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.
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.
All the evidence shows that God was actually quite a gambler, and the universe is a great casino, where dice read more
All the evidence shows that God was actually quite a gambler, and the universe is a great casino, where dice are thrown, and roulette wheels spin on every occasion
Black holes are where God divided by zero.
Black holes are where God divided by zero.
Anyone informed that the universe is expanding and contracting in pulsations of eighty billion years has a right to ask, read more
Anyone informed that the universe is expanding and contracting in pulsations of eighty billion years has a right to ask, "What's in it for me?"
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.
In answer to the question of why it happened, I offer the modest proposal that our Universe is simply one read more
In answer to the question of why it happened, I offer the modest proposal that our Universe is simply one of those things which happen from time to time.
A human being is a part of the whole, called by us Universe, a part limited in time and space. read more
A human being is a part of the whole, called by us 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, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest to us. Our task must be to free from this prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole nature in its beauty.
To confine our attention to terrestrial matters would be to limit the human spirit.
To confine our attention to terrestrial matters would be to limit the human spirit.
