Common Quote by Alan Watts

The myths underlying our culture and underlying our common sense have not taught us to feel identical with the universe, but only parts of…

— Alan Watts

How can we ever understand what we are and where we belong in the universe if we haven't experienced anything outside of our own…

— Bruce Poon Tip

We now know enough to fantasize realistically about what the alien would be like, and I think that this then sets up polarities in…

— Terence McKenna

“If the multiverse turns out to be the best explanation of the fundamental physical constants, it would not be the first time we have…

— Steven Pinker

“There are cultures on Earth that are more alien than some of the aliens in SF. More extensive quote: "the theme of immersion into…

— Catherine Asaro

All of my tales are based on the fundamental premise that common human laws and emotions have no validity or significance in the cosmos-at-large.

— H. P. Lovecraft

We are all aliens to ourselves, and if we have any sense of who we are, it is only because we live inside the…

— Paul Auster

I'm utterly convinced that we are all here for one another and that every experience that everyone is having is relevant. It all counts.…

— R. Buckminster Fuller

You want the mystical understanding of the cosmos to feel compatible with a scientific understanding of the cosmos, like it extends our understanding rather…

— Jon Spaihts

What I say and what I'm really experiencing - those universes are very different.

— Byron Katie

“Xenology is an unnatural mixture of science fiction and formal logic. At its core is a flawed assumption—that an alien race would be psychologically…

— Arkady Strugatsky

If we knew we were not alone in the universe it would have a very, very deep impact on our worldview, on our understanding…

— Paul Davies