest fashion thyself in whatever shape thou shalt prefer. Thou shalt have the power out of thy soul's judgment, to be reborn into the higher forms, which are divine."
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Giovanni Pico Della Mirandola
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17 Quotes by Giovanni Pico Della Mirandola
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Whatever seeds each man cultivates will grow to maturity and bear in him their own fruit. If they be vegetative,…
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On man when he came into life the Father conferred the seeds of all kinds and the germs of every…
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A sacred pride should grip us of not being satisfied with the mediocre but to strive (for we can do…
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To [man] it is granted to have whatever he chooses, to be whatever he wills.
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Let some holy ambition invade our souls, so that, dissatisfied with mediocrity, we shall eagerly desire the highest things and…
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The Pythagoreans degrade impious men into brutes and, if one is to believe Empedocles, even into plants.
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It was not the part of His kindly love that he who was to praise God's divine generosity in regard…
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Admittedly great though these reasons be, they are not the principal grounds, that is, those which may rightfully claim for…
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For why should we not admire more the angels themselves and the blessed choirs of heaven?
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But in its final creation it was not the part of the Father's power to fail as though exhausted. It…
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But, when the work was finished, the Craftsman kept wishing that there were someone to ponder the plan of so…
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At last the best of artisans ordained that that creature to whom He had been able to give nothing proper…
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