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Religious literature5 quotes
Therefore it is necessary to arrive at a prime mover, put in motion by no other; and this everyone understands to be God. — St. Thomas Aquinas · 1265And God saw that it was good. — Genesis 1:21 · 1405 BCIn the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. — Genesis 1:1 · 1405 BCThen God said, “Let there be light”; and there was light. — Genesis 1:3 · 1405 BCAll things are artificiall, for nature is the Art of God. — Sir Thomas Browne · 1643Philosophical literature2 quotes
Nature never makes excellent things for mean or no uses. — John Locke · 1690Nothing can be created from nothing. — Lucretius · 55 BCScientific literature2 quotes
This most beautiful system of the sun, planets and comets, could only proceed from the counsel and dominion of an intelligent and powerful Being... This Being governs all things, not as the soul of the world, but as Lord over all; and on account of his dominion he is wont, to be called Lord God παντοκρατωρ or Universal Ruler. — Isaac Newton · 1713Every act of perception, is to some degree an act of creation, and every act of memory is to some degree an act of imagination. — Gerald M. Edelman · 2000Autobiography and memoir1 quote
All things are artificiall, for nature is the Art of God. — Sir Thomas Browne · 1643Didactic poem1 quote
Nothing can be created from nothing. — Lucretius · 55 BC