Catherine of Genoa Quotes on Knowledge
Catherine of Genoa was an Italian mystic and philanthropist of the late fifteenth century. This page collects quotes attributed to Catherine of Genoa on the topic of knowledge, drawn from across the philosopher's works.
Quotes
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“In God is my being, my I, my strength, my bliss, my desire. But this I that I often call so...in truth I no longer know what the I is, or the Mine, or desire, or the good, or bliss.”
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“Faith seems to me wholly lost, and hope dead; for it seems to me that I have and hold in the certainty that which I believed and hoped at other times. I no longer see union, for I know nothing more and can see nothing more than him alone without me. I do not know where the I is, nor do I seek it, nor do I wish to know or be cognizant of it.”
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“I cannot work, or walk, or stand, or speak, but all this seems to be a useless thing”
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“Many are astonished at this, and since they do not know the reason, they are offended. And truly, if it were not that God stands by me, the world would often consider me mad, and that is because I almost always live outside myself.”
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