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With my assumption... life need never end. There is no decisive argument for deciding between [certain] assumptions. I prefer the one that allows the possibility of endless life. One may hope that some day the question will be decided by direct observation.

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It seems clear that the present quantum mechanics is not in its final form.

The measure of greatness in a scientific idea is the extent to which it stimulates thought and opens up new lines of research.

The scientific work of Georges Lemaître (1968)

One could perhaps describe the situation by saying that God is a mathematician of a very high order, and He used very advanced mathematics in constructing the universe.

The Evolution of the Physicist's Picture of Nature (1963)

In science one tries to tell people, in such a way as to be understood by everyone, something that no one ever knew before. But in the case of poetry, it's the exact opposite!

Brighter Than a Thousand Suns : A Personal History of the Atomic Scientists (1958)

God used beautiful mathematics in creating the world.

The Cosmic Code : Quantum Physics As The Language Of Nature (1982)

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In imitating the exemplary acts of a god or of a mythic hero, or simply by recounting their adventures, the man of an archaic society detaches himself from profane time and magically re-enters the Great Time, the sacred time.

Mircea Eliade Myths, Dreams and Mysteries (1967)

Enlighten the people generally, and tyranny and oppressions of body and mind will vanish like evil spirits at the dawn of day.

Thomas Jefferson

The superior man loves his soul; the inferior man loves his property.

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