You and I are all as much continuous with the physical universe as a wave is continuous with the ocean.
In known history, nobody has had such capacity for altering the universe than the people of the United States of America. And nobody has gone about it in such an aggressive way.
The myths underlying our culture and underlying our common sense have not taught us to feel identical with the universe, but only parts of it, only in it, only confronting it aliens.
The style of God venerated in the church, mosque, or synagogue seems completely different from the style of the natural universe.
Technology is destructive only in the hands of people who do not realize that they are one and the same process as the universe.
Things are as they are. Looking out into it the universe at night, we make no comparisons between right and wrong stars, nor between well and badly arranged constellations.
Against eternal injustice, man must assert justice, and to protest against the universe of grief, he must create happiness.
Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.
That deep emotional conviction of the presence of a superior reasoning power, which is revealed in the incomprehensible universe, forms my idea of God.
There's only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and that's your own self.
There is only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and that's your own self.
Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.
Helped are those who create anything at all, for they shall relive the thrill of their own conception and realize a partnership in the creation of the Universe that keeps them responsible and cheerful.
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.
Once you feel loved by the universe, you're already accepted, and you're not really concerned about offending people.
