Anaxagoras

Philosopher Ancient Greece 500 – 428

Proposed mind as the ordering principle of the universe and matter.

392 quotes

"What we perceive is filtered through the lens of our understanding."
Wisdom
"The investigation of nature is the highest human calling."
Inspiration
"In every effect lies a cause waiting to be discovered."
Knowledge
"The mind orders the world, but the mind itself remains mysterious."
Philosophy
"To see beauty in nature is to glimpse the divine order."
Beauty
"The parts contain hints of the whole, and the whole is expressed in the parts."
Wisdom
"Nature's laws are written not in books but in the fabric of existence."
Truth
"The philosopher who ceases to wonder has ceased to think."
Education
"All knowledge is ultimately the knowledge of relationships."
Knowledge
"The mind that perceives order creates order."
Philosophy
"To question the apparent is to discover the real."
Wisdom
"In the smallest moment lies eternity; in the smallest space, infinity."
Philosophy
"The universe is more mysterious than any myth humanity has invented."
"Truth requires courage, for it often contradicts our preferences."
Courage
"The seed of all things contains the pattern of all things."
Nature
"To understand requires patience, for nature reveals herself slowly."
Patience
"The mind is the only thing truly free in the universe."
Freedom
"In the pursuit of knowledge, we transcend our mortal limitations."
Inspiration
"The universe speaks to those who have learned its language."
Wisdom
"What we call reality is the interaction of infinite possibilities."
Philosophy
"The greatest discovery is that there is always more to discover."
Education
"To see the eternal in the temporal is to achieve enlightenment."
Wisdom
"The mind alone can bridge the gap between the finite and infinite."
Philosophy
"Nature is not cruel or kind; nature simply is."
Truth
"The investigator must be prepared to have all assumptions challenged."
Knowledge
"In the mixture of all things dwells the secret of becoming."
Change
"The universe is ordered by a principle that transcends human comprehension."
Philosophy
"The greatest thing is mind, for it orders all things and pervades all things."
Philosophy
"All things were together, infinite in number and in smallness."
Science
"Nous, or mind, is the finest of all things and the purest."
Wisdom