Anaxagoras

Philosopher Ancient Greece 500 – 428

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

392 quotes

"The mind that understands nature understands itself."
Philosophy
"To live well is to think well and observe carefully."
Life
"The human mind is capable of understanding divine order."
Knowledge
"Change is the only constant, yet all things contain seeds of permanence."
Change
"Beauty arises when mind organizes chaos into harmony."
Beauty
"The greatest teacher is nature itself, if we learn to read it."
Education
"Power comes not from force but from understanding."
Power
"We must distinguish between the eternal and the temporary."
Truth
"The mind's eye sees what the body's eye cannot."
Wisdom
"Justice requires that we understand the nature of all things."
Justice
"The stars are not gods but natural bodies governed by law."
Science
"Ignorance is the only true evil, knowledge the only good."
Knowledge
"The universe operates according to principles we can discover and understand."
Philosophy
"What seems impossible is only improbable until we understand the mechanism."
Imagination
"The mind achieves its highest purpose in contemplating order."
Wisdom
"All substances are infinitely divisible and infinitely contain all qualities."
Science
"To pursue wisdom is to align oneself with the universal mind."
Education
"The apparent diversity of nature masks an underlying unity."
Philosophy
"Courage comes from understanding the true nature of what we fear."
Courage
"The mind must be disciplined to see beyond illusions."
Wisdom
"Nature rewards the observer who approaches with patience and reason."
Nature
"The pursuit of truth requires constant questioning and observation."
Truth
"Mind is the pilot steering all things toward their proper end."
Philosophy
"We cannot create what does not already exist in potential form."
Creativity
"The rational examination of nature reveals divine intelligence."
Science
"What we call motion is the separation and combination of eternal elements."
Change
"The wise person sees unity in apparent multiplicity."
Wisdom
"Understanding brings peace, ignorance brings turmoil."
Peace
"The mind that questions learns more than the mind that merely accepts."
Education
"All growth is simply the rearrangement of what already exists."
Life