“You're standing in a closet, and you've been in it so long that you can't remember that there's anything else, that there's a huge house with lots of rooms and there are lands outside the house and planets and universes and creations” WorldLongRememberUniverseHouseRoomsLandCreationIgnorancePlanetsHugeBuddhismStandingClosetsOther Worlds Author:Frederick Lenz
“The existing and long-standing use of the word 'evolution' in our state's textbooks has not adversely affected Georgians' belief in the omnipotence of God as creator of the universe, There can be no incompatibility between Christian faith and proven facts concerning geology, biology, and astronomy. There is no need to teach that stars can fall out of the sky and land on a flat Earth in order to defend our religious faith.” NeedsLongStatesFactsUseEarthChristianOrderFallUniverseBeliefStarsReligiousTeachSkyLandEvolutionStandingCreatorAstronomyBiologyFlatsAffectedProvenReligious FaithTextbooksChristian FaithGeologyOmnipotenceIncompatibilityGeorgians Author:Jimmy Carter
“All too willingly man sees himself as the centre of the universe, as something not belonging to the rest of nature but standing apart as a different and higher being. Many people cling to this error and remain deaf to the wisest command ever given by a sage, the famous "Know thyself" inscribed in the temple of Delphi.” PeopleKnowsMenDifferentUniverseGivenHigherStandingErrorsCommandTemplesBelongingCentreSageDeafThyselfWisestKnow ThyselfDelphiNot BelongingStanding Apart Book:On aggression Source: On aggression
“If we define a miracle as an effect of which the cause is unknown to us, then we make our ignorance the source of miracles! And the universe itself would be a standing miracle. A miracle might be perhaps defined more exactly as an effect which is not the consequence or effect of any known laws of nature.” IfsMightWould BeLawUniverseCausesKnownEffectsIgnoranceSourceConsequenceStandingMiracleDefinedLaws Of Nature Author:Charles Babbage
“It will never be altogether well with us till we convert the universe into a prayer room, and continue in the Spirit as we go from place to place.... The prayer hour is left standing before God till the other hours come and stand beside it; then, if they are found to be a harmonious sisterhood, the prayer is granted.” IfsWellsSpiritUniverseFoundLeftHoursPrayerRoomsStandingGrantedHarmoniousSisterhood Author:George Bowen
“I'm a fairly religious person, so I believe in some things that sound a little crazy I'm sure, depending on where you're standing. I believe in leaving room for things that you can't explain in the universe, and you don't have to be religious to leave room for those things.” BelieveLittlesPersonsUniverseI BelieveSoundReligiousRoomsCrazyStandingLeavingI Believe InReligious Person Author:Veronica Roth
“In the same way your life is the continuity of standing up, sitting down, laughing, sleeping, waking up, drinking, eating, and, of course, being born and dying. That is the continuity of the whole universe.” WayWholeLife IsUniverseCoursesBornSleepLaughingDyingEatingSittingStandingWake UpDrinkingWakingContinuitySitting Down Book:The Gateless Gate: The Classic Book of Zen Koans Source: The Gateless Gate: The Classic Book of Zen Koans
“Nothing is ever solved, or created, by standing still. Movement is the process of the Universe. So move. Do something. Anything. But do not stand still. Do not fence sit. Put your foot down on one side or the other, swing the opposite leg over and start walking. You'll know before you take ten steps if you're going in the right direction.” IfsKnowsStillsMovingUniverseProcessSidesInspiringStepsFeetMovementWalkingTenStandingOppositesLegsSwingsFenceRight DirectionStanding Still Author:Neale Donald Walsch
“One might say science is the sum total of our knowledge of the universe, the great library of the known, but the practice of science happens at the border between the known and the unknown. Standing on the shoulders of giants, we peer into the darkness with eyes opened not in fear but in wonder.” MightHappensEyeUniverseKnownWonderPracticeDarknessStandingLibraryShouldersBordersGiantsPeers Book:Wonders of the Universe Source: Wonders of the Universe