“The moral system of the universe is like a document written in alternate ciphers, which change from line to line.” UniverseLinesMoralWrittenMoralityDocumentsCiphers Book:Short Studies on Great Subjects Source: Short Studies on Great Subjects
“The Old Testament contains in many places, but especially in the book of Job, one of the most far-reaching defenses ever written of wilderness, of nature free from the hand of man. The argument gets at the heart of what the loss of nature will mean to us....God seems to be insisting that we are not the center of the universe, that he is quite happy if it rains where there are no people - that God is quite happy with places where there are no people, a radical departure from our most ingrained notions.” PeopleIfsMenHeartMeanBookHandsSeemsJobsUniverseLossWrittenRainArgumentEnvironmentalNotionDefenseRadicalReachingWildernessTestamentOld TestamentDepartureInsistingCenter Of The Universe Author:Bill McKibben
“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
“Creation has the truth written all over it - the age of the universe, the history of the world - but nine-tenths of mankind either don't know it or think it's a sham, because it isn't what their book or their prophet says, and it isn't cozy or manipulable enough.” ThinkingKnowsWorldBookEnoughAgeUniverseWrittenMankindCreationNineProphetOver ItWorld HistoryCozy Author:Sheri S. Tepper
“The wisdom of samadhi is quite different. Higher level wisdom cannot be written down. It cannot be spoken. True wisdom is the knowledge of the universe that is beyond physical expression.” DifferentUniverseLevelsWrittenExpressionHigherHigher LevelSamadhiTrue Wisdom Author:Frederick Lenz
“My major preoccupation is the question, 'What is reality ?' Many of my stories and novels deal with psychotic states or drug-induced states by which I can present the concept of a multiverse rather than a universe. Music and sociology are themes in my novels, also radical political trends; in particular I've written about fascism and my fear of it.” I CanStatesStoriesRealityPoliticalUniverseDealsNovelWrittenParticularDrugMajorsConceptsRadicalThemeTrendsFascismSociologyPreoccupationPsychoticMultiverse Author:Philip K. Dick
“That is a goal, to step out on stage and to actually be present. Honestly alive and present. Although, it doesn't always happen. We're fallible, we're imperfect. That's what a lot of books are written about; that's what a lot of religions have sought after is that kind of zen mentality of just being totally neutral and open and vulnerable to all of the forces in the universe without being attached to them.” KindBookHappensUniverseForceGoalStepsAliveWrittenStageHonestlyVulnerableImperfectMentalityJust Being Author:Dan Mangan
“The story of the universe finally comes to an end. For the first time in its life, the universe will be permanent and unchanging. Entropy finally stops increasing because the cosmos cannot get any more disordered. Nothing happens, and it keeps not happening, forever. It's what's known as the heat-death of the universe. An era when the cosmos will remain vast and cold and desolate for the rest of time the arrow of time has simply ceased to exist. It's an inescapable fact of the universe written into the fundamental laws of physics, the entire cosmos will die.” FirstsEndsFactsStoriesHappensLawDiesUniverseKnownForeverWrittenColdHappeningsFirst TimeFundamentalsPhysicsThings HappenErasPermanentHeatCosmosArrowsEntropyUnchangingDesolateLaws Of Physics Author:Brian Cox
“To understand the Universe, you must understand the language in which it's written, the language of Mathematics.” UniverseLanguageWrittenMathematics Author:Galileo Galilei