Fragments of Parmenides 14

I shall not let you say nor think that it came from what is not; for it can neither be thought nor uttered that anything is not.  

And, if it came from nothing, what need could have made it arise later rather than sooner? 

Therefore must it either be altogether or be not at all. 

Nor will the force of truth suffer anything to arise besides itself from that which is not. 

Wherefore, justice does not loose her fetters and let anything come into being or pass away, but holds it fast.

IMAGE: Frederick Hart, Ex Nihilo, Washington National Cathedral (1984)