The surest sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere in the
universe is that it has never tried to contact read more

The surest sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere in the
universe is that it has never tried to contact us.

The reduction of the universe to a single being, the expansion of a single being even to God, this is read more

The reduction of the universe to a single being, the expansion of a single being even to God, this is love.

We simply do not understand our place in the universe and have not the courage to admit it

We simply do not understand our place in the universe and have not the courage to admit it

The stars which shone over Babylon and the stable in Bethlehem still shine as brightly over the Empire State Building read more

The stars which shone over Babylon and the stable in Bethlehem still shine as brightly over the Empire State Building and your front yard today. They perform their cycles with the same mathematical precision, and they will continue to affect each thing on earth, including man, as long as the earth exists.

Duct tape is like the force. It has a light side, a dark side, and it holds the universe together.

Duct tape is like the force. It has a light side, a dark side, and it holds the universe together.

The universe we observe has precisely the properties we should expect if there is, at bottom, no design, no purpose, read more

The universe we observe has precisely the properties we should expect if there is, at bottom, no design, no purpose, no evil, no good, nothing but blind, pitiless indifference

Maybe this world is another planet's hell.

Maybe this world is another planet's hell.

I don't know what you could say about a day in which you have seen four beautiful sunsets.

I don't know what you could say about a day in which you have seen four beautiful sunsets.

A human being is part of a whole, called by us the "Universe," a
part limited in time and read more

A human being is part of a whole, called by us the "Universe," a
part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his
thoughts and feelings, as something separated from the rest--a
kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is
a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires
and to affection for a few personsnearest us. Our task must be
to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circles of
compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of
nature in its beauty.