Ben Carson Quotes

No one who has understood even a fraction of what science has told us about the universe can fail to be in awe of both the cosmos and of science.

The universe is incredibly wondrous, incredibly beautiful, and it fills me with a sense that there is some underlying explanation that we have yet to fully understand. If someone wants to place the word 'God' on those collections of words, it's OK with me.

When you study natural science and the miracles of creation, if you don't turn into a mystic you are not a natural scientist.

The more we know about this universe, the more mysterious it is. The old world that Job knew was marvelous enough, and his description of its wonders is among the noblest poetry of the race, but today the new science has opened to our eyes vistas of mystery that transcend in their inexplicable marvel anything the ancients ever dreamed.

Science shows us truth and beauty and fills each day with a fresh wonder of the exquisite order which governs our world.

Faith is not a rational thing, and yet to understand the universe, rationality alone will not give it to us. Our understanding of the universe must transcend the rational.

Two things awe me most, the starry sky above me and the moral law within me.

What's interesting about science is that we're constantly discovering new things about the universe, about ourselves, about our bodies, about diseases, about the possibilities of the future. It's amazing. Science is one of the coolest things about being a human being - without a doubt.

Wonder is the desire for knowledge.

I'm always astonished by a forest. It makes me realise that the fantasy of nature is much larger than my own fantasy. I still have things to learn.

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.

Look up at the stars and not down at your feet. Try to make sense of what you see, and wonder about what makes the universe exist. Be curious.

Humans are natural-born scientists. When we're born, we want to know why the stars shine. We want to know why the sun rises.

One of the things I do know is we know very little about our universe. Even though we think we know a lot, and we do know a lot more than we used to, we have a lot to learn about our universe.

As knowledge increases, wonder deepens.

If you can't be in awe of Mother Nature, there's something wrong with you.

The environment is everything that isn't me.

Nature is so phenomenal.

We are discovering what the universe is really like, and it is totally magnificent, and one can only be inspired and awestruck by what we find.

Deep down within anyone there's a flame that maybe had gone dormant that can be fanned or ignited in case it had blown out. This is the flame of curiosity, the flame of wonder, of awe, of all the things that make you want to learn something more tomorrow than you knew today.

This is *our* Universe, our museum of wonder and beauty, our cathedral.

What inspires me is the universe.

Man's wonder grows with his knowledge.

One (practitioner of science) is the educated man who still has a controlled sense of wonder before the universal mystery, whether it hides in a snail's eye or within the light that impinges on that delicate organ.

We are impressed and even daunted by the immense Universe to be explored. "What we know is a point to what we do not know."