Leucippus

Philosopher Ancient Greece 500 – 440

Early atomist who developed the atomic theory with Democritus.

379 quotes

"The microscopic and macroscopic worlds obey identical laws."
Science
"In contemplating the void, the mind discovers its own limitations."
Wisdom
"All phenomena can be reduced to the motion of atoms."
Science
"To accept the mechanical nature of existence is to find peace."
Peace
"The universe does not whisper its secrets; they must be wrested from it."
Education
"What seems permanent is merely slowly changing."
Change
"All order is temporary; all disorder is eternal."
Philosophy
"The atoms that compose us have existed since the beginning of time."
Time
"Nature operates without rules or laws imposed from without."
Freedom
"The infinite void contains infinite worlds and infinite possibilities."
Imagination
"To study atoms is to read the history of the universe."
Science
"What we fear most is our inability to control the mechanical processes of existence."
Fear
"All life is the product of blind mechanical forces."
Nature
"The patterns we see in nature are projections of our own minds."
Truth
"Understanding the eternal brings perspective to the temporary."
Wisdom
"Atoms move through the void not by purpose but by necessity."
Science
"The universe is a scroll written in the language of atoms."
Knowledge
"To know oneself is to understand the atoms that compose oneself."
"What persists is not life but the matter from which it forms."
Perseverance
"In the infinite void, our greatest achievements fade to nothing."
"The collision of atoms is the only true cause."
Science
"Nature reveals that causation, not chance, governs all things."
Truth
"To philosophers belongs the task of understanding the invisible."
Philosophy
"The universe whispers of its nature to those who listen with reason."
Wisdom
"All becoming is merely the rearrangement of what has always been."
Change
"The eternal void is the canvas upon which existence is painted."
Nature
"What we call birth is the beginning of a temporary arrangement of atoms."
Life
"The smallest disturbance in the void can alter the course of worlds."
Power
"To accept mechanistic necessity is to transcend the illusion of free will."
Philosophy
"All apparent chaos is but the operation of eternal law on infinite matter."
Truth