#universe

It is well to remember that the entire universe, with one trifling exception, is composed of others. ↗

— John Andrew Holmes

#entire #entire universe #exception #others #remember

At the height of laughter, the universe is flung into a kaleidoscope of new possibilities. ↗

— Jean Houston

#height #into #kaleidoscope #laughter #new

I was raised thinking that moral and ethical standards are universals that apply equally to everyone. And these values aren't easily compatible with the kind of religion that posits a Creator. To my way of thinking, an omnipotent being who sets up a universe in which thinking beings proliferate, grow old, and die (usually in agony, alone, and in fear) is a cosmic sadist. ↗

— Charles Stross

#cosmic-sadist #death #everything #life #religion

There is a coherent plan in the universe, though I don't know what it's a plan for. ↗

— Fred Hoyle

#i #know #plan #though #universe

The life of man is of no greater importance to the universe than that of an oyster. ↗

— David Hume

#greater importance #importance #life #man #oyster

There is only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and that's your own self. ↗

— Aldous Huxley

#corner #improving #only #own #self

There's only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and that's your own self. ↗

— Aldous Huxley

#corner #improving #only #own #self

The chess-board is the world, the pieces are the phenomena of the universe, the rules of the game are what we call the laws of Nature. The player on the other side is hidden from us. ↗

— Thomas Huxley

#game #hidden #laws #nature #other

A book, too, can be a star, a living fire to lighten the darkness, leading out into the expanding universe. ↗

— Madeleine L'Engle

#fire #star #universe #live

The four building blocks of the universe are fire, water, gravel and vinyl. ↗

— Dave Barry

#blocks #building #building blocks #fire #four