God does not play dice with the universe; He plays an ineffable game of His own devising, which might be compared, from the perspective of the players, (ie everybody), to being involved in an obscure and complex version of poker in a pitch-dark room, with blank cards, for infinite stakes, with a Dealer who won't tell you the rules, and who smiles all the time.
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A human being is part of a whole, called by us the "Universe," a
part limited in time and read more
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.
The size of the universe depresses many people, but not me, I'm delighted at it
The size of the universe depresses many people, but not me, I'm delighted at it
The universe, they said, depended for its operation on the balance of four forces which they identified as charm, persuasion, read more
The universe, they said, depended for its operation on the balance of four forces which they identified as charm, persuasion, uncertainty and bloody-mindedness.
There must be a positive and negative in everything in the universe in order to complete a circuit or circle, read more
There must be a positive and negative in everything in the universe in order to complete a circuit or circle, without which there would be no activity, no motion
In creating, the only hard thing is to begin: a grass blade's no easier to make than an oak.
In creating, the only hard thing is to begin: a grass blade's no easier to make than an oak.
The question is not so much whether there is life on Mars as whether it will continue to be possible read more
The question is not so much whether there is life on Mars as whether it will continue to be possible to live on Earth
A universe that came from nothing in the big bang will disappear into nothing at the big crunch. Its glorious read more
A universe that came from nothing in the big bang will disappear into nothing at the big crunch. Its glorious few zillion years of existence not even a memory.
There are no extra pieces in the universe. Everyone is here because he or she has a place to fill, read more
There are no extra pieces in the universe. Everyone is here because he or she has a place to fill, and every piece must fit itself into the big jigsaw puzzle.
Our sun is one of 100 billion stars in our galaxy. Our galaxy is one of billions of galaxies populating read more
Our sun is one of 100 billion stars in our galaxy. Our galaxy is one of billions of galaxies populating the universe. It would be the height of presumption to think that we are the only living things in that enormous immensity.
