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The universe27 quotes
The time will come when this universe and nature herself will be no more. And just as of very great human kingdoms and empires and of their marvelous exploits, which were so very famous in other ages, there remains no sign of fame whatsoever, so too of the entire world, and of the infinite vicissitudes and calamities of all created things, no single trace will remain, but a naked silence and a most profound quiet will fill the immensity of space. Thus, this stupendous and frightening mystery of universal existence, before it can be declared or understood, will vanish and be lost. — Giacomo Leopardi · 1835But perhaps the universe is suspended on the tooth of some monster. — Anton Chekhov · 1904I think the main thing a musician would like to do is to give a picture to the listener of the many wonderful things he knows of and senses in the universe. That's what music is to me-it's just another way of saying this is a big, beautiful universe we live in, that's been given to us, and here's an example of just how magnificent and encompassing it is. That’s what I would like to do. I think that’s one of the greatest things you can do in life, and we all try to do it in some way. The musician’s is through his music. — John Coltrane · 1962I am much occupied with the investigation of physical causes. My aim in this is to show that the celestial machine is not similar to a divine animated being, but similar to a clock. — Johannes Kepler · 1605This universe is not hostile, nor yet is it friendly. It is simply indifferent. — John H. Holmes · 1932I saw within Its depth how It conceives
all things in a single volume bound by Love,
of which the universe is the scattered leaves. — Dante Alighieri · 1321All 27 quotes →Nature of the universe8 quotes
But perhaps the universe is suspended on the tooth of some monster. — Anton Chekhov · 1904This universe is not hostile, nor yet is it friendly. It is simply indifferent. — John H. Holmes · 1932The most terrifying fact about the universe is not that it is hostile but that it is indifferent. — Stanley Kubrick · 1968The whole universe depends on everything fitting together, just right. If one piece busts, even the smallest piece...the entire universe will get busted. — Hushpuppy · 2012I believe the common denominator of the universe is not harmony, but chaos, hostility, and murder. — Werner Herzog · 2005Now, my own suspicion is that the universe is not only queerer than we suppose, but queerer than we can suppose... I suspect that there are more things in heaven and earth than are dreamed of, or can be dreamed of, in any philosophy. — J.B.S. Haldane · 1927All 8 quotes →Origin of the universe6 quotes
What is it that breathes fire into the equations and makes a universe for them to describe?...Why does the universe go to all the bother of existing? — Stephen Hawking · 1988If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe. — Carl Sagan · 1980In the beginning the Universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move. — Douglas Adams · 1978The cosmos is all there is or ever was or ever will be. Our contemplations of the cosmos stir us. There is a tingling in the spine, a catch in the voice, a faint sensation, as if a distant memory, of falling from a great height. We know we are approaching the grandest of mysteries. — Carl Sagan · 1980From the intrinsic evidence of his creation, the Great Architect of the Universe now begins to appear as a pure mathematician. — James Jeans · 1930If we find the answer to that, it would be the ultimate triumph of human reason-for then we would know the mind of God. — Stephen Hawking · 1988Interconnectedness of all things3 quotes
The whole universe depends on everything fitting together, just right. If one piece busts, even the smallest piece...the entire universe will get busted. — Hushpuppy · 2012The universe and I exist together, and all things and I are one. — Zhuang Zhou · 221 BCWhen we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it hitched to everything else in the universe. — John Muir · 1869God2 quotes
He is glorified not in one, but in countless suns, not in a single earth, a single world, but in a thousand thousand, I say in an infinity of worlds. — Giordano Bruno · 1584From the intrinsic evidence of his creation, the Great Architect of the Universe now begins to appear as a pure mathematician. — James Jeans · 1930Apple pie1 quote
If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe. — Carl Sagan · 1980Beginning of time1 quote
In the beginning the Universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move. — Douglas Adams · 1978Creation of the world1 quote
In the beginning the Universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move. — Douglas Adams · 1978Cruel world1 quote
I believe the common denominator of the universe is not harmony, but chaos, hostility, and murder. — Werner Herzog · 2005Curiosity1 quote
