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Whatever you are from nature, keep to it; never desert your own line of talent. Be what nature intended you read more
Whatever you are from nature, keep to it; never desert your own line of talent. Be what nature intended you for, and you will succeed; be anything else, and you will be ten thousands times worse than nothing.
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.
My theology, briefly, is that the universe was dictated but not signed.
My theology, briefly, is that the universe was dictated but not signed.
 Consciousness . . . is the phenomenon whereby the universe's very 
existence is made known.  
 Consciousness . . . is the phenomenon whereby the universe's very 
existence is made known. 
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.
If there is nothing wrong with me, maybe there's something wrong with the universe.
If there is nothing wrong with me, maybe there's something wrong with the universe.
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.
Wouldn't it be much worse if life were fair and all the terrible things that happen to us, come because read more
Wouldn't it be much worse if life were fair and all the terrible things that happen to us, come because actually deserve them? So now I take comfort in the general hostility and unfairness of the Universe
That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind. - On the first moonwalk, July 20, 1969.
That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind. - On the first moonwalk, July 20, 1969.