To [man] it is granted to have whatever he chooses, to be whatever he wills.
Giovanni Pico della MirandolaOn man when he came into life the Father conferred the seeds of all kinds and the germs of every way of life.
Giovanni Pico della MirandolaWhatever seeds each man cultivates will grow to maturity and bear in him their own fruit. If they be vegetative, he will be like a plant.
Giovanni Pico della MirandolaAt last the best of artisans ordained that that creature to whom He had been able to give nothing proper to himself should have joint possession of whatever had been peculiar to each of the different kinds of being.
Giovanni Pico della Mirandola