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> [There is nothing more mysterious than destiny - of a person, of our species, of our planet, or of the universe itself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-swimme/there-is-nothing-more-mysterious-than-destiny-of-a-person-of-our/)

[Brian Swimme](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-swimme/)

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## More by Brian Swimme

> [A tree is a self: it is 'unseen shaping' more than it is leaves or bark, roots or cellulose or fruit ... What this…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-swimme/a-tree-is-a-self-it-is-unseen-shaping-more-than-it-is-leaves-or-bark/)

[Brian Swimme](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-swimme/)

> [By pursuing your allurements, you help bind the universe together. The unity of the world rests on the pursuit of passion.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-swimme/by-pursuing-your-allurements-you-help-bind-the-universe-together-the/)

[Brian Swimme](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-swimme/)

> [The proper condition of the human is not bovine placidity... the highest degree of tension that can be creatively borne.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-swimme/the-proper-condition-of-the-human-is-not-bovine-placidity-the-highest/)

[Brian Swimme](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-swimme/)

> [This is the greatest discovery of the scientific enterprise: You take hydrogen gas, and you leave it alone, and it turns into rosebuds, giraffes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-swimme/this-is-the-greatest-discovery-of-the-scientific-enterprise-you-take/)

[Brian Swimme](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-swimme/)

> [That is our larger destiny: to allow the Earth to organize in a new way, in a manner impossible all the billions of years…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-swimme/that-is-our-larger-destiny-to-allow-the-earth-to-organize-in-a-new/)

[Brian Swimme](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-swimme/)

> [I flush with heaving passion's strange delight, Yet find contentment lost in appetite.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-swimme/i-flush-with-heaving-passion-s-strange-delight-yet-find-contentment/)

[Brian Swimme](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-swimme/)

> [All professions, all work, all activity in the human world finds its essential meaning in the context of a people's cosmic story.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-swimme/all-professions-all-work-all-activity-in-the-human-world-finds-its/)

[Brian Swimme](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-swimme/)

> [The earth was once molten rock and now sings operas.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-swimme/the-earth-was-once-molten-rock-and-now-sings-operas/)

[Brian Swimme](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-swimme/)

> [The universe is an inexhaustible celebration of ultimate mystery!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-swimme/the-universe-is-an-inexhaustible-celebration-of-ultimate-mystery/)

[Brian Swimme](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-swimme/)

> [Each person discovers a field of allurements, the totality of which bears the unique stamp of that person’s personality. Destiny unfolds in the pursuit…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-swimme/each-person-discovers-a-field-of-allurements-the-totality-of-which/)

[Brian Swimme](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-swimme/)

> [The human being is that space in which the comprehensive compassion that pervades the universe from the very beginning now begins to surface --within…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-swimme/the-human-being-is-that-space-in-which-the-comprehensive-compassion/)

[Brian Swimme](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-swimme/)

> [When humans find themselves surrounded by nothing but objects, the response is always one of loneliness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-swimme/when-humans-find-themselves-surrounded-by-nothing-but-objects-the/)

[Brian Swimme](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-swimme/)

> [If you let hydrogen gas alone for 13 billion years it will become giraffes, rose bushes and humans.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-swimme/if-you-let-hydrogen-gas-alone-for-13-billion-years-it-will-become/)

[Brian Swimme](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-swimme/)

> [Humans enter this world and awaken to a simple truth: We must find our story with this great epic of being.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-swimme/humans-enter-this-world-and-awaken-to-a-simple-truth-we-must-find-our/)

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> [Each being in the universe yearns for the free energy necessary for survival and development. Each existence resists extinction. The consequent history of violence…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-swimme/each-being-in-the-universe-yearns-for-the-free-energy-necessary-for/)

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