I leave you the best phrases of Giordano Bruno, thinker, philosopher, poet and astrologer of Italian origin, born in Naples. He stood out for his cosmological theories, which described life on other planets, in a vast and infinite universe. He was burned at the stake by the Inquisition, accused of heresy.
You may also be interested in these phrases of Galileo Galilei or these about the universe.
Modern illustration by Giordano Bruno. Source: Wikimedia Commons - "Livre du recteur" (1578), University of Geneva, Switzerland.
-In the universe there is neither center nor circumference.
-All things are in the universe, and the universe is in all things: we are in it, and it is in us; in this way everything coincides in perfect unity.
-In this infinite space our universe was placed, either by luck, necessity or providence.
-I don't care if 1 is prime or not, if 2 is prime or not, or if 3 is prime or not. All that interests me is that there are more stars in the sky than there are prime numbers.
-Strength, with the lantern of reason ahead of you, since otherwise you would not be strength, but stupidity, fury, audacity.
-The truth does not change because it is or is not believed by a majority of people.
-The hatred of the opposite is the love of the other: the love of this is the hatred of that. So, in substance, hate and love are the same thing.
-It is not possible that everyone has the same luck, but it is possible that everyone is offered equally.
-Don't become a judge, if with virtue and strength you are not capable of breaking the snares of injustice.
-What you receive from others is a testimony of their virtue; But everything you do for others is a sign and a clear indication of yours.
-I beg you to reject antiquity, tradition, faith and authority! Let us start from scratch by doubting everything we assume to be proven!
- Make yourself understood, because everyone has full freedom to pronounce their vote and whoever is silent is understood to grant.
-From where our lightness has sunk us, gravity must lift us from there.
-What should be, will be; what should be, is.
Why, I wonder, do so few understand and perceive inner power? He who in himself sees all things is everything.
-Our physical eye can never see the end, but it is overcome by the immensity of space.
-That the tree should not be judged by the beautiful leaves, but by the good fruits and those that do not produce them, that they be uprooted and leave the site to others who perform.
-It is natural that the sheep that have the wolf as their ruler have as a punishment being eaten by him.
-With luck on your side, one can survive without being smart.
-Time is the father of truth; it is the mother of our mind.
-Let's get ready, I say, first in the intellectual sky that is within us and then in this other sensitive one that appears bodily to our eyes.
-That I will sink into death, I know it must be; but with that death of mine, what life will die?
-You, who condemn me, fear more than I, who receive the sentence.
-In each man, in each individual, a world, a universe is contemplated.
- Slow, I say, serious and weighed must be the resolutions; Mature, secret and cautious should be the advice, but the execution should be winged, swift and swift.
-Unity captivates me. Thanks to its power I am free in slavery, I am happy in sadness, and even quick in death.
-Beautiful views stimulate our feelings of love, and otherwise provoke feelings of hatred and misfortune. And the emotions of the soul and spirit bring something additional to the body itself, which exists under the control of the soul and the direction of the spirit.
-Since I have given my wings to a great purpose, the lower my feet I see the clouds, the more I release my pinions to the winds, the more I despise the earth and soar towards the heavens.
-The state of venereal burning torments us, that of satisfied desire saddens us, but what makes us happy is the transition from one state to another.
-People argue, not to find or seek the truth, but to achieve victory and give the impression of being the most educated and energetic defenders of the contrary opinion. Such people are to be avoided by those who lack a shell of patience.
-God is omnipotent and perfect and the universe is infinite; if God knows everything then He is able to think of everything, including what I think.
-The law must consist of all theory and all practice in the trial.
-God is infinite and therefore his universe must also be. It is the excellence of God magnified, and the greatness of His kingdom is manifested. He is glorified, not only in one, but in countless suns; and not in a single land but in thousands of thousands, infinite I would say.
-You explain well, and show that you understand the arguments and you are not a simple sophist, since you accept what cannot be denied.
-The soul is not the body and can be in one body or another, and pass from one body to another.
-In the beginning, the middle and the end of the birth, growth and perfection of all that we contemplate as opposite there is action and reaction, movement, diversity, multitude and order; there are degrees, sequence and vicissitude.
