"With a background in science I am extremely……" — Alan Lightman
"With a background in science I am extremely interested in the meeting ground of science, theology, and philosophy, especially the ethical questions at the border of science and theology."
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65 Quotes by Alan Lightman
Alan Lightman has 65 quotes on this site.
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Most people have learned to live in the moment. The argument goes that if the past has uncertain effect on…
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Sadness is no more than a bit of acid transfixed in the cerebellum.
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In this world, there are two times. There is mechanical time and there is body time. The first is as…
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With infinite life comes an infinite list of relatives. Grandparents never die, nor do great grandparents, great-aunts…and so on, back…
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Where are the one billion people who lived and breathed in the year 1800, only two short centuries ago?
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Faith is the ability to honor stillness at some moments, and at others to ride the passion and exuberance.
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There is a place where time stands still ...illuminated by only the most feeble red light, for light is diminished…
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In a world without future, each parting of friends is a death. In a world without future, each loneliness is…
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In this world, artists are joyous. Unpredictability is the life of their paintings, their music, their novels. They delight in…
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In this acausal world, scientists are helpless. Their predictions become postdictions- Their equations become justifications, their logic, illogic. Scientists turn…
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We're plugged in 24 hours a day now. We're all part of one big machine, whether we are conscious of…
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All writers have roots they draw from - travel, work, family. My roots are in science and it is fertile…
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I'm not a judgmental person, so I can't comment on someone else's background.
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Unfortunately, the boards of art institutions tend to be populated with well-meaning supporters of the arts who often lack any…
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I believe all men, all women, regardless of race, gender, socioeconomic background, you deserve the same rights.
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