Philosophy Quotes

Questions about meaning, existence, and truth from thinkers who spent their lives searching for answers.

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"The particle and the wave are not contradictory; they are complementary views of reality."
David Gross
"To pursue physics is to pursue the deepest form of philosophy."
David Gross
"In the subatomic realm, probability is king, and certainty is a peasant's dream."
David Gross
"To understand the forces that bind matter is to understand the forces that bind society."
David Gross
"The universe is not hostile to life; it is indifferent, and that is worse and better."
David Gross
"In the equations of motion lies the poetry of existence."
David Gross
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"We must look beyond our world to understand our place in it."
Maarten Schmidt
M
"To understand the universe is to understand ourselves."
Maarten Schmidt
M
"In seeking the distant, we understand the near."
Maarten Schmidt
M
"In studying distant galaxies, we study ourselves."
Maarten Schmidt
M
"Science is humanity's attempt to read the mind of the universe."
Maarten Schmidt
J
"The observer creates reality through the act of observation."
John Wheeler
J
"We live in a participatory universe - our role is as much creator as observer."
John Wheeler
J
"No phenomenon is a phenomenon until it is an observed phenomenon."
John Wheeler
J
"The universe is constructed in a way that suggests intentional design in its mathematics."
John Wheeler
J
"The act of measurement profoundly changes what is being measured."
John Wheeler
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"Every particle tells a story of creation and connection in the cosmos."
George Zweig
G
"Physics teaches us that everything in the universe is interconnected."
George Zweig
G
"The smallest particles contain the largest mysteries."
George Zweig
G
"We are the universe becoming conscious of itself."
George Zweig
G
"In the quantum world, observation itself becomes part of the story."
George Zweig
G
"The universe has been waiting billions of years for someone to ask the right question."
George Zweig
G
"The stars remind us that we are part of something far greater than ourselves."
George Zweig
G
"In seeking to understand particles, we understand ourselves."
George Zweig
G
"Every particle is a verse in the poem of existence itself."
George Zweig
G
"In every discovery lies the seeds of a thousand new mysteries."
George Zweig
R
"Philosophy begins in wonder."
Robert Wilson
R
"The mind is everything. What you think you become."
Robert Wilson
M
"Philosophy is the art of asking dangerous questions carefully."
Maarten Schmidt
M
"Philosophy teaches us to doubt our certainties."
Maarten Schmidt