“This is a quantum universe ... neither random nor determined. It is potential at every second. All you can do is intervene.” UniverseCan DoDeterminedQuantumEvery Second Author:Jeanette Winterson
“When confronted with a demand that the universe have a cause, infidels have usually pointed out that God was not much of an explanation. This is true enough, but not really a positive argument. After mechanistic explanation became popular, infidels liked to restrict causality to the chain of causes in an eternal material universe, pointing out that no supernatural cause was then necessary. Plausible, but still rather defensive. Today's skeptic can do better. In all likelihood, the universe is uncaused. It is random. It just is.” StillsEnoughTodayReligionUniverseCausesCan DoMaterialsDemandEternalArgumentChainsExplanationPointingSkepticPlausibleLikelihoodInfidelCausality Author:Taner Edis
“If God thinks this state of war in the universe is a price worth paying for free will--that is, for making a live world in which creatures can do real good or harm and something of real importance of real importance can happen, instead of a toy world which only moves when He pulls the strings--then we may take it it is worth paying.” IfsThinkingWorldMayWarRealStatesHappensMovingUniverseCan DoCreaturesImportanceHarmStringsFree WillToys Book:The Complete C. S. Lewis Signature Classics Source: The Complete C. S. Lewis Signature Classics
“I am deeply spiritual; I revel in those things that make for good - the things that we can do to shed a little light, to help place an oft-dissonant universe back in tune with itself... Long live art, long live friendship, long live the joy of life!” LittlesLongArtHelpingLightSpiritualJoyUniverseCan DoTunesShedJoy Of Life Author:Jessye Norman
“Jim Carrey can do anything he wants, right? There are guys like that. I'm not one of those guys, so my career has been cobbled together with what the universe has put in front of me.” WantHas BeensTogetherGuyUniverseCan DoCareersFronts Author:LeVar Burton
“I'm really impotent against the overwhelming bleakness of the universe and the only thing I can do is my little gift [filmmaking] and do it the best I can, [...] which is cold comfort.” LittlesI CanUniverseCan DoColdComfortOverwhelmingFilmmakingBleakness Author:Woody Allen
“I feel that all you can do is give it your absolute best with whatever gifts the universe has given you. And if you make it in some way that other people can recognize, that's fine. But even if you don't quote-unquote make it, you're fine, if you've given it your whole heart and soul. You're totally in sync with your purpose and with the universe. And that's fine.” PeopleIfsWayGivingFeelsHeartSoulWholePurposeUniverseGivenCan DoFineAbsolutesHeart And SoulSync Author:Alice Walker
“In Deism our reason and our belief become happily united. The wonderful structure of the universe, and everything we behold in the system of the creation, prove to us, far better than books can do, the existence of a God, and at the same time proclaim His attributes.” BookReasonUniverseBeliefCan DoUnitedExistenceWonderfulCreationProveStructureAttributesDeism Book:The Complete Writings of Thomas Paine Source: The Complete Writings of Thomas Paine
“Especially as a title-holder, you can do great things with charities, because people suddenly care about what you have to say. I wanted to make a difference, which is why I created the Queen of the Universe pageant. I want to change all of those stigmas in the beauty pageant world.” PeopleWorldWantCareWantedUniverseCan DoDifferencesCharityGreat ThingsTitlesQueensMaking A DifferenceStigmaPageantBeauty Pageant Author:Joyce Giraud