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Giordano Bruno quotes: If the butterfly wings its way to the sweet light that attracts it, it's only becasue it doesn't know that the fire can consume it.

If the butterfly wings its way to the sweet light that attracts it, it's only becasue it doesn't know that the fire can consume it.

Giordano Bruno quotes: I consider that all which lives must feed itself and nourish itself in a manner suitable to the way in which it lives.

I consider that all which lives must feed itself and nourish itself in a manner suitable to the way in which it lives.

Giordano Bruno quotes: Desire urges me on, while fear bridals me.

Desire urges me on, while fear bridals me.

Giordano Bruno quotes: The single spirit doth simultaneously temper the whole together; this is the single soul of all things; all are filled with God .

The single spirit doth simultaneously temper the whole together; this is the single soul of all things; all are filled with God .

Giordano Bruno quotes: There is no law governing all things.

There is no law governing all things.

Giordano Bruno quotes: Nothing is so good that impious and sacrilegious and wicked people cannot contort its proper benefit into evil.

Nothing is so good that impious and sacrilegious and wicked people cannot contort its proper benefit into evil.

Giordano Bruno quotes: Our bodily eye findeth never an end, but is vanquished by the immensity of space.

Our bodily eye findeth never an end, but is vanquished by the immensity of space.

Giordano Bruno quotes: 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.

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 quotes: The fools of the world have been those who have established religions, ceremonies, laws, faith, rule of life.

The fools of the world have been those who have established religions, ceremonies, laws, faith, rule of life.

Giordano Bruno quotes: In this infinite space is placed our universe (whether by chance, by necessity, or by providence I do not now consider).

In this infinite space is placed our universe (whether by chance, by necessity, or by providence I do not now consider).

Giordano Bruno quotes: Nature is none other than God in all things.

Nature is none other than God in all things.

Giordano Bruno quotes: Truth does not change because it is, or is not, believed by a majority of the people.

Truth does not change because it is, or is not, believed by a majority of the people.

Giordano Bruno quotes: It is unity that doth enchant me. By her power I am free though thrall, happy in sorrow, rich in poverty, and quick even in death.

It is unity that doth enchant me. By her power I am free though thrall, happy in sorrow, rich in poverty, and quick even in death.

Giordano Bruno quotes: There is in the universe neither center nor circumference.

There is in the universe neither center nor circumference.

Giordano Bruno quotes: Perchance you who pronounce my sentence are in greater fear than I who receive it.

Perchance you who pronounce my sentence are in greater fear than I who receive it.

Giordano Bruno quotes: I await your sentence with less fear than you pass it. The time will come when all will see what I see.

I await your sentence with less fear than you pass it. The time will come when all will see what I see.

Giordano Bruno quotes: The Divine Light is always in man, presenting itself to the senses and to the comprehension, but man rejects it.

The Divine Light is always in man, presenting itself to the senses and to the comprehension, but man rejects it.

Giordano Bruno quotes: If the first button of one's coat is wrongly buttoned, all the rest will be crooked.

If the first button of one's coat is wrongly buttoned, all the rest will be crooked.

Giordano Bruno quotes: I who am in the night will move into the day.

I who am in the night will move into the day.

Giordano Bruno quotes: I beg you, reject antiquity, tradition, faith, and authority! Let us begin anew by doubting everything we assume has been proven!

I beg you, reject antiquity, tradition, faith, and authority! Let us begin anew by doubting everything we assume has been proven!

Giordano Bruno quotes: Time takes all and gives all.

Time takes all and gives all.

Giordano Bruno quotes: Maybe you who condemn me are in greater fear than I who am condemned.

Maybe you who condemn me are in greater fear than I who am condemned.

Giordano Bruno quotes: Perhaps your fear in passing judgement is greater than mine in receiving it.

Perhaps your fear in passing judgement is greater than mine in receiving it.

Giordano Bruno quotes: Magicians can do more by means of faith than physicians by the truth.

Magicians can do more by means of faith than physicians by the truth.

Giordano Bruno quotes: I pray you, magnificent Sir, do not trouble yourself to return to us, but await our coming to you.

I pray you, magnificent Sir, do not trouble yourself to return to us, but await our coming to you.

Giordano Bruno quotes: With luck on your side, you can do without brains.

With luck on your side, you can do without brains.

Giordano Bruno quotes: Time is the father of truth, its mother is our mind.

Time is the father of truth, its mother is our mind.

Giordano Bruno quotes: You explain right well, and you shew that you understand argument and are not a mere sophist since you accept that which cannot be denied.

You explain right well, and you shew that you understand argument and are not a mere sophist since you accept that which cannot be denied.

Giordano Bruno quotes: All things are in all.

All things are in all.

Giordano Bruno quotes: The gems of philosophy are not less precious because they are not understood.

The gems of philosophy are not less precious because they are not understood.

Giordano Bruno quotes: What can be more stupid than to be in pain about future things and absent ones which at present are not felt?

What can be more stupid than to be in pain about future things and absent ones which at present are not felt?

Giordano Bruno quotes: It may be you fear more to deliver judgment upon me than I fear judgment.

It may be you fear more to deliver judgment upon me than I fear judgment.

Giordano Bruno quotes: The hammers must be swung in cadence, when more than one is hammering the iron.

The hammers must be swung in cadence, when more than one is hammering the iron.

Giordano Bruno quotes: There is one basic cause of all effects.

There is one basic cause of all effects.

Giordano Bruno quotes: Why, I say, do so few understand and apprehend the internal power? ... He who in himself sees all things, is all things.

Why, I say, do so few understand and apprehend the internal power? ... He who in himself sees all things, is all things.

Giordano Bruno quotes: I have declared infinite worlds to exist beside this our earth. It would not be worthy of God to manifest Himself in less than an infinite universe.

I have declared infinite worlds to exist beside this our earth. It would not be worthy of God to manifest Himself in less than an infinite universe.

Giordano Bruno quotes: 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.

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 quotes: The stars in the sky are really other suns like our own, around which orbit other planets. (paraphrase)

The stars in the sky are really other suns like our own, around which orbit other planets. (paraphrase)