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> [“The difference between past and future exists only when there is heat. The fundamental phenomenon that distinguishes the future from the past is the fact that heat passes from things that are hotter to things that are colder. So,”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carlo-rovelli/the-difference-between-past-and-future-exists-only-when-there-is-heat/)

[Carlo Rovelli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carlo-rovelli/)

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## More by Carlo Rovelli

> [“It must not be claimed that anyone can sense time by itself apart from the movement of things. LUCRETIUS, De rerum natura1”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carlo-rovelli/it-must-not-be-claimed-that-anyone-can-sense-time-by-itself-apart/)

[Carlo Rovelli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carlo-rovelli/)

> [“The world of quantum mechanics is not a world of objects: it is a world of events.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carlo-rovelli/the-world-of-quantum-mechanics-is-not-a-world-of-objects-it-is-a/)

[Carlo Rovelli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carlo-rovelli/)

> [“the particles are quanta of quantum fields; light is formed by quanta of a field; space is nothing more than a field, which is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carlo-rovelli/the-particles-are-quanta-of-quantum-fields-light-is-formed-by-quanta/)

[Carlo Rovelli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carlo-rovelli/)

> [“The difference between past and future exists only when there is heat. The fundamental phenomenon that distinguishes the future from the past is the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carlo-rovelli/the-difference-between-past-and-future-exists-only-when-there-is-heat/)

[Carlo Rovelli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carlo-rovelli/)

> [Rationality and the instinct of collaboration have already given us large regions and long periods of peace and prosperity. Ultimately, they will lead us…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carlo-rovelli/rationality-and-the-instinct-of-collaboration-have-already-given-us/)

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> [“There is a feeling of deep universalism, in the wake of the splendid words of Democritus: “To a wise man, the whole earth is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carlo-rovelli/there-is-a-feeling-of-deep-universalism-in-the-wake-of-the-splendid/)

[Carlo Rovelli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carlo-rovelli/)

> [The very foundation of science is to keep the door open to doubt. Precisely because we keep questioning everything, especially our own premises, we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carlo-rovelli/the-very-foundation-of-science-is-to-keep-the-door-open-to-doubt/)

[Carlo Rovelli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carlo-rovelli/)

> [“Space is a spin network whose nodes represent its elementary grains, and whose links describe their proximity relations. Spacetime”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carlo-rovelli/space-is-a-spin-network-whose-nodes-represent-its-elementary-grains/)

[Carlo Rovelli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carlo-rovelli/)

> [“Every cubic centimeter of space, and every second that passes, is the result of this dancing foam of extremely small quanta.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carlo-rovelli/every-cubic-centimeter-of-space-and-every-second-that-passes-is-the/)

[Carlo Rovelli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carlo-rovelli/)

> [“Space is created by the interaction of individual quanta of gravity.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carlo-rovelli/space-is-created-by-the-interaction-of-individual-quanta-of-gravity/)

[Carlo Rovelli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carlo-rovelli/)

> [“The quanta of gravity, that is, are not in space; they are themselves space. The”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carlo-rovelli/the-quanta-of-gravity-that-is-are-not-in-space-they-are-themselves/)

[Carlo Rovelli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carlo-rovelli/)

> [Don't trust your teachers.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carlo-rovelli/don-t-trust-your-teachers/)

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> [“It is characteristic of genius to be aware of the limitations of its own findings”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carlo-rovelli/it-is-characteristic-of-genius-to-be-aware-of-the-limitations-of-its/)

[Carlo Rovelli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carlo-rovelli/)

> [“Scientific thinking explores and redraws the world, gradually offering us better and better images of it, teaching us to think in ever more effective…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carlo-rovelli/scientific-thinking-explores-and-redraws-the-world-gradually-offering/)

[Carlo Rovelli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carlo-rovelli/)

> [“Clues put us on the right path toward a correct theory. Strong evidence is that which subsequently allows us to trust whether the theory…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carlo-rovelli/clues-put-us-on-the-right-path-toward-a-correct-theory-strong/)

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