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Physics is the most basic part of science and, of course, math. It gives you insight into everything - a foundation, I should say, to understand nature and the universe. -- Fred Kavli
God is a character, a real and consistent being, or He is nothing. If God did a miracle He would deny His own nature and the universe would simply blow up, vanish, become nothing. -- Joyce Cary
Mathematics, the non-empirical science par excellence . . . the science of sciences, delivering the key to those laws of nature and the universe which are concealed by appearances. -- Hannah Arendt
I know many people who believe in God, and I expected to find Him on my way to the South Pole if he exists. My religious experiences were very different however, [only] involving myself, nature and the universe. -- Liv Arnesen
Nothing in the universe is contingent, but all things are conditioned to exist and operate in a particular manner by the necessity of the divine nature. -- Baruch Spinoza
The black holes of nature are the most perfect macroscopic objects there are in the universe: the only elements in their construction are our concepts of space and time. -- Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar
If we knew exactly the laws of nature and the situation of the universe at the initial moment, we could predict exactly the situation of the same universe at a succeeding moment. -- Henri Poincare
I'm concentrating on staying healthy, having peace, being happy, remembering what is important, taking in nature and animals, spending time reading, trying to understand the universe, where science and the spiritual meet. -- Joan Jett
In other words, a person who is fanatic in matters of religion, and clings to certain ideas about the nature of God and the universe, becomes a person who has no faith at all. -- Alan Watts
My feeling is that scientific method has the power to account for and interlink all phenomena in the universe, including its origin, using the laws of nature. But that still leaves the laws unexplained. -- Paul Davies
This is a war universe. War all the time. That is its nature. There may be other universes based on all sorts of other principles, but ours seems to be based on war and games. -- William S. Burroughs
Look out into the universe and contemplate the glory of God. Observe the stars, millions of them, twinkling in the night sky, all with a message of unity, part of the very nature of God. -- Sai Baba
Essentially, all expressions of human nature ever produced, from a caveman's paintings to Mozart's symphonies and Einstein's view of the universe, emerge from the same source: the relentless dynamic toil of large populations of interconnected neurons. -- Miguel Nicolelis
I feel particularly close to them, because I am now out in the universe. I'm in a position to see nature from another point of view, to be outside the earth and see the big picture. -- Story Musgrave
I used to ski across the vast white expanses of a quiet and lonely mountaintop. In the stillness and solitude... I pondered the mysteries of the universe, the planet, nature and of man. I'm still pondering. -- Fred Kavli
Observe constantly that all things take place by change, and accustom thyself to consider that the nature of the Universe loves nothing so much as to change the things which are, and to make new things like them. -- Marcus Aurelius
I understood at a very early age that in nature, I felt everything I should feel in church but never did. Walking in the woods, I felt in touch with the universe and with the spirit of the universe. -- Alice Walker
A monkey is unaware that atoms exist. Likewise, our brainpower may not stretch to the deepest aspects of reality. The bedrock nature of space and time, and the structure of our entire universe, may remain 'open frontiers' beyond human grasp. -- Martin Rees
I'm Jewish and respect the traditions of Judaism, but through all the time I've spent photographing nature, I also have a deep appreciation for the power of the universe. No, not the power of the universe, but just celebrating life. -- Louie Schwartzberg
Philosophically considered, the universe is composed of Nature and the Soul. Strictly speaking, therefore, all that is separate from us, all which Philosophy distinguishes as the 'Not Me,' that is, both nature and art, all other men and my own body, must be ranked under this name, 'Nature.' -- Ralph Waldo Emerson
In the biblical worldview, the purpose of all creation is to benefit man. This anthropocentric view of nature, and indeed of the whole universe, is completely at odds with the current secular idealization of nature. This secular view posits that nature has its own intrinsic meaning and purpose, independent of man. -- Dennis Prager