The effort to understand the universe is one of the very few things that lifts human life a little above the level of farce, and gives it some of the grace of tragedy. — Steven Weinberg · 1977Death of the universe1 quote
The time will come when this universe and nature herself will be no more. And just as of very great human kingdoms and empires and of their marvelous exploits, which were so very famous in other ages, there remains no sign of fame whatsoever, so too of the entire world, and of the infinite vicissitudes and calamities of all created things, no single trace will remain, but a naked silence and a most profound quiet will fill the immensity of space. Thus, this stupendous and frightening mystery of universal existence, before it can be declared or understood, will vanish and be lost. — Giacomo Leopardi · 1835Existence of the universe1 quote
What is it that breathes fire into the equations and makes a universe for them to describe?...Why does the universe go to all the bother of existing? — Stephen Hawking · 1988God and the universe1 quote
He is glorified not in one, but in countless suns, not in a single earth, a single world, but in a thousand thousand, I say in an infinity of worlds. — Giordano Bruno · 1584Insignificance of man1 quote
The life of man is of no greater importance to the universe than that of an oyster. — David Hume · 1776Laws of physics1 quote
What is it that breathes fire into the equations and makes a universe for them to describe?...Why does the universe go to all the bother of existing? — Stephen Hawking · 1988Man and animals1 quote
The life of man is of no greater importance to the universe than that of an oyster. — David Hume · 1776Man and the universe1 quote
The universe and I exist together, and all things and I are one. — Zhuang Zhou · 221 BCMeaning of life1 quote
There is a theory which states that if ever anyone discovers exactly what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable. There is another theory which states that this has already happened. — Douglas Adams · 1980Monism1 quote
One principle must make the universe a single complex living creature, one from all. — Plotinus · 270Multiverse theory1 quote
He is glorified not in one, but in countless suns, not in a single earth, a single world, but in a thousand thousand, I say in an infinity of worlds. — Giordano Bruno · 1584Music1 quote
I think the main thing a musician would like to do is to give a picture to the listener of the many wonderful things he knows of and senses in the universe. That's what music is to me-it's just another way of saying this is a big, beautiful universe we live in, that's been given to us, and here's an example of just how magnificent and encompassing it is. That’s what I would like to do. I think that’s one of the greatest things you can do in life, and we all try to do it in some way. The musician’s is through his music. — John Coltrane · 1962Narcissism1 quote
Everything in my own immediate experience supports my deep belief that I am the absolute center of the universe. — David Foster Wallace · 2005Perception vs. reality1 quote
Everything in my own immediate experience supports my deep belief that I am the absolute center of the universe. — David Foster Wallace · 2005Physics1 quote
If we find the answer to that, it would be the ultimate triumph of human reason-for then we would know the mind of God. — Stephen Hawking · 1988Power of music1 quote
I think the main thing a musician would like to do is to give a picture to the listener of the many wonderful things he knows of and senses in the universe. That's what music is to me-it's just another way of saying this is a big, beautiful universe we live in, that's been given to us, and here's an example of just how magnificent and encompassing it is. That’s what I would like to do. I think that’s one of the greatest things you can do in life, and we all try to do it in some way. The musician’s is through his music. — John Coltrane · 1962Purpose of life1 quote
There is a theory which states that if ever anyone discovers exactly what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable. There is another theory which states that this has already happened. — Douglas Adams · 1980Space1 quote
The cosmos is all there is or ever was or ever will be. Our contemplations of the cosmos stir us. There is a tingling in the spine, a catch in the voice, a faint sensation, as if a distant memory, of falling from a great height. We know we are approaching the grandest of mysteries. — Carl Sagan · 1980The human condition1 quote
The effort to understand the universe is one of the very few things that lifts human life a little above the level of farce, and gives it some of the grace of tragedy. — Steven Weinberg · 1977The infinite1 quote
He is glorified not in one, but in countless suns, not in a single earth, a single world, but in a thousand thousand, I say in an infinity of worlds. — Giordano Bruno · 1584The laws of physics1 quote
I am much occupied with the investigation of physical causes. My aim in this is to show that the celestial machine is not similar to a divine animated being, but similar to a clock. — Johannes Kepler · 1605