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We are an impossibility in an impossible universe.

The celestial order and the beauty of the universe compel me to admit that there is some excellent and eternal Being, who deserves the respect and homage of men.

A human being is part of a whole, called by us the "Universe," a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feelings, as something separated from the rest--a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few personsnearest us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circles of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty.

Space isn't remote at all. It's only an hour's drive away if your car could go straight upwards.

There is a coherent plan to the universe, though I don't know what it's a plan for.

Consciousness . . . is the phenomenon whereby the universe's very existence is made known.

The universe is made of stories, not atoms.

The surest sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere in the universe is that it has never tried to contact us.

Black holes are where God divided by zero.

The universe is asymmetric and I am persuaded that life, as it is known to us,is a direct result of the asymmetry of the universe or of its indirect consequences. The universe is asymmetric.

The most beautiful things in the universe are the starry heavens above us and the feeling of duty within us.

In the beginning, the universe was created. This made a lot of people very angry, and has been widely regarded as a bad idea.

The universe seems bankrupt as soon as we begin to discuss the characters of individuals.

In some sense man is a microcosm of the universe; therefore what man is, is a clue to the universe. We are enfolded in the universe.

The universe is full of magical things patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper.

Some say that the universe is made so that when we are about to understand it it changes into something even more incomprehensible. And then there are those who say that this has already happened.

All inquires carry with them some element of risk. There is no guarantee that the universe will conform to our predispositions.

The crux is that the vast majority of the mass of the universe seems to be missing.

Destiny is not a matter of chance; but a matter of choice. It is not a thing to be waited for, It is a thing to be acheived.

The two most common elements in the universe are hydrogen and stupidity. But not in that order.