Universe - Quotes
We hunger for significance for signs that our personal existence is of special meaning to the universe. To that end, we are all to eager to deceive ourselves and others to discern a sacred image in a grilled cheese sandwich or find a divine warning in a comet.
Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey (movie)
We were born into a mystery, one that has haunted us since at least as long as we've been human. We awakened on this tiny world beneath a blanket of stars like an abandoned baby left on a doorstep without a note to explain where we came from, who we are, how our universe came to be, and with no idea how to end our cosmic isolation. We’ve had to figure it all out for ourselves.
Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey (movie)
It`s the glitches and twists [...], that make this universe unique and compelling. Without flaws, there would be no depth, no substance.
The surest sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere in the universe is that it has never tried to contact us.
Science is based on experiment, on a willingness to challenge old dogma, on an openness to see the universe as it really is.
It is far better to understand the Universe as it really is than to pretend to a Universe as we might wish it to be.
Holding on to anything is like holding on to your breath. You will suffocate. The only way to get anything in the physical universe is by letting go of it. Let go & it will be yours forever.
This is a mathematical universe. We are surrounded by equations and summations. Your life: the current state of your life and life itself is a direct summation of the equation you have created.
The universe is like a safe to which there is a combination - but the combination is locked up in the safe.
Sometimes I think we`re alone in the universe, and sometimes I think we`re not. In either case the idea is quite staggering.
Short stories are tiny windows into other worlds and other minds and other dreams. They are journeys you can make to the far side of the universe and still be back in time for dinner.
I like mathematics because it is not human and has nothing particular to do with this planet or with the whole accidental universe - because, like Spinoza`s God, it won`t love us in return.
My goal is simple. It is complete understanding of the universe, why it is as it is and why it exists at all.