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No other success can compensate for failure in the home.
No other success can compensate for failure in the home.
In some sense man is a microcosm of the universe; therefore what man is, is a clue to the universe. read more
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 surest sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere in the
 universe is that it has never tried to contact read more 
 The surest sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere in the
 universe is that it has never tried to contact us. 
What would you attempt to do if you knew you would not fail?
What would you attempt to do if you knew you would not fail?
May my soul bloom in love for all existence.
May my soul bloom in love for all existence.
If the whole universe has no meaning, we should never have found out that it has no meaning: just as, read more
If the whole universe has no meaning, we should never have found out that it has no meaning: just as, if there were no light in the universe and therefore no creatures with eyes, we should never know it was dark. Dark would be without meaning.
 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 universe is asymmetric and I am persuaded that life, as it is known to us,is a direct result of read more
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 crux is that the vast majority of the mass of the universe seems to be missing.
The crux is that the vast majority of the mass of the universe seems to be missing.