Quotes About Earth

Continually trying to look on the bright side interferes with our finding the wisdom that lies in the fruitful darkness. Continually striving upward toward the light means we never grow downward into our own feet, never become firmly rooted on the earth, never explore the darkness within and around us, a darkness without whose existence the light would have no meaning.

When we see the Earth from space, we see ourselves as a whole. We see the unity, and not the divisions. It is such a simple image with a compelling message; one planet, one human race.

This means it will take about a thousand million million million million years for the earth to run into the sun, so there's no immediate cause for worry!

Another prediction of general relativity is that time should appear to run slower near a massive body like the earth.

The Greeks even had a third argument that the earth must be round, for why else does one first see the sails of a ship coming over the horizon, and only later see the hull?

One of the great revelations of the space age has been the perspective it has given humanity on ourselves. When we see the Earth from space, we see ourselves as a whole. We see the unity, and not the divisions. It is such a simple image with a compelling message; one planet, one human race.

Aristotle thought the earth was stationary and that the sun, the moon, the planets, and the stars moved in circular orbits about the earth.

A simpler model, however, was proposed in 1514 by a Polish priest, Nicholas Copernicus. (At first, perhaps for fear of being branded a heretic by his church, Copernicus circulated his model anonymously.) His idea was that the sun was stationary at the center and that the earth and the planets moved in circular orbits around the sun.

Jika Bumi berhenti berputar, maka menurut hukum Newton benda apapun yang tak terikat ke Bumi bakal terus bergerak dengan kecepatan perputaran Bumi (1100 mil per jam atau 1770 km per jam di khatulistiwa)

The earth was initially very hot and without an atmosphere. In the course of time it cooled and acquired an atmosphere from the emission of gases from the rocks.

As long ago as 340 B.C. the Greek philosopher Aristotle, in his book On the Heavens, was able to put forward two good arguments for believing that the earth was a round sphere rather than a flat plate.

The earth was initially very hot and without an atmosphere.

One way or another, I regard it as almost inevitable that either a nuclear confrontation or environmental catastrophe will cripple the Earth at some point in the next 1,000 years

Eine große Offenbarung des Weltraumzeitalters bestand darin, dass es der Menschheit die Sicht auf sich selbst ermöglichte. Betrachten wir die Erde vom All aus, sehen wir uns selbst als Ganzes. Wir nehmen die Einheit wahr und nicht das Trennende. Ein einfaches Bild mit einer unwiderlegbaren Botschaft: ein Planet, eine Menschheit.

One way or another, I regard it as almost inevitable that either a nuclear confrontation or environmental catastrophe will cripple the Earth at some point in the next 1,000 years which, as geological time goes, is the mere blink of an eye. By then I hope and believe that our ingenious race will have found a way to slip the surly bonds of Earth and will therefore survive the disaster.

The huge questions of existence still remain unanswered—how did life begin on Earth? What is consciousness? Is there anyone out there or are we alone in the universe? These are questions for the next generation to work on.

if the sun were to cease to shine at this very moment, it would not affect things on earth at the present time because they would be in the elsewhere of the event when the sun went out.

De una forma u otra, considero casi inevitable que haya alguna confrontación nuclear o que la catástrofe ambiental paralice la Tierra en algún momento en los próximos mil años, que en comparación con el tiempo geológico es un simple abrir y cerrar de ojos. Para entonces espero y creo que nuestra ingeniosa especie habrá encontrado alguna manera de escuchar los lamentos de la Tierra y, por lo tanto, de sobrevivir al desastre.

The earth's shadow on the moon was always round, which would be true only if the earth was spherical. If the earth had been a flat disk, the shadow would have been elongated and elliptical, unless the eclipse always occurred at a time when the sun was directly under the center of the disk.

I regard it as almost inevitable that either a nuclear confrontation or environmental catastrophe will cripple the Earth at some point in the next 1,000 years

Creo que estamos actuando con imprudente indiferencia hacia nuestro futuro en el planeta Tierra.

dan kesadaran mengenai betapa kecilnya planet kita sendiri di tengah luasnya alam semesta, hanyalah titik awal.

I believe alien life is quite common in the universe, although intelligent life is less so. Some say it has yet to appear on planet Earth. Stephen Hawking

The apocalypse never came, and it's not going to come. This idea belongs to the world of ancient mythology, and it wasn't a very good idea to begin with. In it the Jewish God of shalom becomes a violent overlord, and the Prince of Peace becomes a supernatural warrior, a fire-breathing monster who lays waste the earth, its forests, its animals, and all but a remnant of its people -- the chosen few. How many have believed they were the few! (pg. 250)