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Think of the earth as a living organism that is being attacked by billions of bacteria whose numbers double every forty years. Either the host dies, or the virus dies, or both die.
Gore Vidal1925–2012“Gods and Greens” (1989)
- Nature
If we have learned one thing from the history of invention and discovery, it is that, in the long run — and often in the short one — the most daring prophecies seem laughably conservative.
Arthur C. Clarke1917–2008The Exploration of Space (1951), p. 111
- Technology
Our loyalties are to the species and the planet. We speak for Earth. Our obligation to survive and flourish is owed not just to ourselves, but also to that Cosmos, ancient and vast, from which we spring.
Carl Sagan1934–1996Who Speaks for Earth? [Episode 13], 54 min 25 sec
- Nature
- Responsibility
Science and religion are two human enterprises sharing many features.
Freeman Dyson1923–2020Infinite in All Directions (1988), Ch. 1: In Praise of Diversity
- Religion
I cannot define the real problem, therefore I suspect there’s no real problem, but I’m not sure there’s no real problem.
Richard Feynman1918–1988“Simulating Physics with Computers”, International Journal of Theoretical Physics, volume 21, 1982, p. 467-488, at p. 471
In the fabric of space and in the nature of matter, as in a great work of art, there is, written small, the artist’s signature.
Carl Sagan1934–1996Contact (1985), Chapter 24 (p. 431)
- Art
You can lie or distort the story of the French Revolution as long as you like, and nothing will happen. Propose a false theory in chemistry, and it’ll be refuted tomorrow.
Noam Chomskyborn 1928Noam Chomsky: A Life of Dissent, 1992
- History
- Truth & Lies
There is a property in the horizon which no man has but he whose eye can integrate all the parts, that is, the poet.
Ralph Waldo Emerson1803–1882Nature (1836), Nature
- Nature
- Poetry
One could perhaps describe the situation by saying that God is a mathematician of a very high order, and He used very advanced mathematics in constructing the universe.
Paul Dirac1902–1984The Evolution of the Physicist’s Picture of Nature (1963)
- God
We actually have a candidate for the mind of God. The mind of God we believe is cosmic music, the music of strings resonating through 11 dimensional hyperspace. That is the mind of God.
Michio Kakuborn 1947Math is the Mind of God (29 December 2012)
- God
In wildness is the preservation of the world.
Henry David Thoreau1817–1862Walking (June 1862)
- Nature
My heart leaps up when I behold
A rainbow in the sky
William Wordsworth1770–1850My Heart Leaps Up (The Rainbow), ll. 1-2 (wr. 1802; pub. 1807)In context
- Happiness
- Nature
The search for the truth is the most important work in the whole world — and the most dangerous.
JCJames Clavell1921–1994The Fly (1958), François Delambre (Vincent Price) to André’s son, Philippe.
- Truth & Lies
In wilderness, I sense the miracle of life, and behind it, our scientific accomplishments fade to trivia.
Charles Lindbergh1902–1974“The Wisdom of Wilderness” in LIFE (22 December 1967)
- Nature
If the stars should appear one night in a thousand years, how would men believe and adore, and preserve for many generations the remembrance of the city of God which had been shown!
Ralph Waldo Emerson1803–1882Nature (1836), Nature
- God
- Nature