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.
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The universe, they said, depended for its operation on the balance of four forces which they identified as charm, persuasion, uncertainty and bloody-mindedness.
I'm worried that the universe will soon need replacing. It's not holding a charge.
I'm worried that the universe will soon need replacing. It's not holding a charge.
All the evidence shows that God was actually quite a gambler, and the universe is a great casino, where dice read more
All the evidence shows that God was actually quite a gambler, and the universe is a great casino, where dice are thrown, and roulette wheels spin on every occasion
We are an impossibility in an impossible universe.
We are an impossibility in an impossible universe.
There is only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and that's your own self.
There is only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and that's your own self.
The world is so empty if one thinks only of mountains, rivers and cities; but to know someone here and read more
The world is so empty if one thinks only of mountains, rivers and cities; but to know someone here and there who thinks and feels with us, and though distant, is close to us in spirit - this makes the earth for us an inhabited garden.
Interestingly, according to modern astronomers, space is finite. This is a very comforting thought - particularly for people who cannot read more
Interestingly, according to modern astronomers, space is finite. This is a very comforting thought - particularly for people who cannot remember where they left things.
Wouldn't it be much worse if life were fair and all the terrible things that happen to us, come because read more
Wouldn't it be much worse if life were fair and all the terrible things that happen to us, come because actually deserve them? So now I take comfort in the general hostility and unfairness of the Universe
