“Nothing which consists of corporeal matter is absolutely light, but that is comparatively lighter which is rarer, either by its own nature, or by accidental heat. And it is not to be thought that light bodies are escaping to the surface of the universe while they are carried upwards, or that they are not attracted by the earth. They are attracted, but in a less degree, and so are driven outwards by the heavy bodies; which being done, they stop, and are kept by the earth in their own place.” MatterDoneBodyLightEarthUniverseDegreesHeavySurfaceDrivenHeatEscapingLightersBeing Done Author:Johannes Kepler
“We want to see the universe in its absolute, pure, naked, perfection. We want to know its wonder. We want to know the totality of ourselves. That's done in steps and degrees and not in one day.” KnowsWantDoneUniverseWonderStepsOne DayPureDegreesPerfectionAbsolutesNakedMysticismTotality Author:Frederick Lenz
“Human rights are an aspect of natural law, a consequence of the way the universe works, as solid and as real as photons or the concept of pi. The idea of self- ownership is the equivalent of Pythagoras' theorem, of evolution by natural selection, of general relativity, and of quantum theory. Before humankind discovered any of these, it suffered, to varying degrees, in misery and ignorance.” WayHumansIdeasRealSelfLawUniverseNaturalRightsIgnoranceTheoryEvolutionDegreesConceptsConsequenceAspectMiseryHuman RightsHumankindQuantumOwnershipSelectionRelativityNatural SelectionNatural LawTheoremsQuantum TheoryPhotonsGeneral RelativitySelf Ownership Author:L. Neil Smith
“The Entity who brought the universe into existence must be a Personal Being, for only a person can design with anywhere near this degree of precision.” PersonsUniverseExistenceDesignDegreesScaryEntityPrecision Author:Hugh Ross
“Now, as there is an infinity of possible universes in the Ideas of God, and as only one of them can exist, there must be a sufficient reason for God's choice, which determines him toward one rather than another. And this reason can be found only in the fitness, or the degrees of perfection, that these worlds contain, since each possible thing has the right to claim existence in proportion to the perfection it involves.” WorldIdeasReasonChoicesUniverseFoundExistenceDegreesPerfectionClaimsDetermineSufficientProportionInfinity Author:Gottfried Leibniz