2,613 Quotes About Universe

The supply of matter in the universe was never more tightly packed than it is now, or more widely spread out. For nothing is ever added to it or subtracted from it. It follows that the movement of atoms today is no different from what it was in bygone ages and always will be. So the things that have regularly come into being will continue to come into being in the same manner; they will be and grow and flourish so far as each is allowed by the laws of nature.

...the total number of galaxies in the universe seems to be in the region of ten billion, and that each of them has about a hundred billion stars the size of the sun. These numbers are so absurd that I strangely find myself in a good mood. It's all so immense. I think Paul feels a bit like this as well. There is so little I can do to make a difference. It is liberating.

A man craves ultimate truths. Every mortal mind, I think, is that way. But what is ultimate truth? It's the end of the road, where there is no more mystery, no more hope. And no more questions to ask, since all the answers have been given. But there is no such place.The Universe is a labyrinth made of labyrinths. Each leads to another. And wherever we cannot go ourselves, we reach with mathematics. Out of mathematics we build wagons to carry us into the nonhuman realms of the world.

To the untrue man, the whole universe is false--it is impalpable--it shrinks to nothing within his grasp.

The history of astronomy is a history of receding horizons.

Right where you are, the potential of the universe is.

Why can’t people just learn to live together in peace and harmony?” said Arthur.Ford gave a loud, very hollow laugh.“Forty-two!” he said with a malicious grin. “No, doesn’t work. Never mind.

Loneliness is like being the only person left alive in theuniverse, except that everyone else is still here.

To keep holding onto somethingthat is long gone -is like existinginside a void of emptinessthat could have beenan entire universe by now.