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“I stared up in disbelief at the information my eyes fed my brain, and lost myself to the stars. For the first time in my life I had a greater idea of how infinitesimally small our planet really is and, furthermore, how tiny and insignificant I am in the grand scheme of the vast universe. I took a seat on a rock next to Lily and took in the moment to comprehend the vastness of everything else, and the incredible smallness of I.”

“It seemed to me that I now saw the Star Maker in two aspects: as the spirit's particular creative mood that had given rise to me, the cosmos; and also, most dreadfully, as something incomparably greater than creativity, namely as the eternally achieved perfection of the absolute spirit. Barren, barren and trivial are these words. But not barren the experience.”

Two Spirit Given Stars Creativity Creative Saws Greater Particular Aspect Perfection Absolutes Mood Cosmos Makers Barren

Author:Olaf Stapledon

“From without, no wonderful effect is wrought within ourselves, unless some interior, responding wonder meets it. That the starry vault shall surcharge the heart with all rapturous marvelings, is only because we ourselves are greater miracles, and superber trophies than all the stars in universal space.”

Heart Stars Space Wonder Greater Wonderful Effects Universal Miracle Unity Interiors Responding Trophies Vaults Marveling

Book:Pierre; Or, The Ambiguities

Source: Pierre; Or, The Ambiguities

“There is no greater joy for me than looking at the sky on a clear night with an attention so concentrated that all my other thoughts disappear; then one can think that the stars enter into one's soul.”

Thinking Soul Joy Night Stars Attention Clear Greater Sky Disappear

Author:Simone Weil

“As the moon, though darkened with spots, gives us a much greater light than the stars that sewn all-luminous, so do the Scriptures afford more light than the brightest human authors. In them the ignorant may learn all requisite knowledge, and the most knowing may learn to discern their ignorance.”

Giving Humans May Light Stars Knowing Greater Ignorance Moon Bible Scripture Ignorant Spots Luminous

Author:Robert Boyle

“If there's some kind of rock star status, would I be irresponsible if I didn't somehow use it for a continued greater good? I'm always involved in some way with reaching the public.”

Ifs Way Kind Use Stars Greater Rocks Involved Reaching Rock Star Irresponsible Greater Good

Author:Neil deGrasse Tyson

“I used to live in Los Angeles, but I didn't want my kids to grow up in the thick of the obsession with movie-making. There's a lot of sensationalism and superficiality. I wanted to take my kids out of that and raise 'em up elsewhere, and I wanted to stop being preoccupied with whether my star is on the rise or the descent. I can't imagine having a much greater life, and I don't want to be preoccupied with things that don't matter. But of course, ironically, my two oldest daughters have decided that they're going to be actresses.”

“A wise man shall overrule his stars, and have a greater influence upon his own content than all the constellations and planets of the firmament.”

Men Stars Greater Wise Influence Planets Astrology Constellations Firmament

Book:The Beauties of J. Taylor: Selected from His Works with an Essay on His Life and Writings

Source: The Beauties of J. Taylor: Selected from His Works with an Essay on His Life and Writings

“Sensitive husbands don't like second billing. I don't believe Franchot ever for a moment resented the fact that I was a star. Possibly he resented Hollywood's refusal to let him forget it. There was never a doubt in my mind that his talent was greater than mine.”

Mind Believe Moments Facts Stars Forget Doubt Greater Talent Mines Husband Hollywood Don't Believe Sensitive Forget It Refusal Billing

Book:A Portrait of Joan: The Autobiography of Joan Crawford

Source: A Portrait of Joan: The Autobiography of Joan Crawford

“Celebrities were quick to understand that paparazzi could make icons of them. The more a star is followed and admired, the greater the adulation. So they raised the stakes, sometimes hiding when they don't even need to. Today, stardom is more ephemeral and it's photography that gives them their celebrity status.”

Needs Giving Sometimes Today Stars Greater Photography Raised Hiding Stakes Icons Ephemeral Paparazzi Stardom Adulation Celebrity Status

Author:Ron Galella