9 quotes about Infinity

There is no more steely barb than that of the Infinite.

— Baudelaire, Charles

Offer unto me that which is very dear to thee -- which thou holdest most covetable. Infinite are the results of such an offering.

— Bhagavad Gita

The poetic notion of infinity is far greater than that which is sponsored by any creed.

— Brodsky, Joseph

While many people are trying to be in tune with infinite, what they really are is in tune with the indefinite.

— Butterworth, Eric

Whenever we encounter the Infinite in man, however imperfectly understood, we treat it with respect. Whether in the synagogue, the mosque, the pagoda, or the wigwam, there is a hideous aspect which we execrate and a sublime aspect which we venerate. So great a subject for spiritual contemplation, such measureless dreaming -- the echo of God on the human wall!

— Hugo, Victor

Seek the Infinite, for that alone is Joy unlimited, imperishable, unfailing, self-sustaining, unconditioned, timeless. When you have this joy, human life becomes a paradise; the light, the grace, the power, the perfections of that which is highest in your inner consciousness, appear in your everyday life.

— Omkarananda, Swami

I mistrust the satisfaction which makes a display of the possession of Infinity; that is called fatuity in philosophic terms.

— Quinet, Edgar

If any philosopher had been asked for a definition of infinity, he might have produced some unintelligible rigmarole, but he would certainly not have been able to give a definition that had any meaning at all.

— Russell, Bertrand

This moment exhibits infinite space, but there is a space also wherein all moments are infinitely exhibited, and the everlasting duration of infinite space is another region and room of joys.

— Traherne, Thomas