This quote aids significantly in Rabelais's humanist views. Although the quote shows that one can not escape generational mistakes, it highlights Rabelais's idea that "His head is for the new learning, while his flesh and heart belong to the old" (Screech & Cohen). This is important because the letter shows how one must continue to learn and accept new knowledge even if the past cannot be completely forgotten.

Source: Screech, M.A., Cohen, John Michael. "François Rabelais". Encyclopedia Britannica, 27 May. 2024, https://www.britannica.com/biography/Francois-Rabelais. Accessed 27 March 2025.

I found this quote to be very significant as Panurge is on a journey regarding love and for this to be Pantagruel's response shows the significance of Panurge's journey and how, what he seeks, can't be sought with meaningless words. Emily Butterworth explains this exchange deeper with; "words no longer have any purchase: Panurge’s bad faith in his marriage quest and his seeming determination to ‘give empty words’ rather than the binding ones of a successful marriage negotiation". This quote shows the importance of words in relationships and how silence can be better than words of no meaning or significance.

Source; Butterworth, Emily. "‘Motz […] en main’ or words you can hold in your hand: Rabelais in the Printshop (Quart Livre, 55–6)". Early Modern French Studies, 2024. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/citedby/10.1080/20563035.2024.2311156?scroll=top&needAccess=true

In this passage Arjuna sees Krishna in his divine form and Arjuna is in such awe. By using the phrase "Gone is heart's force, rebuked is mind's desire" Arjuna is showing how the sight makes him disregard all earthly desire and practical thought. Krishna shows Arjuna himself in this form through a revelation to Arjuna in order to "to persuade Arjuna to fight. Hence, His revelation only to Arjuna". By revealing himself to Arjuna this way, Krishna shows Arjuna not just how powerful he is but, with the comparison to all consuming flames, how destructive he can be as well. Source: Dasa, Chaitanya Charana. The Universal Form as Revealed in the Bhagavad-gita.

This particular quote's reference of "secret things" is not in regard to actual secrets but to the truth or origin of life. By using such examples of "lore of all the learned, the seed of all which springs" is an explanation that all that exists is because of and within us all. This shows that all of nature owes it's existence and origin to God but there is a bit of that God (or divine) in each of us showing that God is not just around us but within us all as well. "All objects, both manifest and unmanifest, including nature are created out of God at the beginning of the kalpa and after completing their life cycles all objects dissolve into God at the end of the kalpa (creation)". This shows that the cycle of life ends where it begins. By being born and created from a God and ending that cycle by becoming a part of that God's divinity. Source: Mohanty, Susil Kumar. International Journal of Science and Research (IJSR). "Scientific Analysis of “The Bhagavad Gita” on God Reflecting Ancient Indian Culture". Vol. 13. 2024.