Cosmic Intelligence Quotes

This most beautiful system of the sun, planets and comets could only proceed from the counsel and dominion of an intelligent and powerful Being. And if the fixed stars are the centres of other like systems, these, being formed by the like wise counsel, must be all subject to the dominion of One; especially since the light of the fixed stars is of the same nature with the light of the sun.

I've always thought that we, as human beings, would be naive and arrogant to pretend that we're the only life form in the galaxy.

Far from feeling dwarfed by the vast reaches and energy of the cosmos, what we really learn is that we are the most remarkable and complicated product of cosmic evolution, and our potential is unlimited.

That which I named 'innate' is a segment of that intelligence which fills the universe.

The Bible of nature is the best damn Bible in the world. Its laws are perfect and grand, and all the prayers in the world can't change them. There is intelligence and law in this world, and there may be supreme intelligence and law, but so far as the religion of the day is concerned, it is all a damned fake.

There may be organic life out there, or maybe machines created by long-dead civilizations, but any signals, even if they are difficult to decode, would tell us that the concepts of logic and physics are not limited to the hardware in human skulls, and will transform our view of the universe.

Spirit is the life, the mind the builder the physical the result

I'm sure the universe is full of intelligent life. It's just been too intelligent to come here.

The universe is computing its own destiny.

I now believe that the universe was brought into existence by an infinite Intelligence. I believe that this universe's intricate laws manifest what scientists have called the Mind of God. I believe that life and reproduction originate in a divine Source. Why do I believe this, given that I expounded and defended atheism for more than a half century? The short answer is this: this is the world picture, as I see it, that has emerged from modern science.

That which exercises reason is more excellent than that which does not exercise reason; there is nothing more excellent than the universe, therefore the universe exercises reason.

I can conceive of no nightmare so terrifying as establishing communication with a so-called superior (or, if you wish, advanced) technology in outer space.

Mind and intelligence are woven into the fabric of our universe in a way that altogether surpasses our understanding.

I believe in the existence of a Supreme Intelligence pervading the Universe.

What you see as cosmos is a living mind - intelligent space.

One of your American professors said that to study religion was merely to know the mind of man, but if one truly wanted to know the mind of God, you must study physics.

I have a naive trust in the universe - that at some level it all makes sense, and we can get glimpses of that sense if we try.

To my mathematical brain, the numbers alone make thinking about aliens perfectly rational.

God, as I use the word, is another name for what is. I always know God's intention: It's exactly what is in every moment.

Law rules throughout existence, a Law which is not intelligent, but Intelligence.

Just as the sun is infinitely brighter than a candle flame, there is infinitely more intelligence in Being than in your mind

If we're looking for intelligence in the universe I think everybody assumes that this has to start with life and so the question is: "How likely is it that there will be life elsewhere in the universe?"

What could define God, [is thinking of God] as the embodiment of the laws of nature. However, this is not what most people would think of that God. They made a human-like being with whom one can have a personal relationship. When you look at the vast size of the universe and how insignificant an accidental human life is in it, that seems most impossible.

The phenomenon of UFO doesn't say anything about the presence of intelligence in space. It just shows how rare it is here on the earth.

It's hard enougth to find intelligent life right here in Washington!