For all the [body's] members seek nothing except inseparable union with the intellect, as with their beginning, ultimate good, and everlasting life.
Nicholas of CusaTime is to eternity as an image is to its exemplar, and those things which are temporal bear a resemblance to those things which are eternal.
Nicholas of CusaAll we know of the truth is that the absolute truth, such as it is, is beyond our reach.
Nicholas of CusaFor when we say that what is different is different, we affirm that what is different is the same as itself. For what is different can be different only through the Absolute Same, through which all that is is both the same as itself and other than another.
Nicholas of Cusa