Thomas a Kempis Quotes

We know so little of the why, what the universe is, what infinity is. The veil around us is very fragile.

The thing that is incredible is life itself. Why should we be here in this sun-illuminated universe? Why should there be green earth under our feet?

Life is the fire that burns and the sun that gives light. Life is the wind and the rain and the thunder in the sky. Life is matter and is earth, what is and what is not, and what beyond is in Eternity.

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.

Mankind have been slow to believe that order reigns in the universe-that the world is a cosmos and a chaos.

Clearly I know, the mind is mountains, rivers, and the great earth; sun, moon, and stars.

I want to know why the universe exists, why there is something greater than nothing.

It's always interesting just to see how the human mind is relating to the natural universe, and what we try to make of it just so we can believe we understand what's going on.

All nature is but art unknown to thee.

There are improbable things suspended in space, like the earth.

Those who have never entered upon scientific pursuits know not a tithe of the poetry by which they are surrounded.

Scripture suggests that the elements in space were created for the benefit of earth, while evolution suggests that earth is an insignificant speck in vast space.

There is nothing bigger or older than the universe.

The universe is a great mystery.

We inhabit a universe that is characterized by diversity.

You are that vast thing that you see far, far off with great telescopes.

I look out of this window and I think this is a cosmos, this is a huge creation, this is one small corner of it. The trees and birds and everything else and I'm part of it. I didn't ask to be put here, I've been lucky in finding myself here.

If a tree falls in the forest, and no one is there to hear it, it makes no sound.

The Universe is under no obligation to make sense to you.

I'm always trying to figure out what God is and why matter exists and whether it contains spirit or not.

You think of floating on a rock in space as so alien, but that's exactly what we're doing.

The universe is the way it is, whether we like it or not.

What is this universe but name and form?

What a glorious title, Nature, a veritable stroke of genius to have hit upon. It is more than a cosmos, more than a universe. It includes the seen as well as the unseen, the possible as well as the actual, Nature and Nature's God, mind and matter. I am lost in admiration of the effulgent blaze of ideas it calls forth.

Time itself is an element.