Harry Emerson Fosdick 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 still a place of mystery and wonder.

The possession of knowledge does not kill the sense of wonder and mystery. There is always more mystery.

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.

There are still so many questions to answer. When you look at any part of the universe, you have to feel humbled.

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.

Science is about exploring, and the only way to uncover the secrets of the universe is to go and look.

The more I learn about the human body, our environment, and the universe, the more it increases my faith.

The universe is not only queerer than we suppose; it is queerer than we can suppose

[Science is] a great game. It is inspiring and refreshing. The playing field is the universe itself.

There are all kinds of interesting questions that come from a knowledge of science, which only adds to the excitement and mystery and awe of a flower.

Science, you don't know, looks like magic.

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

I would like to uncover the secrets of the universe.

Mystery creates wonder and wonder is the basis of man's desire to understand.

The real universe has a marvellous and unique quality, inasmuch as it and only it can take us completely by surprise.

You always admire what you really don't understand.

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.

From wonder into wonder existence opens.

Science is one of a handful of things that defines us as a very special species. It is amazing how far we have been able to get and how accurate our predictions are. I think understanding how the universe was born is very important. It really gives us a perspective on many things.

The larger the island of knowledge, the longer the shoreline of wonder.

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.

The world is a strange and wonderful place.

As knowledge increases, wonder deepens.