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“It seems to me trivially true that particle physics does in fact deal with the simplest objects in the entire universe: atoms and their…

— Massimo Pigliucci

We cannot conceive of matter being formed of nothing, since things require a seed to start from.

— Lucretius

You cannot take away one atom of matter or one foot-pound of force. You cannot add to the universe one atom of matter or…

— Swami Vivekananda

Us, we are but a step on the ladder of evolution, specimens that inherit, learn, create and develop their inner and outer steps, speculate…

— Mariana Fulger

As biological organisms made of matter, we are subject to the laws of physics and biology: as conscious persons who create our own history…

— W. H. Auden

Nature has but one plan of operation, invariably the same in the smallest things as well as in the largest, and so often do…

— Marcello Malpighi

“In consequence of Darwin 's reformed Theory of Descent, we are now in a position to establish scientifically the groundwork of a non-miraculous history…

— Ernst Haeckel

During the 20th century, we came to understand that the essence of all substances - their colour, texture, hardness and so forth - is…

— Martin Rees

We have repeatedly observed that while any whole is evolving, there is always going on an evolution of the parts into which it divides…

— Herbert Spencer

We're the last billionth of a second in the evolution of matter.

— Don DeLillo

If we are merely matter intricately assembled, is this really demeaning? If there's nothing here but atoms, does that make us less or does…

— Carl Sagan

The whole material world. It doesn't actually exist. Matter is not material. It's made up of atoms that are moving at lightning speeds around…

— Deepak Chopra