“The Universe consists of non-simultaneously apprehended events.”
Buckminster Fuller (1895–1983) American architect, systems theorist, author, designer, inventor and futurist
As quoted by Robert Anton Wilson in Maybe Logic - The Lives and Ideas of Robert Anton Wilson (2003)
From 1980s onwards
“The greatness of the human being consists in this: that it is capable of the universe.”
Thomas Aquinas (1225–1274) Italian Dominican scholastic philosopher of the Roman Catholic Church
Source: De Veritate (On Truth) q. 1, art. 2, ad 4
Isaac Asimov (1920–1992) American writer and professor of biochemistry at Boston University, known for his works of science fiction …
"The Nearest Star" (1989) (reprinted in The Secret of the Universe (1992), p. 82)
General sources
Johannes Kepler book Astronomia nova
As quoted by Bryant, ibid.
Astronomia nova (1609)
Context: Nothing which consists of corporeal matter is absolutely light, but that is comparatively lighter which is rarer, either by its own nature, or by accidental heat. And it is not to be thought that light bodies are escaping to the surface of the universe while they are carried upwards, or that they are not attracted by the earth. They are attracted, but in a less degree, and so are driven outwards by the heavy bodies; which being done, they stop, and are kept by the earth in their own place.
Paramahansa Yogananda (1893–1952) Yogi, a guru of Kriya Yoga and founder of Self-Realization Fellowship
Miscellaneous Quotes
“Every day you play with the light of the universe.”
Pablo Neruda book Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair
Source: Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair
“Two forces rule the universe: light and gravity.”
Simone Weil (1909–1943) French philosopher, Christian mystic, and social activist
“A University should be a place of light, of liberty, and of learning.”
Benjamin Disraeli (1804–1881) British Conservative politician, writer, aristocrat and Prime Minister
Source: Speech http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/commons/1873/mar/11/second-reading-adjourned-debate in the House of Commons (11 March 1873).
