We can predict the present without having to know everything about the past.

There was no "before" the beginning of our universe, because once upon a time there was no time.

Once upon a time when there was no time.

There is no reason that the universe should be designed for our convenience.

What cannot be known is more revealing than what can.

Some things are as they are regardless of what they were.

We are just strings of quarks living in a suburb of the local density maximum of the universe.

If all the stars and galaxies in the universe today were smoothed out into a uniform sea of atoms, there would only be about one atom in every cubic meter of space.

There are only certain intervals of time when life of any sort is possible in an expanding universe and we can practise astronomy only during that habitable time interval in cosmic history.

When we try to observe things that are very small, the act of observation itself will significantly disturb the state we are seeking to measure.

We can never know the origins of the universe. The deepest secrets are the ones that keep themselves.

I foresee no possibility of venturing into themes showing a closer view of reality for a long time to come. The public itself will not have it. What it wants is a gun and a girl.

The measure of our love for others can largely be determined by the frequency and earnestness of our prayers for them.

I am not a painter. I am a poet. / Why? I think I would rather be / a painter, but I am not.

You do not stop losing power by refusing to recognize your fear, by anesthetizing yourself to what you feel. The road to authentic power is always through what you feel through your heart.

Mere heathen morality, and not Jesus Christ, is preached in most of our churches.

Someone who has a disability is not necessarily in distress. You may be embarrassing and inconveniencing someone by butting in and making assumptions.

I'm very shocked when I look at television and I see such an aggressive youth and image obsession in the representation of women on our screens.

If you love somebody, set them free.