Freeman Dyson Quotes

What is god, what is not god, what is between man and god, who shall say?

Psychology doesn't address the soul; that's something else.

The universe extends beyond the mind of man, and is more complex than the small sample one can study. God cannot be reduced to a sample for analysis.

I am not convinced that there is such a thing as a soul.

Divine Nature cannot be apprehended by human reason.

The idea of spirituality is difficult to discuss.

God is Mind, and God is infinite; hence all is Mind.

He is no God who merely satisfies the intellect, if He ever does.

But you're dead,' said Harry. 'Oh, yes,' said Dumbledore matter-of-factly. 'Then... am I dead too?' 'Ah,' said Dumbledore, smiling still more broadly. 'That is the question, isn't it? On the whole, dear boy, I think not.

When you have the intuition that there is something which is there, but out of the reach of your physical world, art and religion are the only means to get to it.

We've been proceeding so long on the plane of consciousness, we don't realize we are spiritual beings. Our minds, our senses, and the society around us all say, "Come on, you're getting into fantasy.

He is not the soul of Nature, nor any part of Nature. He inhabits eternity: He dwells in a high and holy place: heaven is His throne, not his vehicle, earth is his footstool, not his vesture. One day he will dismantle both and make a new heaven and earth. He is not to be identified even with the 'divine spark' in man. He is 'God and not man.

[Star Wars is] designed primarily to make young people think about the mystery. Not to say, 'Here's the answer.' It's to say, 'Think about this for a second. Is there a God? What does God look like? What does God sound like? What does God feel like? How do we relate to God?'

Body and soul. Two different things

We talk about God as though he was like a somebody. We ask him to bless our nation, or save our Queen, or give us a fine day for the picnic. And we actually expect him to be on our side in an election or war even though our opponents are also God's children.

God cannot be compared to anything. Note this.

I am not an atheist. I do not know if I can define myself as a pantheist. The problem involved is too vast for our limited minds.

The Divine Truth is greater than any religion or creed or scripture or idea or philosophy.

I cannot conceive otherwise than that He, the Infinite Father, expects or requires no worship or praise from us, but that He is even infinitely above it.

Religion is a practical discipline and it's one that we have always done, ever since humanity appeared on the scene when Homo sapiens became Homo sapiens. Sapiens became a human being, our minds very naturally segue into transcendence.

Were we able to extract from any man a complete answer to the question, "What comes into your mind when you think about God?" we might predict with certainty the future of that man.

No man has ever been able to describe God fully. The same holds true of ahimsa.

O Heaven, it is mysterious, it is awful to consider that we not only carry each a future Ghost within him; but are, in very deed, Ghosts!

If the Absolute becomes limited by the mind, It is no more Absolute; It has become finite.

Faith, consciousness, and awareness all exist beyond the thinking mind.