Quote of the day, mostly related to astronomy.

[messier 111]

And above all, watch with glittering eyes the whole world around you because the greatest secrets are always hidden in the most unlikely places. Those who don't believe in magic will never find it.
Roald Dahl

[messier 111]

“But physics and astronomy offered the hope of understanding where we came from and why we are here. I wanted to fathom the depths of the universe. Maybe I have succeeded to a small extent, but there's still plenty I want to know.”
― Stephen Hawking, My Brief History

[messier 111]

“Someone told me once that the light we see from the stars is hundreds of thousands of years old. That the star could already be dead and we'd never know it because it still looked alive. I thought that was a terrible thing. That the stars could lie.”
― T.J. Klune, Wolfsong

[messier 111]

“I wonder how it can be considered that science disenchants the world. The power of the spells of physics to make the empty solid — and nothing, something — seem greater than anything I have ever read in folk tales.”
― Robin Ince, The Importance of Being Interested: Adventures in Scientific Curiosity

[notFritzArgelander]

“Someone told me once that the light we see from the stars is hundreds of thousands of years old. That the star could already be dead and we'd never know it because it still looked alive. I thought that was a terrible thing. That the stars could lie.”
― T.J. Klune, Wolfsong

The stars never lie. They’ve always been utterly truthful. It’s not their fault that humans are slow to get the message.

[messier 111]

“Someone told me once that the light we see from the stars is hundreds of thousands of years old. That the star could already be dead and we'd never know it because it still looked alive. I thought that was a terrible thing. That the stars could lie.”
― T.J. Klune, Wolfsong

The stars never lie. They’ve always been utterly truthful. It’s not their fault that humans are slow to get the message.

so true .

[messier 111]

“Reality is frequently inaccurate.”
― Douglas Adams, The Restaurant at the End of the Universe

[messier 111]

“This planet has - or rather had - a problem, which was this: most of the people living on it were unhappy for pretty much of the time. Many solutions were suggested for this problem, but most of these were largely concerned with the movement of small green pieces of paper, which was odd because on the whole it wasn't the small green pieces of paper that were unhappy.”
― Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

[messier 111]

“Beethoven tells you what it's like to be Beethoven and Mozart tells you what it's like to be human. Bach tells you what it's like to be the universe.”
― Douglas Adams

[notFritzArgelander]

“Reality is frequently inaccurate.”
― Douglas Adams, The Restaurant at the End of the Universe

"The best of all possible worlds." - Leibniz

Well, it might not be best, but it is always good enough. - nFA

[notFritzArgelander]

“Beethoven tells you what it's like to be Beethoven and Mozart tells you what it's like to be human. Bach tells you what it's like to be the universe.”
― Douglas Adams

This suggests an item for the music thread, the finale from Act 4 of Figaro.

[messier 111]

If you want to lift yourself up, lift up someone else.
Booker T. Washington

[messier 111]

We all die. The goal isn't to live forever, the goal is to create something that will.
Chuck Palahniuk

[messier 111]

The greatest obstacle to discovery is not ignorance - it is the illusion of knowledge.
Daniel J. Boorstin

[messier 111]

Your life does not get better by chance, it gets better by change.
Jim Rohn

[messier 111]

Doing what you love is the cornerstone of having abundance in your life.
Wayne Dyer

[messier 111]

Overcoming poverty is not a gesture of charity. It is an act of justice. It is the protection of a fundamental human right, the right to dignity and a decent life . . .
Nelson Mandela

[messier 111]

If you have knowledge, let others light their candles in it.
Margaret Fuller

[messier 111]

Don't worry that children never listen to you; worry that they are always watching you.
Robert Fulghum

[messier 111]

If evolution really works, how come mothers only have two hands?
Milton Berle