“In 1911 the little town of Nakhla in Egypt was the scene of one of the most remarkable events in historym when a chunk of rock fell from the sky and killed a dog. This is the only known canine fatality caused by a cosmic object. Improbably though this encounter was already, its truly extraordinary nature was revealed only decades later when scientists found that the culprit was not a common-or-garden meteorite, but a piece of the planet Mars.” LittlesFoundCommonKnownPiecesSkyRocksDogEventsObjectsPlanetsSceneGardenScientistTownsExtraordinaryDecadesAstronomyEncountersRemarkableCosmicMarsEgyptChunksCanineLittle TownsFatalityCulprit Book:The Fifth Miracle: The Search for the Origin and Meaning of Life Source: The Fifth Miracle: The Search for the Origin and Meaning of Life
“"Christ" is bigger than the Earth planet. If tomorrow we discover life on another planet, the whole "Jesus" piece would not make sense anymore. If he did everything for just us on this planet he wouldn't be the savior of the "world."” IfsWorldWholeEarthJesusChristPiecesPlanetsTomorrowBiggerMake SenseSavior Author:Richard Rohr
“If each person in this world will simply take a small piece of this huge thing, this amazing quilt, and work it regardless of the color of the yarn, we will have harmony on this planet.” IfsWorldPersonsPiecesThis WorldColorPlanetsHugeHarmonyWorking ItQuiltsYarnSmall Pieces Author:Cicely Tyson
“I often reflect on what an extraordinary time (pun intended) it is to be alive here in the beginning of the twenty-first century. It took life billions of years to get to this point. It took humans thousands of years to piece together a meaningful understanding of our cosmos, our planet and ourselves. Think how fortunate we are to know this much. But think also of all that's yet to be discovered. Here's hoping the deep answers to the deep questions-from the nature of consciousness to the origin of life-will be found in not too much more time.” ThinkingKnowsYearsFirstsHumansTogetherFoundUnderstandingAnswersConsciousnessToo MuchPiecesAliveCenturyPlanetsTwentiesExtraordinaryBillionsMeaningfulFortunateCosmosMore TimeOur PlanetPunOrigin Of Life Book:Undeniable: Evolution and the Science of Creation Source: Undeniable: Evolution and the Science of Creation
“I wrote a piece from North Korea called Visit to a Small Planet which is a line I stole from a play of Gore Vidal's, because it did seem to me as if I had left this planet completely to go on this visit to the northern part of the Korean Peninsula, and it was as if coming back from another spatial body altogether.” IfsPlayBodySeemsLeftLinesPiecesPlanetsGoes OnComing BackKoreaNorth KoreaGoreKoreanSpatialPeninsulas Author:Christopher Hitchens
“You create a friendship on a level that you've never done before. The basic kind of experience is to basically give love to total strangers all the time, and that really changed everything in me. And this piece transformed me more than any other one before. I saw my entire life differently. What do I have to do? What is my passion on this planet? I'm much more focused than I ever was before.” GivingKindDonePassionLevelsSawsPiecesChangedPlanetsStrangerFocusedTransformedMy Passion Author:Marina Abramovic
“The second album was like being on a completely different planet compared to when we were making the first album. ... Even though it was the same musicians, the same artist, the same studio, the same producer, - it felt like a completely different piece of a puzzle.” FirstsDifferentArtistFeltPiecesPlanetsMusicianAlbumsStudiosProducersPuzzles Author:Katie Melua