Stars are like animals in the wild. We may see the very young but never their actual birth, which is a veiled and secret event.
Heinz PagelsThere 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.
Heinz PagelsWhile we can prove that almost all numbers in the continuum are random, we cannot prove that any specific number is indeed random.
Heinz PagelsWe surely stand at the threshold of a great adventure of the human spiritรณ a new synthesis of knowledge, a potential integration of art and science, a deeper grasp of human psychology, a deepening of the symbolic representations of our existence and feelings as given in religion and culture, the formation of an international order based on cooperation and nonviolent competition. It seems not too much to hope for these things.
Heinz Pagels