“But if, indeed, there be a nobler life in us than in these strangely moving atoms; if, indeed, there is an eternal difference between the fire which inhabits them, and that which animates us,--it must be shown, by each of us in his appointed place, not merely in the patience, but in the activity of our hope, not merely by our desire, but our labor, for the time when the dust of the generations of men shall be confirmed for foundations of the gates of the city of God.” IfsMenMovingDesireDifferencesCitiesFireGenerationsActivityEternalLaborFoundationDustGatesAtomsCity Of God Book:The Ethics of the Dust: Ten Lectures to Little Housewives on the Elements of Crystallisation Source: The Ethics of the Dust: Ten Lectures to Little Housewives on the Elements of Crystallisation
“Certainly it was no design of the atoms to place themselves in a particular order, nor did they decide what motions each should have. But atoms were struck with blows in many ways and carried along by their own weight from infinite times up to the present. They have been accustomed to move and to meet in all manner of ways. For this reason, it came to pass that being spread abroad through a vast time and trying every sort of combination and motion, at length those come together that produce great things, like earth and sea and sky and the generation of living creatures.” WayShouldTryingHas BeensReasonEarthTogetherMovingOrderGenerationsSeaSkyAtheismDesignProduceParticularCreaturesShould HaveWeightInfiniteBlowSpreadPositive AtheismGreat ThingsCombinationLengthAtomsAccustomedLiving CreaturesSea And SkyInfinite Time Author:Lucretius
“The whole material world. It doesn't actually exist. Matter is not material. It's made up of atoms that are moving at lightning speeds around huge empty spaces. So as you go beyond the appearance of molecules, you end up with a subatomic world, and if you go beyond that you end up with nothing. Nothing is the source of everything.” IfsWorldMadeEndsMatterWholeMovingSpaceMaterialsHugeSourceEmptyAppearanceSpeedAtomsLightningMoleculesEmpty SpaceMaterial World Author:Deepak Chopra