“One thing most of us agree on is that the universe exists (people who deny that usually follow some trade other than science), so if some theoretical particle interaction would lead ultimately to the nonexistence of the universe, then you can save a lot of electricity by not trying to demonstrate it.” PeopleIfsTryingUniverseOne ThingAgreeTradeDenyInteractionElectricityParticlesTheoretical Book:Forever Peace Source: Forever Peace
“This is a marvel of the universe: To fling a thought across a stretch of sky-- Some weighty message, or a yearning cry, It matters not; the elements rehearse Man's urgent utterance, and his words traverse The spacious heav'ns like homing birds that fly Unswervingly, until, upreached on high, A quickened hand plucks off the message terse.” MenMatterHandsUniverseSkyCryElementsMessagesBirdRadioYearningElectricityUrgentUtteranceFlingPluckTraverse Author:Josephine Preston Peabody
“Nature is not personal. She is the compound of all these processes which move through the universe to effect the results we know as Life and of all the ordinances which govern that universe and that make Life continuous. She is no more the Hebrew's Jehovah than she is the Physicist's Force; she is as much Providence as she is Electricity; she is not the Great Pattern any more than she is the Blind Chance.” KnowsMovingUniverseForceProcessChanceResultsAtheismEffectsBlindPatternsPositive AtheismProvidenceElectricityPhysicistCompoundsHebrewJehovahOrdinances Author:Luther Burbank
“Physics is the science of all the tremendously powerful invisibilities - of magnetism, electricity, gravity, light, sound, cosmic rays. Physics is the science of the mysteries of the universe. How could anyone think it dull?” ThinkingLightScienceUniverseSoundPowerfulMysteryPhysicsDullRaysCosmicGravityElectricityInvisibilityMagnetismCosmic Rays Book:Twice Shy Source: Twice Shy