'What is the purpose of the universe?' is a silly question.

“The universe is not punishing you or blessing you. The universe is simply responding to the vibrational attitude that you are emitting.”

— Abraham Hicks

Quantum physics fluctuates all the time. But now the fluctuations are not just particles coming into and out of existence, which happens all the…

— Neil deGrasse Tyson

“The generalized theory of relativity has furnished still more remarkable results. This considers not only uniform but also accelerated motion. In particular, it is…

— A.A. Michelson

The prediction of nuclear winter is drawn not, of course, from any direct experience with the consequences of global nuclear war, but rather from…

— Carl Sagan

. . . to know the order of nature, and regard the universe as orderly is the highest function of the mind.

— Baruch Spinoza

A monkey is unaware that atoms exist. Likewise, our brainpower may not stretch to the deepest aspects of reality. The bedrock nature of space…

— Martin Rees

Worship isn't destructive, Martin. I know that. I don't. I only know it's the core of his life. What else has he got? He…

— Peter Shaffer

“the new theory of matter has entirely over thrown the old conception of the unchanging atoms, and they are now regarded to be composed…

— Kaiten Nukariya

In this other dimension I feel tension surrounding my every move. You and I are together at last. We are captive in our own…

— London Elektricity

The laws of thermodynamics, as empirically determined, express the approximate and probable behavior of systems of a great number of particles, or, more precisely,…

— J. Willard Gibbs

Geometry, which should only obey Physics, when united with it sometimes commands it. If it happens that the question which we wish to examine…

— Jean le Rond d'Alembert

The strongest force in the universe is Compound Interest.

— Albert Einstein

As for the forces, electromagnetism and gravity we experience in everyday life. But the weak and strong forces are beyond our ordinary experience. So…

— Edward Witten

“Science is progressive and self-correcting: no significantly erroneous conclusions or false hypotheses can be sustained for long, as newer observations will ultimately knock down…

— Francis S. Collins

Natural history is not taught in seminary. This is curious, as most people in pastoral ministry are about 567 times more likely to be…

— Sara Maitland