Steven Weinberg (1933) American theoretical physicist
(1993), Epilogue, p. 155
The First Three Minutes (1977; second edition 1993)
“There is a great deal too much in the world, of the "heavenly-mindedness" which expends itself in the contemplation of the joys of paradise, which performs no duty which it can shirk, and whose constant prayer is to be lifted in some overwhelming flood of Divine grace, and be carried, amidst the admiration of men and the jubilance of angels, to the very throne of God.”
Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), p. 502.
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