“I see no reason to believe that a creator of protoplasm or primeval matter, if such there be, has any reason to be interested in our insignificant race in a tiny corner of the universe, and still less in us, as still more insignificant individuals. Again, I see no reason why the belief that we are insignificant or fortuitous should lessen our faith.” IfsShouldBelieveStillsMatterReasonScienceUniverseIndividualBeliefInterestRaceCreatorCornersTinyReason WhyNo ReasonInsignificantPrimevalFortuitous Author:Rosalind Franklin
“The diseased pride [of artistic individualists] was not even conscious of a public interest, and would have found all political terms utterly tasteless and insignificant. It was no longer a question of one man one vote, but of one man one universe.” MenPoliticalUniverseFoundTermInterestPrideConsciousVoteIndividualityArtisticOne ManInsignificantPublic InterestDiseased Author:Gilbert K. Chesterton
“I stared up in disbelief at the information my eyes fed my brain, and lost myself to the stars. For the first time in my life I had a greater idea of how infinitesimally small our planet really is and, furthermore, how tiny and insignificant I am in the grand scheme of the vast universe. I took a seat on a rock next to Lily and took in the moment to comprehend the vastness of everything else, and the incredible smallness of I.” FirstsIdeasMomentsEyeUniverseNextLostStarsBrainGreaterRocksInformationPlanetsFirst TimeIncrediblesTinySeatsFedsSchemesInsignificantOur PlanetDisbeliefLiliesVastnessSmallnessLost Myself Author:Craig Stone
“I love to read the dedications of old books written in monarchies for they invariably honor some (usually insignificant) knight or duke with fulsome words of sycophantic insincerity, praising him as the light of the universe (in hopes, no doubt, for a few ducats to support future work); this old practice makes me feel like such an honest and upright man, by comparison, when I put a positive spin, perhaps ever so slightly exaggerated, on a grant proposal.” MenFeelsBookLightUniversePracticeSupportDoubtWrittenHonestHonorPraiseNo DoubtComparisonGrantsDedicationInsignificantProposalKnightsMonarchyExaggeratedDukesLove To ReadOld BooksInsincerityUpright ManFuture Work Author:Stephen Jay Gould
“There's nothing tiny or insignificant. Everything is significant. And everything flows on the same basis of Laws. Whether you are looking at world events or something that's happening in your kitchen drawer, broad and important, or narrow and seemingly insignificant, there's potential for connection or disconnection in either case. And it is only the connection or the disconnection that is of really any importance.” WorldImportantLawUniverseCasesEventsHappeningsFlowConnectionsImportanceBasesTinySignificantKitchenBroadsInsignificantDrawersDisconnectionLearn To AppreciateWorld Events Author:Esther Hicks