-The universe is then one, infinite and immobile. It is not capable of understanding and therefore it is endless and unlimited, and up to that point infinite and indeterminable, and therefore immobile.
-A poor mind is one that thinks like the crowd, because it is the crowd. The truth is not altered by the opinions of the vulgar, nor by the confirmations of many.
-Where great wisdom is not judged when believing without discretion, where the impostures of men are distinguished from divine counsels, where an act of religion and superhuman piety is not judged to pervert the natural law.
-Magicians can do more through faith than physicians through truth.
-We do not like the effort but in the beginning, after the rest; no longer being at first, after effort, there is no delight in rest.
-The Divine Light always lies in man, presenting itself to the senses and understanding, but man rejects it.
-He knows well that in the eternal incorporeal substance nothing is changed, formed or deformed, but that it always remains itself, without being subject to dissolution.
- That the cults, religions, sacrifices and inhuman laws be repealed.
-One is only immutable, eternal and lasts forever, one and himself with himself. With this philosophy my spirit grows, my mind expands.
-Why are you looking for it so far hidden if you find paradise in yourselves?
-The soul, in its power, is present in some way throughout the universe, because it captures substances that are not included in the body in which it lives, although they are related to it.
-Divine love does not oppress or keep its servant captive and enslaved to the lowest depths, but rather elevates, supports and magnifies him above all freedom.
-The diadem, the miter, the crown do not exalt the head without at the same time overloading it; the royal mantle and the scepter do not adorn the body without disturbing it.
-The biggest and most important things do not exist without the smallest and most insignificant.
-The fools of this world have been those who have established religions, ceremonies, laws, faith, and guidelines of life.
-I await your sentence with less fear than with which you enunciate it. The time will come when everyone sees what I see.
-The Divinity exists in all things. Everything has latent Divinity within it. Since it encompasses and imparts itself to even the smallest beings. Without her presence there would have been nothing, because she is the essence of existence.
-There is no law that applies to all things.
-I fought for my victory, and therefore I believe in it. There is more to living the life of an idiot, such as not being afraid of death and preferring a brave death.
-Nature is but the presence of God in all things. Animals and plants are living effects of nature, where God is present everywhere.
-Nothing is bad in an absolute way, but with respect to something else.
-If the butterfly flies in the direction of the sweet light that attracts it, it is only because it does not know that the fire can consume it.
-No law should be accepted that is not intended for human coexistence. -What can be more stupid than feeling pain for future and absent things that are not currently felt?
-Blind who does not see the sun, fool who does not know it, ungrateful who does not thank it, if so much is the light, so much good, so much benefit, with which it shines, with which it stands out, with which it favors us, master of the senses, father of substances, author of life.
-He who refuses an infinite result also refuses an infinite power.
-Hammers must strike in cadence when more than one hits the iron.
-Look, then, how treacherous time tames us, how we are all subjected to mutation.
-I don't know when, but I know that many in this century have developed the arts and sciences, and have sown the seeds of a new culture that will blossom, unexpectedly, suddenly, just when power mistakenly believes that it has won.
- Slap all the vates, prophets, soothsayers, doomsayers and forecasters.
-I take to the skies and rise to infinity. And while I ascend from my world to the others and penetrate even further into the eternal field. That which others see from afar, I leave far behind me.
-In space there are countless constellations, suns and planets; We only see the suns because they provide light; the planets remain invisible, as they are small and dark.
-No matter how dark the night is, I wait for the dawn, and those who live in the day wait for the night. So rejoice, and keep your integrity, if you can, and return love for love.
-Time takes everything away and gives everything; everything changes but nothing perishes.
-The gems of philosophy do not become less precious by not being understood.
-I have declared that there is an infinity of worlds besides our earth. It would not be worthy of God to manifest itself in anything less than an infinite universe.
-God is the universal substance in all things. He is made up of all things. He is the source of all existence. In Him there is all that is.
- The law that does not have wisdom as its mother and the rational intellect for its father is neither true nor good.
-There is no basic cause for all effects.
-Nature cries out against such madness, assuring us that neither the spirit nor the body should fear death, because both form and matter are absolutely unchangeable principles.