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all the light and beauty, all the grandeur and majesty of the universe are unraveled only in the tiny retinas of human beings.

— Varadaraja V. Raman

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While we have footprints on the sands of time, there is no trace of things yet to come.

Of all the wondrous elements in our vast and complex universe, there is perhaps nothing more intriguing, than consciousness.

The aesthetic dimensions of science, like that of great classical music, are evident to the aficionado.

It has been said that science is proof without certainty, where as religion is certainty without proof.

The spiritual quest is the expression of the deepest longing to connect with the Whole.

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