“The nonliving universe is as diverse and as dynamic as the living universe, and is also dominated by patterns of organization that… — Freeman Dyson Copy Share Image
The laws of nature are constructed in such a way as to make the universe as interesting as possible. — Freeman Dyson Copy Share Image
Mind and intelligence are woven into the fabric of our universe in a way that altogether surpasses our understanding. — Freeman Dyson Copy Share Image
“The more I examine the universe and study the details of its architecture, the more evidence I find that the universe in… — Freeman Dyson Copy Share Image
The greatest unsolved mysteries are the mysteries of our existence as conscious beings in a small corner of a vast universe. — Freeman Dyson Copy Share Image
Science and religion are, of course, two different ways of looking at the universe; and it's the same universe with two different… — Freeman Dyson Copy Share Image
If you want to have a program for moving out into the universe, you have to think in centuries not in decades. — Freeman Dyson Copy Share Image
As a working hypothesis to explain the riddle of our existence, I propose that our universe is the most interesting of all… — Freeman Dyson Copy Share Image
The total disorder in the universe, as measured by the quantity that physicists call entropy, increases steadily over time. Also, the total… — Freeman Dyson Copy Share Image
“I do not feel like an alien in this universe. The more I examine the universe and study the details of its… — Freeman Dyson Copy Share Image
It's not going to be just humans colonizing space, it's going to be life moving out from the Earth, moving it into… — Freeman Dyson Copy Share Image
As we look out into the Universe and identify the many accidents of physics and astronomy that have worked together to our… — Freeman Dyson Copy Share Image
There are two different ways of looking at the universe; and it's the same universe with two different windows. The science window… — Freeman Dyson Copy Share Image
Almost everything about the universe is astounding. I think the most amazing thing is how gifted we are - we are only… — Freeman Dyson Copy Share Image
Science and religion are two windows that people look through, trying to understand the big universe outside, trying to understand why we… — Freeman Dyson Copy Share Image
In the long run, the only solution I see to the problem of diversity is the expansion of mankind into the universe… — Freeman Dyson Copy Share Image
The biggest breakthrough in the next 50 years will be the discovery of extraterrestrial life. We have been searching for it for… — Freeman Dyson Copy Share Image
Atoms are weird stuff, behaving like active agents rather than inert substances. They make unpredictable choices between alternative possibilities according to the… — Freeman Dyson Copy Share Image
For a physicist mathematics is not just a tool by means of which phenomena can be calculated, it is the main source of concepts… — Freeman Dyson Copy Share
“Sanity is, in essence, nothing more than the ability to live in harmony with nature's laws.” — Freeman Dyson Copy Share
“I do not feel like an alien in this universe. The more I examine the universe and study the details of its architecture, the… — Freeman Dyson Copy Share
The laws of nature are constructed in such a way as to make the universe as interesting as possible. — Freeman Dyson Copy Share
The history of mathematics is a history of horrendously difficult problems being solved by young people too ignorant to know that they were impossible. — Freeman Dyson Copy Share
You ask: what is the meaning or purpose of life? I can only answer with another question: do you think we are wise enough… — Freeman Dyson Copy Share
When World War II came along, which was when I was a teenager, we all expected we would have anthrax bombs and this kind… — Freeman Dyson Copy Share
It has become part of the accepted wisdom to say that the twentieth century was the century of physics and the twenty-first century will… — Freeman Dyson Copy Share
Lucky individuals in each generation find technology appropriate to their needs. — Freeman Dyson Copy Share
I am hoping that the scientists and politicians who have been blindly demonizing carbon dioxide for 37 years will one day open their eyes… — Freeman Dyson Copy Share
Intelligence may indeed be a benign influence creating isolated groups of philosopher-kings far apart in the heavens... On the other hand, intelligence may be… — Freeman Dyson Copy Share
Most of the crackpot papers which are submitted to The Physical Review are rejected, not because it is impossible to understand them, but because… — Freeman Dyson Copy Share
