"God transforms, so to speak, this air into……" — Nicolas Malebranche
"God transforms, so to speak, this air into words, into various sounds. He makes you understand these various sounds through the modifications by which you are affected."
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22 Quotes by Nicolas Malebranche
Nicolas Malebranche has 22 quotes on this site.
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Just as our eyes need light in order to see, our minds need ideas in order to create.
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I do not believe there is anything useful which men can know with exactitude that they cannot know by arithmetic…
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One should assiduously pursue perfection without ever claiming to attain it.
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Attentiveness is the natural prayer of the Soul,
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I love good and pleasure, I hate evil and pain, I want to be happy and I am not mistaken…
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You find yourself in the world, without any power, immovable as a rock, stupid, so to speak, as a log…
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Do not fear lest you should meditate too much upon Him and speak of Him in an unworthy way, providing…
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As our bodies live upon the earth and find sustenance in the fruits which it produces, so our minds feed…
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I beg of you always to dwell upon the necessity of a thorough understanding of principles, in order to stop…
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All creatures are united to God alone in an immediate union. They depend essentially and directly upon Him. Being all…
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You cannot of yourself move your arm or alter your position, situation, posture, do to other men good or evil,…
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You will not dishonor the divine perfections by judgments unworthy of them, provided you never judge of Him by yourself,…
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The making of music is profoundly affected by the market.
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