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As a solitary planetary system we may be inconspicuous, but so is the individual human. He does not thereby lose his dignity.

— N. J. Berrill You and the Universe (1958)

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Death and dissolution are not penalties inflicted on the living; they are themselves the conditions necessary to the existence of life and they hold all the hope of the future, as they have from the start.

You and the Universe (1958)

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The stars awaken a certain reverence, because though always present, they are inaccessible; but all natural objects make a kindred impression, when the mind is open to their influence. Nature never wears a mean appearance.

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Einstein's space is no closer to reality than Van Gogh's sky.

Arthur Koestler The Act of Creation (1964)

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