#universe

Through space the universe encompasses and swallows me up like an atom; through thought I comprehend the world. ↗

— Blaise Pascal

#comprehend #encompasses #i #like #me

The universe is asymmetric and I am persuaded that life, as it is known to us, is a direct result of the asymmetry of the universe or of its indirect consequences. ↗

— Louis Pasteur

#consequences #direct #direct result #i #i am

If there is anything in the universe that can't stand discussion, let it crack. ↗

— Wendell Phillips

#crack #discussion #stand #universe

From this time on, the universe is built up into an aggregate of permanent objects connected by causal relations that are independent of the subject and are placed in objective space and time. ↗

— Jean Piaget

#built #causal #connected #independent #into

Music is a moral law. It gives soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, and charm and gaiety to life and to everything. ↗

— Plato

#charm #everything #flight #gaiety #gives

Go on, prove me wrong. Destroy the fabric of the universe. See if I care. ↗

— Terry Prachett

#destroy #fabric #go #i #i care

Man is always marveling at what he has blown apart, never at what the universe has put together, and this is his limitation. ↗

— Loren Eiseley

#apart #blown #his #limitation #man

I don't think there is a hidden purpose to the universe that you have to puzzle out. ↗

— Robert Fulghum

#i #out #purpose #puzzle #think

Yes, young men, Italy owes to you an undertaking which has merited the applause of the universe. You have conquered and you will conquer still, because you are prepared for the tactics that decide the fate of battles. ↗

— Giuseppe Garibaldi

#battles #because #conquer #conquered #decide

I think masculinity is bravado against the mystery of the universe of women. It's just a fear of not knowing what women have that's so powerful. It's this shield they put up to try to get closer. ↗

— K. D. Lang

#bravado #closer #fear #get #i