#universe

As an orangutan cannot embrace higher mathematics or comprehend the architecture and operation of a computer, we humans __ so good at loudly proclaiming our intelligence and applauding our own doltish displays of cerebral gymnastics __ cannot begin to understand the true structure and functioning of the Universe. ↗

— John Rachel

#cerebral #computers #gymnastics #intelligence #orangutan

The finger of the atheists' own divinity, Reason, wrote on the wall the appalling judgments that there is no God; that the universe is only matter in spontaneous motion; and, most grievous word of all, that what men call their souls die with the death of the body, as music dies when the strings are broken. ↗

— John Lothrop Motley

#divinity #god #reason #the-soul #the-universe

You'll forget your inner peace, forget that it comes from impermanence. From knowing that everything will break. And only reason can right you. ↗

— E.J. Koh

#death #family #fantasy #love #philosophy

The kindness sent from one compassionate soul to another during the time of loss of one held so dear allows the sorrow-filled heart to open wide, filling the space of emptiness that grief may have created with a renewed sense of peace, compassion, and love. ↗

— Molly Friedenfeld

#compassion #death #god #grief #heart

Equipped with his five senses, man explores the universe around him and calls the adventure Science. ↗

— Edwin Powell Hubble

#around #calls #equipped #explores #five

We have time. Fear tangled into her clothes, cinched the shirt, spiraled into the veins. ↗

— E.J. Koh

#death #fantasy #love #red #science-fiction

Love?' Echo was right. All destruction started from love, didn't it? ↗

— E.J. Koh

#death #fantasy #love #red #science-fiction

Her own vague red trail created a livid atmosphere. She was like an avalanche and they were her nostalgia. ↗

— E.J. Koh

#fantasy #love #red #science-fiction #scifi

The red was something none of them could contain. ↗

— E.J. Koh

#death #fantasy #love #red #science-fiction

Metaphysically, his bowl filled and emptied at the same time. Violent and maniacal to push himself so far, he'd both created and destroyed his body's energy. In other words he had complete power, self-sustaining, self-sacrificing power at the origin of himself. ↗

— E.J. Koh

#death #fantasy #love #red #science-fiction