Quotes about Existence

But this whole world is a preposterous one, with many preposterous people in it.

It is the image of the ungraspable phantom of life; and this is the key to it all.

I have striven to be Thine, more than to be this world's, or mine own. Yet this is nothing; I leave eternity to Thee; for what is man that he should live out the lifetime of his God?

But if the great sun move not of himself; but is as an errand-boy in heaven; nor one single star can revolve, but by some invisible power; how then can this one small heart beat; this one small brain think thoughts; unless God does that beating, does that thinking, does that living, and not I. By heaven, man, we are turned round and round in this world, like yonder windlass, and Fate is the handspike.

You may say, 'Well, dragons don't exist.' It's, like, yes they do - the category 'predator' and the category 'dragon' are the same category. It absolutely exists. It's a superordinate category. It exists absolutely more than anything else. In fact, it really exists.

Today is the only day. Yesterday is gone.

We see ourselves in terms of yesterday and today. Our Heavenly Father sees us in terms of forever.

It's true all the time everywhere or it's not true! And that one truth is always Mystery.

We have only to look at ourselves to see how intelligent life might develop into something we wouldn't want to meet.

If we do discover a complete theory, it should be in time understandable in broad principle by everyone. Then we shall all, philosophers, scientists, and just ordinary people be able to take part in the discussion of why we and the universe exist.

Science predicts that many different kinds of universe will be spontaneously created out of nothing. It is a matter of chance which we are in.

My goal is simple. It is a complete understanding of the universe, why it is as it is and why it exists at all.