God the Father, the supreme Architect, had already built this cosmic home — Giovanni Pico della Mirandola
Let some holy ambition invade our souls, so that, dissatisfied with mediocrity, — Giovanni Pico della Mirandola
To [man] it is granted to have whatever he chooses, to be whatever he wills. — Giovanni Pico della Mirandola
Admittedly great though these reasons be, they are not the principal grounds, that is — Giovanni Pico della Mirandola
At last the best of artisans ordained that that creature to whom he had been able to give nothing — Giovanni Pico della Mirandola
But in its final creation it was not the part of the father’s power to fail as though exhausted. — Giovanni Pico della Mirandola
But, when the work was finished, the craftsman kept wishing that there were someone to ponder the plan.. — Giovanni Pico della Mirandola
For why should we not admire more the angels themselves and the blessed choirs of heaven? — Giovanni Pico della Mirandola
If you see a philosopher determining all things by means of right reason, him you shall reverence: — Giovanni Pico della Mirandola
It was not the part of his kindly love that he who was to praise God’s divine generosity in regard. — Giovanni Pico della Mirandola
On 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 Mirandola
Spiritual beings, either from the beginning or soon thereafter, become what they are to be for ever and ever. — Giovanni Pico della Mirandola
Whatever seeds each man cultivates will grow to maturity and bear in him their own fruit. — Giovanni Pico della Mirandola
The pythagoreans degrade impious men into brutes and, if one is to believe empedocles, even into plants. — Giovanni Pico della Mirandola
And if, happy in the lot of no created thing, he withdraws into the center of his own unity — Giovanni Pico della Mirandola
![To [man] it is granted to have whatever he chooses, to be whatever he wills. Giovanni Pico della Mirandola Picture Quote](https://www.idlehearts.com/images/to-man-it-is-granted-to-have-whatever-he-chooses-to-be-whatever-he-wills.jpg?x85372 "To [man] it is granted to have whatever he chooses, to be whatever he wills.")
