This is the greatest discovery of the scientific enterprise: You take hydrogen gas, and you leave it alone, and it turns into rosebuds, giraffes and humans.

The proper condition of the human is not bovine placidity... the highest degree of tension that can be creatively borne.

When humans find themselves surrounded by nothing but objects, the response is always one of loneliness.

The earth was once molten rock and now sings operas.

This is the greatest discovery of the scientific enterprise: You take hydrogen gas, and you leave it alone, and it turns into rosebuds, giraffes and humans.

The new cosmic story emerging into human awareness overwhelms all previous conceptions of the universe for the simple reason that it draws them all into its comprehensive fullness. Who can learn what this means and remain calm?

I flush with heaving passion's strange delight, Yet find contentment lost in appetite.