“Poets say science takes away from the beauty of stars-mere globs of gas atoms. Nothing is "mere". I too see the stars on a desert night, and feel them. But do I see less or more? ...What is the pattern, or the meaning, or the why? It does not do harm to the mystery to know a little more about it. For far more marvelous is the truth than any artists of the past imagined it.” KnowsFeelsLittlesDoePastArtistNightStarsMysteryPoetMerePatternsHarmDesertGasAtomsMarvelous Author:Richard P. Feynman
“We have grasped the mystery of the atom and rejected the sermon on the mount.” HistoryMysteryNuclearAtomsNuclear WeaponsRejectedSermonsNuclear WarSermon On The MountAtomic Weapons Author:Omar N. Bradley
“It must really be a lonelier journey than anyone could imagine. Cutting through absolute darkness, encountering nothing but the occasional hydrogen atom. Flying blindly into the abyss, believing therein lie the answers to the mysteries of the universe.” BelieveLyingUniverseAnswersDarknessCuttingImagineMysteryJourneyAbsolutesFlyingAtomsAbyssOccasionalHydrogenHydrogen Atom Author:Makoto Shinkai