A human being is a part of the whole called by us universe; a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts, and his feelings as something separate from the rest - a kind of optical delusion of consciousness.
What a splendid perspective contact with a profoundly different civilization might provide! In a cosmic setting vast and old beyond ordinary human understanding we are a little lonely, and we ponder the ultimate significance, if any, of our tiny but exquisite blue planet, the Earth.... In the deepest sense the search for extraterrestrial intelligence is a search for ourselves.
Ever since celestial mechanics in the skillful hands of Leverrier and Adams led to the world-amazed discovery of Neptune, a belief has existed begotten of that success that still other planets lay beyond, only waiting to be found.
Though thou art far away, thy rays are on Earth; Though thou art in their faces, no one knows thy going.
It is not impossible to suppose that in this case our luminary was taken in the act.
What a type of happy family is the family of the Sun! With what order, with what harmony, with what blessed peace, do his children the planets move around him, shining with light which they drink in from their parent's in at once upon him and on one another!
They are all up — the innumerable stars— And hold their place in heaven. ... There they stand, Shining in order, like a living hymn Written in light, awaking at the breath Of the celestial dawn, and praising Him Who made them, with the harmony of sphere.
The worst state of affairs is when science begins to concern itself with art.
The fear that the universe is not what you assume it to be is very basic, especially when you know damn well it isn't what you assume it to be.
True piety for the universe but no time for religions made for man's convenience.
Truth is something which can't be told in a few words. Those who simplify the universe only reduce the expansion of its meaning.
There is an orderliness in the universe, there is an unalterable law governing everything and every being that exists or lives. It is no blind law; for no blind law can govern the conduct of living beings.
The world is full of magical things patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper.
Man, unlike anything organic or inorganic in the universe, grows beyond his work, walks up the stairs of his concepts, emerges ahead of his accomplishments.
Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the Universe trying to produce bigger and better idiots. So far, the Universe is winning.
Basically, there is simply nothing to worry about, because you yourself are the eternal energy of the universe.
The universe knows the perfect timing for all those things you want and will find, through the crack of least resistance, the best way to deliver it to you.
Duct tape is like the force. It has a light side, and it holds the world together.
Those with the courage to explore the weave and structure of the Cosmos, even where it differs profoundly from their wishes and prejudices, will penetrate its deepest mysteries.
The rules of the game are what we call the laws of nature.
A human being is a part of the whole called by us universe, a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feeling as something separated from the rest, a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest to us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty.
We are a way of the universe knowing itself.
The only things in my life that compatibly exists with this grand universe are the creative works of the human spirit.
My goal is simple. It is a complete understanding of the universe, why it is as it is and why it exists at all.
A painting is a symbol for the universe. Inside it, each piece relates to the other. Each piece is only answerable to the rest of that little world. So, probably in the total universe, there is that kind of total harmony, but we get only little tastes of it.
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