“There are certain protective forces in the universe that do watch over us, but the innocent die too.” InspirationalCertainDiesUniverseForceWatchesBuddhismInnocentProtective Author:Frederick Lenz
“The Formless Supreme Being abides in the Realm of Eternity. Over His creation He casts His glance of grace. In that Realm are contained all the continents and the universes, Exceeding in number all count. Of creation worlds upon worlds abide therein; All obedient to His will; He watches over them in bliss, And has each constantly in mind.” WorldMindUniverseNumbersWatchesGraceCreationEternityCastsSupremeBlissRealmsContinentsGlancesAbidingObedientSupreme Being Author:Guru Nanak
“L'univers?je l'en estime plus depuis que je sais qu'il ressemble a' une montre; il est surprenant que l'ordre de la nature, tout admirable qu'il est, ne roule que sur des choses si simples. I have come to esteem the universe more now that I know it resembles a watch; it is surprising that the order of nature, as admirable as it is, only runs on such simple things.” KnowsRunningOrderUniverseSimpleWatchesEsteemPlusSurprisingAdmirableSimple Things Author:Bernard le Bovier de Fontenelle
“Involved in my own entrails and a crust Turning a pitted surface towards a space, I am a world that watches through a sky And is persuaded by mirrors To regard its being as an external shell, One of a universe of stars and faces.” WorldFacesUniverseStarsMy OwnSpaceWatchesSkyInvolvedMirrorsRegardSurfaceShells Book:New Collected Poems of Stephen Spender Source: New Collected Poems of Stephen Spender
“'Participant' is the incontrovertible new concept given by quantum mechanics. It strikes down the 'observer' of classical theory, the man who stands safely behind the thick glass wall and watches what goes on without taking part. It can't be done, quantum mechanics says it...May the universe in some sense be 'brought into being' by the participation of those who participate?” MenMayDoneUniverseGivenBehindsWatchesHe ManTheoryWallGoes OnConceptsUnityGlassesStrikesThickQuantumParticipationMechanicObserversParticipantsQuantum Mechanics Author:John Archibald Wheeler
“This universe is a fan of you. Watch the flowers in the morning, how they open towards the same sun that spends it's whole day following you.” WholeUniverseWatchesMorningSunFansFlowerFollowing Author:Anis Mojgani
“...All the wonders of our universe can in effect be captured by simple rules, yet ... there can be no way to know all the consequences of these rules, except in effect just to watch and see how they unfold.” KnowsWayScienceUniverseSimpleWonderWatchesEffectsConsequenceMathematicsCaptured Author:Stephen Wolfram
“As Popa penetrates deeper into his life, with book after book, it begins to look like a Universe passing through a Universe. It is one of the most exciting things in modern poetry, to watch this journey being made.” LooksMadeBookUniverseWatchesJourneyModernExcitingDeeperPassingPassingsPenetratePassing ThroughExciting ThingsModern Poetry Author:Ted Hughes