Divine life is in touch with the whole universe on the analogy of the soul's contact with the body.
It is the lot of man to share in the deeper aspirations of the universe around him and to share his own destiny as well as that of the universe, now by adjusting himself to its forces, now by putting the whole of his energy to his own ends and purposes.
A fact never went into partnership with a miracle. Truth scorns the assistance of wonders. A fact will fit every other fact in the universe, and that is how you can tell whether it is or is not a fact. A lie will not fit anything except another lie.
If the universe is running down like a clock, the clock must have been wound up at a date which we could name if we knew it. The world, if it is to have an end in time, must have had a beginning in time.
The chess-board is the world, the pieces are the phenomena of the universe, the rules of the game are what we call the laws of Nature. The player on the other side is hidden from us.
There is only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and that's your own self.
There's only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and that's your own self.
Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.
The life of man is of no greater importance to the universe than that of an oyster.
Equipped with his five senses, man explores the universe around him and calls the adventure Science.
We find them smaller and fainter, in constantly increasing numbers, and we know that we are reaching into space, farther and farther, until, with the faintest nebulae that can be detected with the greatest telescopes, we arrive at the frontier of the known universe.
There is a coherent plan in the universe, though I don't know what it's a plan for.
At the height of laughter, the universe is flung into a kaleidoscope of new possibilities.
I believe absolutely in love being the central motive force of the universe.
The adults don't know what's happening on the kids' universe and the kids don't know what's happening on the adults' universe.