For me, surfing is as close a connection I can have with Mother Nature. To surf, you're riding a pulse of energy from Mother Nature. And it's strong. It's real. It's there. And you're dancing with that. You're connecting with that. You're might be the only person in the history of the universe that connects with that particular pulse of energy. -- Xavier Rudd
The universe corresponds to the nature of your song. -- Michael Beckwith
Nature always looks out for the preservation of the universe. -- Robert Boyle
I strive to express the spiritual nature of the universe. -- Richard Pousette-Dart
The nature of the All moved to make the universe. -- Marcus Aurelius
Line in Nature is not found; Unit and Universe are round. -- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Heaven is space in universe that has unique laws of nature. -- Toba Beta
Philosophically considered, the universe is composed of Nature and the Soul. -- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Changes in the universe are not in the Absolute; they are in nature. -- Swami Vivekananda
Besides, you're a cat. It's your nature to think you're the center of the universe. -- Rick Riordan
He who has conquered the internal nature controls the whole universe; it becomes his servant. -- Swami Vivekananda
You are the universe, so see the beauty of nature and feel the joy of life. -- Debasish Mridha
The nondual universe of One Taste arises as a spontaneous gesture of your own true nature. -- Ken Wilber
Know that this universe is nothing but a dream bluff of nature to test your consciousness of immortality. -- Paramahansa Yogananda
Nature is a burning and frigid, transparent and limited universe in which nothing is possible but everything is given. -- Albert Camus
. . . to know the order of nature, and regard the universe as orderly is the highest function of the mind. -- Baruch Spinoza
Chance is the nature of our universe. [...] madness represents a chaotic reservoir of surprises. Some surprises can be valuable. -- Frank Herbert
When you don't follow your nature there is a hole in the universe where you were supposed to be. -- Dane Rudhyar
There are no fixtures in nature. The universe is fluid and volatile. Permanence is but a word of degrees. -- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Thou shalt likewise know that according to Law, the nature of this universe is in all things a like. -- Pythagoras
The laws of nature are constructed in such a way as to make the universe as interesting as possible. -- Freeman Dyson
From the dawn of history, science has probed the universe of unknowns, searching for the uniting laws of nature. -- Ahmed Zewail
Writers and other artists are mostly just historians, produced by nature to describe, decipher and thus historically represent the universe. -- Robert Black
The universe is not in a steady state; there's an ongoing creative principle in nature, which is driving things onwards. -- Rupert Sheldrake
Nature, God, or whatever you want to call the creator of the universe comes through the microscope clearly and strongly -- Roman Vishniac
The universe is but one great city, full of beloved ones, divine and human, by nature endeared to each other. -- Epictetus
For what else is Nature but God and the Divine Reason that pervades the whole universe and all its parts. -- Seneca the Younger
Nothing is impossible to us, except of course, that which is contrary to the laws of nature and the Universe. -- Emile Coue
Low self-esteem is not possible when you understand the nature of everything. Depression is not possible. The universe is absolutely friendly. -- Byron Katie
The goal of life is to make your heartbeat match the beat of the universe, to match your nature with Nature. -- Joseph Campbell
The identity you're craving for is an illusion; your true nature has no identity, you're the universe -you contain all things! -- Aniekee Tochukwu
You cannot describe the universe completely with any accuracy unless you're willing to admit that it's both physical and mental in nature. -- Christopher Langan
You can begin feeling whatever you want (even if it's not there).. the universe will correspond to the nature of your song. -- Rhonda Byrne
Laws of nature have no physical properties of mass /energy. They are platonic truths in transcendent realm that create & govern the Universe. -- Deepak Chopra
The nature of the universe probably depends heavily on who is the actual protagonist. Lately I've been suspecting it's one of my cats. -- Wil McCarthy
There are some laws that are coded into the very nature of the universe, and one is: There Is Never Enough Shelf Space. -- Terry Pratchett
Nature includes all of the universe and man is not only a part of nature, he is in it up to his neck. -- N.J. Berrill
All human plans [are] subject to ruthless revision by Nature, or Fate, or whatever one preferred to call the powers behind the Universe. -- Arthur C. Clarke
