Quote of the day, mostly related to astronomy.

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Most of us are raised to believe we are ordinary. The anchor of the universe is present in every child. A parent only needs to guide and step aside and let them fulfill their dharma. Help children remember that they can do or be anything. Wayne Dyer

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There's that old theory that humankind and this planet were seen as the centre of the universe. That was thrown away - how could we be so presumptuous? Well, I subscribe to that. Dan Aykroyd

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It was Einstein's dream to discover the grand design of the universe, a single theory that explains everything. However, physicists in Einstein's day hadn't made enough progress in understanding the forces of nature for that to be a realistic goal. Stephen Hawking

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The Universe is worked and guided from within outwards. Helena Blavatsk

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The Universe is one great kindergarten for man. Everything that exists has brought with it its own peculiar lesson. Orison Swett Marden

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Even if there is only one possible unified theory, it is just a set of rules and equations. What is it that breathes fire into the equations and makes a universe for them to describe? Stephen Hawking

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The universe as we know it is a joint product of the observer and the observed. Pierre Teilhard de Chardin

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Evolutionary cosmology formulates theories in which a universe is capable of giving rise to and generating future universes out of itself, within black holes or whatever. Robert Nozick

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For me, it is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring. Carl Sagan

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Science is one of a handful of things that defines us as a very special species. It is amazing how far we have been able to get and how accurate our predictions are. I think understanding how the universe was born is very important. It really gives us a perspective on many things. Yuri Milner

[Graeme1858]

Evolutionary cosmology formulates theories in which a universe is capable of giving rise to and generating future universes out of itself, within black holes or whatever. Robert Nozick

Good one. And now the JSWT has found galaxies that appear to have evolved much sooner than they should have we might well have to formulate some new theories in cosmology!

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We should get used to the idea that we'll probably never be able to find - and confirm - a good explanation of the ultimate origin of the universe, though I see no reason to believe that we can't press much further on this question than we have managed to date. Daniel Dennett

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Observe constantly that all things take place by change, and accustom thyself to consider that the nature of the Universe loves nothing so much as to change the things which are, and to make new things like them. Marcus Aurelius

[Ylem]

Sometimes I think we're alone in the universe, and sometimes I think we're not. In either case, the idea is quite staggering.
- Arthur C. Clarke

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We are the product of quantum fluctuations in the very early universe. Stephen Hawking

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When you look around Silicon Valley at new companies, there are very few ideas that are going to make a dent in the universe. Brad Garlinghouse

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We must believe then, that as from hence we see Saturn and Jupiter; if we were in either of the Two, we should discover a great many Worlds which we perceive not; and that the Universe extends so in infinitum. Cyrano de Bergerac

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Who knows where inspiration comes from. Perhaps it arises from desperation. Perhaps it comes from the flukes of the universe, the kindness of the muses. Amy Tan

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The universe is dynamic. When we are creative, we are the most alive and in touch with it. Brad Dourif

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The study and knowledge of the universe would somehow be lame and defective were no practical results to follow. Marcus Tullius Cicero