“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
“The Philosophy of Tea is not mere aestheticism ... for it expresses conjointly with ethics and religion our whole point of view about man and nature. It is hygiene, for it enforces cleanliness; it is economics, for it shows comfort in simplicity rather than in the complex and costly; it is moral geometry, inasmuch as it defines our sense of proportion to the universe.” MenPhilosophyWholeShowsUniverseViewsMoralComfortEthicsEconomicsMereComplexesSimplicityPoint Of ViewTeaProportionGeometryCleanlinessHygieneMan And Nature Book:The Illustrated Book of Tea Source: The Illustrated Book of Tea
“Those afraid of the universe as it really is, those who pretend to nonexistent knowledge and envision a Cosmos centered on human beings will prefer the fleeting comforts of superstition.” HumansUniverseHuman BeingsComfortCosmosSuperstitionsFleetingSense Of WonderPale Blue Dot Book:Cosmos Source: Cosmos
“Having an answer is a comfort. It's when you start asking questions and those questions pull threads in the larger fabric, you're forced to wonder what you're left with. And for people of any age, it's scary to think the fabric of the universe - or the universe as you've always believed it existed - can just unwind, you know?” PeopleThinkingKnowsAgeUniverseLeftAnswersWonderComfortAskingScaryThreadFabricAlways BelieveAsking QuestionsUnwind Book:God Is in the Pancakes Source: God Is in the Pancakes
“...there is no resistance to the idea that what is foreign can be known. Can be understood. Can be held in the embrace of love that holds the Universe. Given this Earth on which we live and grow, given its beauty and generosity, its majesty and comfort, how can one doubt that one is loved? That in fact there is an abundance, not a scarcity of love? It is all anyone ever wants, really, I believe, and it is all around us as we starve.” WantBelieveIdeasFactsEarthUniverseGivenI BelieveGrowsKnownDoubtComfortUnderstoodEmbraceResistanceGenerosityAbundanceMajestyScarcity Author:Alice Walker