A man of thought must feel the thought that is parent of the universe: that the masses of nature do undulate and flow. -- Ralph Waldo Emerson
The nature of the universe has by no means been made through divine power, seeing how great are the faults that mar it. -- Lucretius
We live in an in-between universe where things change all right...but according to patterns, rules, or as we call them, laws of nature. -- Carl Sagan
Words are the vibrations of nature. Therefore, beautiful words create beautiful nature. Ugly words create ugly nature. This is the root of the universe. -- Masaru Emoto
But the nature of the universe is such that the ends never justify the means. On the contrary, the means always determine the end. -- Aldous Huxley
Since the beginning of time mankind has used music and dance to commune with the spirit of nature and the spirit of the universe. -- Goa Gil
For most people, the major hurdle in grasping modern insights into the nature of the universe is that these developments are usually phrased using mathematics. -- Brian Greene
It must be obvious...that there is a contradiction in wanting to be perfectly secure in a universe whose very nature is momentariness and fluidity. -- Shunryu Suzuki
True Budo is to accept the spirit of the universe, keep the peace of the world, correctly produce, protect and cultivate all beings in nature. -- Morihei Ueshiba
There is no theory of a God, of an author of Nature, of an origin of the Universe, which is not utterly repugnant to my faculties. . . -- Harriet Martineau
I think colors are miraculous. We live in a universe that is extremely creative and magical. We become happier as we appreciate these things in nature. -- Alice Walker
Scientists are slowly waking up to an inconvenient truth - the universe looks suspiciously like a fix. The issue concerns the very laws of nature themselves. -- Paul Davies
To think that the ruler of the universe will run to my assistance and bend the laws of nature for me is the height of arrogance. -- Dan Barker
Man lives, not directly or nakedly in nature like the animals, but within a mythological universe, a body of assumptions and beliefs developed from his existential concerns. -- Northrop Frye
Though we often see life troughs as the universe's conspiracy to ruin us, they're actually our own true nature inviting us to lay down our weary heads. -- Martha Beck
If the universe had a beginning, its beginning, by the very condition of the cases, was supernatural; the laws of Nature cannot account for their own origin. -- John Stuart Mill
Nature is God's workshop. The sky is his resume. The universe is his calling card. You want to know who God is? See what he has done. -- Max Lucado
Find a beautiful place inside the nature and refresh yourself over there; how well you repose will mostly determine how far you can go in this universe! -- Mehmet Murat ildan
We teach in our cultural history that the entire universe is a family. So our association with Nature is much deeper and of a very different kind. -- Narendra Modi
Deism claims that God creates the universe and the laws of nature and then is hands-off, with everything that subsequently happens in nature being due to natural processes. -- Elliott Sober
Deism is logically compatible with evolutionary theory for the simple reason that the theory says nothing about the origin of the universe or of the laws of nature. -- Elliott Sober
Besides, your a cat.Its your nature to think your the center of the universe."She stared at him blankly. "But I am the center of the universe. -- Rick Riordan
I take a lot of inspiration from the nature of the universe and visualize my work as a direct or indirect reflection of life, inside and around us. -- Jeet Aulakh
Risk is the universe's way of pushing us to become more than what we are. Risk is faith at the edge. Risk is the pulsating nature of life. -- Sarah Strohmeyer
We are doing the most important possible work in the world when we open the door and reveal our creative nature. It is the work of the Universe itself. -- Jacob Nordby
The end may be defined as life in accordance with nature or, in other words, in accordance with our own human nature as well as that of the universe. -- Zeno of Citium
Science is a mechanism, a way of trying to improve your knowledge of nature. It's a system for testing your thoughts against the universe, and seeing whether they match. -- Isaac Asimov
There are two different conceptions about the nature of the universe: (1) the world as a unity dependent on humanity; (2) the world as a reality independent of the human factor. -- Albert Einstein
Make the universe your companion, always bearing in mind the true nature of things-mountains and rivers, trees and grasses, and humanity-and enjoy the falling blossoms and the scattering leaves. -- Matsuo Basho

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