Quotes About Universe

They would understand the fundamental laws of the universe before they had even the slightest handle on society.

If the imprint is really due to gravitational waves from the big bang, then this is the type of cosmological discovery that comes along perhaps once every fifty years.

As the Ranger carries Cooper deeper and deeper into the bowels of Gargantua, he continues to see the universe above himself. Chasing the light that brings him that image is an infalling singularity. The singularity is weak at first, but it grows stronger rapidly, as more and more stuff falls into Gargantua and piles up in a thin sheet (Chapter 27). Einstein's laws dictate this.

There is a maximum spin rate that any black hole can have. If it spins faster than that maximum, its horizon disappears, leaving the singularity inside it wide open for all the universe to see; that is, making it naked—which is probably forbidden by the laws of physics

Why are black holes so different from all other objects in the macroscopic Universe? Why are they, and they alone, so elegantly simple? If I knew the answer, it would probably tell me something very deep about the nature of physical laws. But I don't know.

Einstein's law of time warps says that Everyting likes to live where it is going to age more slowly, and gravity pulls it there.

Black holes are made from warped space and warped time. Nothing else—no matter whatsoever.

Journey into Gravity and Spacetime (Wheeler, 1990).

U jesen može se katkad videti, kako zvezde padaju. Eto, mislim ja tada u svojoj samo?i, možda se to trza ?itav jedan svet tamo gore? Svet se raspada u komade pred mojim o?ima? I meni – je palo u deo, da u svom životu vidim smrt zvezda!

This was why we fought to survive. For love. Vincent had it all wrong. I'd had it wrong. Love wasn't the most destructive force in the universe. Love is the universe. That is the point.

This was why we fought to survive. For love. Vincent had it all wrong. I'd had it wrong. Love wasn't the most destructive force in the universe. Love is the universe. That is the point. Between breaths, Jack said, "So this is snow, huh?" He'd never seen it before. Excitement bubbled up, and I started laughing. I pressed the radio button. "Isn't it amazing? Everything looks clean.

Maybe, she thought with some perversity, it wasn't the gods who controlled the universe, but cats. Cats who toyed with humans as a puppeteer would a marionette.

They're basically moments in which you're in touch with the meaning of life, when your relationship to the rest of the universe makes sense.

Gardening is an active participation in The deepest mysteries of the universe.

It would be frightening to think that in all the cosmos, which is so harmonious, so complete and equal to itself, that only human life is happening randomly, that only one's destiny lacks meaning.

There is no neutral ground in the universe. Every square inch, every split second is claimed by God, and counterclaimed by Satan.

To have a positive religion is not necessary. To be in harmony with yourself and the universe is what counts, and this is possible without positive and specific formulation in words.

According to the universal laws, the magician will form his own point of view about the universe which henceforth will be his true religion.

I worry about anthropomorphism as a form of self-deception. (The Christian religion is an anthropomorphic account of the universe.)

The stars in the sky are really other suns like our own, around which orbit other planets. (paraphrase)

It is the duty of every man to render to the Creator such homage...Before any man can be considered as a member of Civil Society, he must be considered as a subject of the Governor of the Universe.

If any spirit created the universe, it is malevolent, not benevolent.

The answer to the ancient question Why is there something rather than nothing would be that nothingis unstable.

Irreverence is a most necessary ingredient of religion. Not to speak of its importance in philosophy. Irreverence is the only way left to us for testing our universe.