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Man and the universe16 quotes
I firmly disbelieve, myself, that our human experience is the highest form of experience extant in the universe. I believe rather that we stand in much the same relation to the whole of the universe as our canine and feline pets do to the whole of human life. They inhabit our drawing-rooms and libraries. They take part in scenes of whose significance they have no inkling. They are merely tangent to curves of history the beginnings and ends and forms of which pass wholly beyond their ken. So we are tangent to the wider life of things. — William James · 1906I
a universe of atoms
an atom in the universe. — Richard Feynman · 1955A man said to the universe:
"Sir, I exist!"
"However," replied the universe,
"The fact has not created in me
A sense of obligation." — Stephen Crane · 1899You are a child of the universe no less than the trees and the stars; you have a right to be here. And whether or not it is clear to you, no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should. — Max Ehrmann · 1933All that is in harmony for you, my Universe, is in harmony with me as well. Nothing that comes at the right time for you is too early or too late for me. Everything is fruit to me that your seasons bring, Nature. All things come of you, have their being in you, and return to you. — Marcus Aurelius · 180Just feel what the wave is doing. Then accept its energy. Get in sync and charge with it. You don't need to see. — Bodhi · 1991All 16 quotes →Man and nature2 quotes
All that is in harmony for you, my Universe, is in harmony with me as well. Nothing that comes at the right time for you is too early or too late for me. Everything is fruit to me that your seasons bring, Nature. All things come of you, have their being in you, and return to you. — Marcus Aurelius · 180Just feel what the wave is doing. Then accept its energy. Get in sync and charge with it. You don't need to see. — Bodhi · 1991Atheism1 quote
My atheism, like that of Spinoza, is true piety towards the universe and denies only gods fashioned by men in their own image, to be servants of their human interests. — George Santayana · 1922Humility1 quote
Walk not on the earth exultantly; certainly thou wilt never tear the earth open, nor attain the mountains in height. — Muhammad · 632Insignificance of man1 quote
Walk not on the earth exultantly; certainly thou wilt never tear the earth open, nor attain the mountains in height. — Muhammad · 632Intelligent life1 quote
Sometimes I think the surest sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere in the universe is that none of it has tried to contact us. — Bill Watterson · 1989Nature of man1 quote
I
a universe of atoms
an atom in the universe. — Richard Feynman · 1955New age1 quote
Just feel what the wave is doing. Then accept its energy. Get in sync and charge with it. You don't need to see. — Bodhi · 1991Science1 quote
Equipped with his five senses, man explores the universe around him and calls the adventure Science. — Edwin Hubble · 1929Society and the individual1 quote
Mrs. Pontellier was beginning to realize her position in the universe as a human being, and to recognize her relations as an individual to the world within and about her. — Kate Chopin · 1899Surfing1 quote
Just feel what the wave is doing. Then accept its energy. Get in sync and charge with it. You don't need to see. — Bodhi · 1991The universe1 quote
The universe and I exist together, and all things and I are one. — Zhuang Zhou · 221 BC