“I stress that the universe is made mostly of nothing, that something is the exception.”
The Varieties of Scientific Experience: A Personal View of the Search for God (2006)
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1940s, Only Then Shall We Find Courage (1946)
Source: Culture series, Matter (2008), Chapter 10 “A Certain Lack” (p. 167)
“There was nothing I could say in retaliation except something that would confuse her.”
Source: The Treasure Map of Boys: Noel, Jackson, Finn, Hutch, Gideon—and me, Ruby Oliver
The Gander, in Book Seven : What Saraïde Wanted, Ch. XLV : The Gander Also Generalizes
The Silver Stallion (1926)
Context: Nothing … nothing in the universe, is of any importance, or is authentic to any serious sense, except the illusions of romance. For man alone of animals plays the ape to his dreams. These axioms — poor, deaf and blinded spendthrift! — are none the less valuable for being quoted.
At Randolph-Macon Woman's College, Broadcasted by C-SPAN2 http://richarddawkins.net/home
“You contribute nothing to your salvation except the sin that made it necessary.”
“In a way it made no difference, since nothing is permanent except our illusions.”
Source: Mindswap (1966), Chapter 33 (pp. 156-157)