“Are you in a universe which is ruled by natural laws and, therefore, is stable, firm, absolute - and knowable? Or are you in an incomprehensible chaos, a realm of inexplicable miracles, an unpredictable, unknowable flux, which your mind is impotent to grasp? The nature of your actions - and of your ambition - will be different, according to which set of answers you come to accept.” MindDifferentActionLawReligionUniverseNaturalAnswersAcceptingAmbitionMiracleAbsolutesChaosFirmRealmsStableUnpredictableNatural LawInexplicableFlux Book:Philosophy: Who Needs It Source: Philosophy: Who Needs It
“Religion and science have nothing to do with each other, they're about different things, science is about the way the world works and religion is about [...] miracles. [...] And in any case, if you ask most ordinary people in church or in a mosque why they believe, it's almost certainly got something to do with the belief that God does wonderful things, that God intervenes, that God heals the sick, that God answers prayers, God forgives sins.” PeopleIfsWorldWayBelieveMeanDoeDifferentAsksBeliefChurchPrayerSinAnswersWonderfulOrdinarySickMiracleForgivingHealDifferent ThingsScience And ReligionWonderful ThingsOrdinary PeopleMosquesGod ForgivesGod Answers PrayersGod Heals Author:Richard Dawkins
“What do we measure when we measure time? The gloomy answer from Hawking, one of our most implacably cheerful scientists, is that we measure entropy. We measure changes and those changes are all for the worse. We measure increasing disorder. Life is hard, says science, and constancy is the greatest of miracles.” HardLife IsAnswersScientistMiracleDisorderCheerfulGloomyLife Is HardConstancyEntropy Book:Wild Thoughts from Wild Places Source: Wild Thoughts from Wild Places
“Don't think about why you question, simply don't stop questioning. Don't worry about what you can't answer, and don't try to explain what you can't know. Curiosity is its own reason. Aren't you in awe when you contemplate the mysteries of eternity, of life, of the marvelous structure behind reality? And this is the miracle of the human mind - to use its constructions, concepts, and formulas as tools to explain what man sees, feels and touches. Try to comprehend a little more each day. Have holy curiosity.” ThinkingKnowsMenFeelsTryingMindHumansLittlesReasonUseRealityAnswersBehindsWorryMysteryHolyConceptsToolsEternityMiracleStructureCuriosityEach DayAweHuman MindFormulasConstructionQuestioningContemplatingMarvelousEternity Of Life Author:Albert Einstein
“Forgiveness is the answer to the child's dream of a miracle by which what is broken is made whole again, what is soiled is made clean again.” ChildrenMadeWholeDreamAnswersBrokenForgivenessMiracleForgivingCleanChild AbuseForgivenBroken PromisesWhat Is ForgivenessInspirational ForgivenessPower Of ForgivenessHow To ForgiveForgiving Love Author:Dag Hammarskjold
“There has never been a miracle drug that could equal the Word of God. God's medicine is the answer to every need.” NeedsAnswersDrugEqualMiracleMedicineWord Of God Book:And Jesus Healed Them All Source: And Jesus Healed Them All
“Why is it that, despite having achieved previously undreamed-of miracles of progress, we seem more helpless in facing life than our less privileged ancestors were? The answer seems clear: while humankind collectively has increased its material powers a thousandfold, it has not advanced very far in terms of improving the content of experience.” SeemsTermAnswersClearProgressMaterialsMiracleDespiteAncestorHumankindHelplessPrivilegedImprovingFacing Life Author:Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi