Secular humanists suspect there is something more gloriously human about resisting the religious impulse; about accepting the cold truth, even if that truth is only that the universe is as indifferent to us as we are to it.
Truth can be a matter of perspective, but I also think there's a truth that exists, that there are laws to the universe the way Gandhi and Dr. Martin Luther King believed.
By means of microscopic observation and astronomical projection the lotus flower can become the foundation for an entire theory of the universe and an agent whereby we may perceive Truth.
For the resolving powers of our scientific instruments decide, at a given moment, of the size and the vision of our Universe, and of the image we then make of ourselves.
I'm interested in new worlds, new universes, new challenges. I always said the only reason to make a film is not for the result but for what you learn for the next one.
Each university should have a Young Scholars' Committee. I became the chairman of this Committee, and immediately it was permitted to have this plan officially adopted.
Hollywood... was the place where the United States perpetrated itself as a universal dream and put the dream into mass production.
The tragedy is not that we are alone, but that we cannot be. At times I would give anything in the world to no longer be connected by anything to this universe of men.
Had I been present at the Creation, I would have given some useful hints for the better ordering of the universe.
I'm sure the universe is full of intelligent life. It's just been too intelligent to come here. [ , 1 November 1996]
Once you can accept the universe as matter expanding into nothing that is something, wearing stripes with plaid comes easy.
If parents are the fixed stars in the child's universe, the vaguely understood, distant but constant celestial spheres, siblings are the dazzling, sometimes scorching comets whizzing nearby.
With 'Invincible', I wanted to create my own version of the Marvel or DC universe, with my own heroes and villains.
Teaching physics at the University, and more general lecturing to wider audiences has been a major concern.
there is no universal rule for beauty. If we must speak of rules in this respect, we mustn’t be surprised to find as many rules as there are people in this world!
Universalism as an ideal is as old as nay, is probably much more ancient than the Christian ideal.
Crystals are a living energy... Mother Earth's gifts to us, formed within Her body. In a mystical and beauty-full way, they are the keys to the Universe
I'm trying to convey to my audience that you really can't judge a book by its cover, and there's more to the universe than you can see with your eyes.
I think the universe is pure geometry - basically, a beautiful shape twisting around and dancing over space-time.
Everything either is, was or will be. Time doesn't really exist. It's just something we have made up that makes it easier for us to grasp the universe.
The crucial discovery was made that, in order to become painting, the universe seen by the artist had to become a private one created by himself.
