It takes a fearless, unflinching love and deep humility to accept the universe as it is. The most effective way he knew to accomplish that, the most powerful tool at his disposal, was the scientific method, which over time winnows out deception. It can't give you absolute truth because science is a permanent revolution, always … Continue reading Quote for Today: Ann Druyan
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Quote for Today: Paramahansa Yogananda
As water [vapor] by cooling and condensation becomes ice, so thought by condensation assumes physical form. Everything in the universe is thought in material form. --Paramahansa Yogananda Public Domain Image via pxhere
Quote for Today: Carl Safina
We are the universe aware of itself. We let the miracle get lost in distractions. On a planet so rich with living companions, much of humanity sentences itself to solitary confinement. Late at night, I used to lie in my boat listening to radio calls from ships to families ashore. There was only one … Continue reading Quote for Today: Carl Safina
Quote for Today: Douglas Adams
There is a theory which states that if ever anyone discovers exactly what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable. There is another theory which states that this has already happened. --Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Quote for Today: G.K. Chesterton
Can you not see… that fairy tales in their essence are quite solid and straightforward; but that this everlasting fiction about modern life is in its nature essentially incredible? Folk-lore means that the soul is sane, but that the universe is wild and full of marvels. Realism means that the world is dull and … Continue reading Quote for Today: G.K. Chesterton
Quote for Today: R.G. Risch
The universe is not a stagnant place where technology stands still and only the few govern its destiny. Rather, it is a multidimensional dynamic entity that interacts with all things, even the very smallest. And what part we each place in it and the effect we have on it is a matter of our own … Continue reading Quote for Today: R.G. Risch
Quote for Today: Carl Sagan
There is a wide yawning black infinity. In every direction the extension is endless, the sensation of depth is overwhelming. And the darkness is immortal. Where light exists, it is pure, blazing, fierce; but light exists almost nowhere, and the blackness itself is also pure and blazing and fierce. But most of all, there is … Continue reading Quote for Today: Carl Sagan
