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    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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The chess-board is the world, the pieces are the phenomena of the universe, the rules of the game are what read more

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.

by Thomas Henry Huxley Found in: Universe Quotes,
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The world is so empty if one thinks only of mountains, rivers and cities; but to know someone here and read more

The world is so empty if one thinks only of mountains, rivers and cities; but to know someone here and there who thinks and feels with us, and though distant, is close to us in spirit - this makes the earth for us an inhabited garden.

by Johann Von Goethe Found in: Universe Quotes,
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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

by Teilhard De Chardin Found in: Universe Quotes,
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The Sun, with all the planets revolving around it, and depending on it, can still ripen a bunch of grapes read more

The Sun, with all the planets revolving around it, and depending on it, can still ripen a bunch of grapes as though it had nothing else in the Universe to do.

by Galileo Galilei Found in: Universe Quotes,
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The reduction of the universe to a single being, the expansion of a single being even to God, this is read more

The reduction of the universe to a single being, the expansion of a single being even to God, this is love.

by Victor Hugo Found in: Universe Quotes,
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Maybe this world is another planet's hell.

Maybe this world is another planet's hell.

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

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

by Fred Hoyle Found in: Universe Quotes,
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The universe as we know it is a joint product of the observer and the observed.rn

The universe as we know it is a joint product of the observer and the observed.rn

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

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

by Indian Proverb Found in: Universe Quotes,
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