“Behold a universe so immense that I am lost in it. I no longer know where I am. I am just nothing at all. Our world is terrifying in its insignificance.” KnowsWorldScienceUniverseLostKnowledgeOur WorldImmenseInsignificance Author:Bernard le Bovier de Fontenelle
“We are impressed and even daunted by the immense Universe to be explored. "What we know is a point to what we do not know."” KnowsScienceUniverseKnowledgeImmenseImpressed Book:Delphi Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson (Illustrated) Source: Delphi Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson (Illustrated)
“It is impossible to concieve of this immense and wonderful universe as the result of blind chance or necessity.” UniverseChanceResultsWonderfulImpossibleBlindImmense Author:Charles Darwin
“Nothing comes out more clearly in astronomical observations than the immense activity of the universe.” UniverseActivityObservationImmense Book:Maria Mitchell: Life, Letters, and Journals Source: Maria Mitchell: Life, Letters, and Journals
“In the immense cathedral which is the universe of God, each person, whether scholar or manual laborer, is called to act as the priest of his whole life--to take all that is human, and to turn it into an offering and a hymn of glory.” HumansPersonsWholeTurnsUniverseGloryWhole LifePriestsOfferingScholarImmenseManualsHymnsCathedralsLaborers Author:Paul Evdokimov
“I've got a telescope in my garden and one of the things I love to do is go out and let the sky, the night sky, the galaxies, the Orion nebula, have an impact on my mind. I find that awe inspiring. And just to contemplate on what the astronomers have revealed to us about the immense size and so on of the universe. I find that very healthy. And it's a good thing to do.” MindNightUniverseSkyHealthyGardenImpactGood ThingsSizeThings To DoAweContemplatingImmenseGalaxyNight SkyTelescopesThings I LoveAstronomersAwe InspiringOrionNebula Author:John Lennox
“I feel like a sailor, or better, like an explorer of the immense universe of art. The artist is a discoverer in search of the keys that open the door to emotions and feelings . Art is the place where rationality, fantasy, truth and fiction mix up in a detonating mixture.” FeelsArtFeelingsArtistUniverseEmotionFictionFantasyDoorsKeysArt IsImmenseRationalityMixturesSailorExplorers Author:Augusto De Luca
“The universe, as far as we can observe it, is a wonderful and immense engine.... If we dramatize its life and conceive its spirit, we are filled with wonder, terror and amusement, so magnificent is the spirit.” IfsWorldSpiritUniverseWonderWonderfulFilledTerrorEnginesImmenseMagnificentAmusement Author:George Santayana