There was emptiness more profound than the void between the stars, for which there was no here and there and before and after, and yet out of that void the entire plenum of existence sprang forth.

The visible world is the invisible organization of energy.

Science shows us what exists but not what to do about it.

Science is expanding, and with it our vision of the universe. although this new and constantly changing view may not always give us comfort, it does have the virtue of truth according to our most effective resources for acquiring knowledge. No philosophy, moral outlook, or religion can be inconsistent with the findings of science and hope to endure among educated people.

While we can prove that almost all numbers in the continuum are random, we cannot prove that any specific number is indeed random.

Science has explored the microcosmos and the macrocosmos; we have a good sense of the lay of the land. The great unexplored frontier is complexity.

Our capacity for fulfillment can come only through faith and feelings. But our capacity for survival must come from reason and knowledge.