“Consciousness is a singular of which the plural is unknown. There is only one thing, and that which seems to be a plurality is merely a series of different aspects of one thing, produced by deception…, as in a gallery or mirrors.”

-Erwin Shrodinger


“The idea of a universal Mind or Logos would be a fairly plausible inference from the present state of scientific theory; at least it is in harmony with it.”

-Sir Arthur Eddington


"The most divine art is that of healing; it must occupy itself with the soul as well as the body"

-Pythagoras


"Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence."

-Carl Sagan


"All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident."

- Arthur Schopenhauer


"Truly, highly-advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic."

-Arthur C. Clarke


"All reality is one in substance, one in cause, one in origin..., and every particle of reality is composed inseparably of the physical and the psychic..., The object of philosophy (and science!), therefore, is to preserve unity in diversity, mind in matter and matter in mind..., To rise to that highest knowledge of the universal unity is the intellectual equivalent of the love of God."

-Giordano Bruno


“A human being is part of the whole, called by us “universe”, a part limited in time and space. He experiences his thoughts and feelings as something separate from the rest-a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal decisions and to affection for a few persons nearest us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty.”

"It is very difficult to elucidate this cosmic religious feeling to anyone who is entirely without it..., The religious geniuses of all ages have been distinguished by this feeling, which knows no dogma..., In my view, it is the most important function of art and science to awaken this feeling and keep it alive in those who are receptive to it."

-Albert Einstein


“Through science, we human beings are able to grasp at least some of nature’s secrets. We have cracked part of the cosmic code. Why this should be, just why Homo sapiens should carry the spark of rationality that provides the key to the universe, is a deep enigma. We, who are children of the universe, animated stardust, can nevertheless reflect on the nature of that same universe, even to the extent of glimpsing the rules on which it turns. How we have become linked into this cosmic dimension is a mystery. Yet the linkage cannot be denied.

What does it mean? What is Man that we might be party to such privilege? I cannot believe that our existence in this universe is a mere quick of fate, an accident of history, an incidental blip in the great cosmic drama. Our involvement is too intimate. The physical species Homo may count for nothing, but the existence of mind in some organism on some planet in the universe is surely a fact of fundamental significance. Through conscious beings the universe has generated self-awareness. This can be no trivial detail, no minor by-product of mindless, purposeless forces. We are truly meant to be here.”

-Paul Davis