Quote of the day, mostly related to astronomy.

[messier 111]

“Those minute seconds, flip minutes into hours; hours turn into days, weeks, years, and all these happen in a fraction of a life; placed meagerly, amid this endless Universe.”
― Aniruddha Sastikar

[messier 111]

“The progress of science has always been the result of a close interplay between our concepts of the universe and our observations on nature. The former can only evolve out of the latter and yet the latter is also conditioned greatly by the former. Thus in our exploration of nature, the interplay between our concepts and our observations may sometimes lead to totally unexpected aspects among already familiar phenomena.”
― Tsung-Dao Lee

[messier 111]

“However high we climb in the pursuit of knowledge we shall still see heights above us, and the more we extend our view, the more conscious we shall be of the immensity which lies beyond.”
― William George Armstrong

[messier 111]

“The universe and all creation are there for you to connect your spirit to and you are special part of the whole. If you can sense the wonder of the vast infinite and eternal universe, your spirit will be lifted to great heights and you will tap the source of your life energy.”
― Timothy Simpson, Boredom to Brilliance

[messier 111]

“[My study of the universe] leaves little doubt that life has occurred on other planets. I doubt if the human race is the most intelligent form of life.”
― Harold Urey

[messier 111]

“Nothing happens by mistake the universe has a divine plan...Stay attuned to it.”
― Ziad K. Abdelnour

[messier 111]

“Take a moment, right now, and consider the enormity of activity going on inside of you – from the billions of cells to the even more billions of microscopic organisms. And in that same moment consider the enormity of activity in the oceans, the forests, the jungles, the earth below your feet, right now. And before you take your next breath, consider what might be going on in the outer regions of the universe. Finally, ask yourself, am I really in a position to discount possibilities beyond the limits of my conscious experience?”
― Charles F. Glassman, Brain Drain -

[messier 111]

I'm going on vacation, so it's up to you to continue if you feel like it.
cancun here i am and yes, i brought my binoculars.

[helicon]

I'm going on vacation, so it's up to you to continue if you feel like it.
cancun here i am and yes, i brought my binoculars.

Have a great time Jean-Yves!

[helicon]

“Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one.”

-Marcus Aurelius

[GCoyote]

[helicon]

"The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing"

-Albert Einstein

[GCoyote]

"You develop an instant global consciousness, a people orientation, an intense dissatisfaction with the state of the world, and a compulsion to do something about it. From out there on the moon, international politics looks so petty."

Edgar Mitchell

[GCoyote]

"Life, forever dying to be born afresh, forever young and eager, will presently stand upon this Earth as upon a footstool, and stretch out its realm amidst the stars."

- H. G. Wells, Science Fiction Author

[Graeme1858]

Teach your children that not knowing something is not a bad thing, it is an opportunity to learn something. Teach them that making mistake is not failure, it's the first step to understanding.

Prof Feynman

[GCoyote]

The Earth is the cradle of humanity, but mankind cannot stay in the cradle forever.

Konstantin Tsiolkovsky

[GCoyote]

Nothing has such power to broaden the mind as the ability to investigate systematically and truly all that comes under thy observation in life.

Marcus Aurelius

[messier 111]

Thank you all for taking the time to write.
I'm glad to see you here again Gary C.

[messier 111]

“Life is precious, and in the grand song of the universe, life is short. There is much to be done.”
― Gloria Burgess, Dare to Wear Your Soul on the Outside: Live Your Legacy Now

[messier 111]

“There is a wide yawning black infinity. In every direction the extension is endless, the sensation of depth is overwhelming. And the darkness is immortal. Where light exists, it is pure, blazing, fierce; but light exists almost nowhere, and the blackness itself is also pure and blazing and fierce. But most of all, there is very nearly nothing in the dark; except for little bits here and there, often associated with the light, this infinite receptacle is empty.

This picture is strangely frightening. It should be familiar. It is our universe.

Even these stars, which seem so numerous, are, as sand, as dust, or less than dust, in the enormity of the space in which there is nothing. Nothing! We are not without empathetic terror when we open Pascal’s Pensées and read, 'I am the great silent spaces between worlds.'

[From an undated, handwritten piece of text from the early 1950s which Sagan wrote when he was an undergraduate at the University of Chicago]”
― Carl Sagan