cosmic apathy Quotes

Contrary to what you may assume, I am not a pessimist but an indifferentist- that is, I don't make the mistake of thinking that the... cosmos... gives a damn one way or the the other about the especial wants and ultimate welfare of mosquitoes, rats, lice, dogs, men, horses, pterodactyls, trees, fungi, dodos, or other forms of biological energy.

The secret of the universe is this: The universe doesn't care. That part of the job is yours.

The universe does not care what we want.

The universe doesn't owe us condolence or consolation; it doesn't owe us a nice warm feeling inside.

If you stare at the center of the universe, there is coldness there. A blankness. Ultimately, the universe doesn't care about us. Time doesn't care about us. That's why we have to care about each other.

Such delusions of grandeur to think that a God with a hundred billion galaxies on his mind would give a tuppenny damn who you sleep with, or indeed whether you believe in him.

Why should anybody want to save the human race, or damn it either? Does God want its society? Does Satan?

It is ridiculous to suppose that the great head of things, whatever it be, pays any regard to human affairs.

The universe, he observed, makes rather an indifferent parent, I am afraid.

Universal deities ... never seem to smile. Not in any culture. What's the point of having omnipotence if you don't enjoy it?

In fact, there's an entire universe out there that's pretty much indifferent to struggles that big, no matter how serious they've been in your life.

We ought to be grateful that the Universe out there knows no smile.

Now, that the sovereign power and deity, whatsoever it is, should have regard of mankind, is a toy and vanity worthy to be laughed at.

Reality is divinely indifferent.