“In the end, science as we know it has two basic types of practitioners. One is the educated man who still has a controlled sense of wonder before the universal mystery, whether it hides in a snail's eye or within the light that impinges on that delicate organ. The second kind of observer is the extreme reductionist who is so busy stripping things apart that the tremendous mystery has been reduced to a trifle, to intangibles not worth troubling one's head about.” KnowsMenKindHas BeensStillsTwoEndsLightEyeScienceWonderMysteryTypeUniversalBusyExtremesEducatedControlledDelicateOrgansObserversTriflesSense Of WonderSnailStrippingEducated Man Author:Loren Eiseley
“Nothing grows among its pinnacles; there is no shade except under great toadstools of sandstone whose bases have been eaten to the shape of wine glasses by the wind. Everything is flaking, cracking, disintegrating, wearing away in the long, inperceptible weather of time. The ash of ancient volcanic outbursts still sterilizes its soil, and its colors in that waste are the colors that flame in the lonely sunsets on dead planets.” LongHas BeensStillsGrowsColorPlanetsWindShapesWasteLonelyBasesWineAncientGlassesWeatherFlamesSoilSunsetShadeAshesWine GlassPinnacleOutburstToadstoolsSandstone Author:Loren Eiseley
“We are rag dolls made out of many ages and skins, changelings who have slept in wood nests, and hissed in the uncouth guise of waddling amphibians. We have played such roles for infinitely longer ages than we have been human. Our identity is a dream. We are process, not reality.” HumansHas BeensMadeDreamRealityAgeProcessSleepRolesIdentityEvolutionSkinsInfiniteWoodsNestsDollsRagsGuiseUncouthHissingChangelingsAmphibians Author:Loren Eiseley
“It has been asserted that we are destined to know the dark beyond the stars before we comprehend the nature of our own journey.” KnowsHas BeensStarsDarkJourneyDestinedBeyond The Stars Book:The Unexpected Universe: A Library of America eBook Classic Source: The Unexpected Universe: A Library of America eBook Classic
“It has been said repeatedly that one can never, try as he will, get around to the front of the universe. Man is destined to see only its far side, to realize nature only in retreat.” MenTryingHas BeensSaidUniverseSidesNatureRealizingFrontsRetreatDestinedHmmmFar Side Author:Loren Eiseley
“It has been said that great art is the night thought of man. It may emerge without warning from the soundless depths of the unconscious, just as supernovas may blaze up suddenly in the farther reaches of void space.” MenMayHas BeensArtSaidNightSpaceArt IsDepthUnconsciousWarningVoidGreat ArtSupernova Book:The Unexpected Universe: A Library of America eBook Classic Source: The Unexpected Universe: A Library of America eBook Classic
