Universe Quotes

“The Way begets one; one begets two; two begets three; three begets the myriad creatures.”

“He who lives in harmony with himself lives in harmony with the universe.”

“There is change in all things. You yourself are subject to continual change and some decay, and this is common to the entire universe.”

“The things that have acquired unity are these: Heaven by unity has become clear; Earth by unity has become steady; The Spirit by unity has become spiritual; The Valley by unity has become full; All things by unity have come into existence.”

“What honor can there be without humility? What heights can be reached without being low? The pieces of a chariot are useless unless the work in accordance with the whole A man's life brings nothing unless he lives in accordance with the whole universe Playing one's part in accordance with the universe is true humility So whether you're a gem in the royal court or a stone on the common path If you accept your part with humility the glory of the universe will be yours”

“Who would believe that so small a space could contain the images of all the universe?”

“You cannot know the body by studying the finger, and you cannot understand the universe by learning one science.”

“Everything in the universe is created from something, which in turn is created from nothing.”

“In one drop of water are found all the secrets of all the oceans; in one aspect of You are found all the aspects of existence.”

“Probe the universe in a myriad of points. ... He is a wise man who has taken many views; to whom stones and plants and animals and a myriad of objects have each suggesting something, contributed something.”

“There is an ancient legend which warns that, should we ever learn our true origin, our universe will instantly be destroyed.”

“All things in this vast universe exist in you, with you, and for you.”

“The Universe energy doesn't lie.”

“All things in this creation exist within you and all things in you exist in creation; there is no border between you and the closest things, and there is no distance between you and the farthest things, and all things, from the lowest to the loftiest, from the smallest to the greatest, are within you as equal things.”

“Every nail driven should be as another rivet in the machine of the universe, you carrying on the work.”

“Saying this, he turned his head toward the window as if he were trying to solve the problems of human existence by concentrating on the beauty of the universe.”

“The same law that shapes the earth-star shapes the snow-star. As surely as the petals of a flower are fixed, each of these countless snow-stars comes whirling to earth...these glorious spangles, the sweeping of heaven's floor.”

“There should always be something gratuitous about art, just as there seems to be, according to the new-wave cosmologists, something gratuitous about the universe.”

“How can the planet keep turning and turning and not get so bored it explodes?”

“I learned this, at least, by my experiment; that if one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours. . . . In proportion as he simplifies his life, the laws of the universe will appear less complex, and solitude will not be solitude, nor poverty poverty, nor weakness weakness.”

“As you simplify your life, the laws of the universe will be simpler; solitude will not be solitude, poverty will not be poverty, nor weakness weakness.”

“Both place and time were changed, and I dwelt nearer to those parts of the universe and to those eras in history which had most attracted me.”

“Once upon a time, in some out of the way corner of that universe which is dispersed into numberless twinkling solar systems, there was a star upon which clever beasts invented knowing.”

“The universe constantly and obediently answers to our conceptions; whether we travel fast or slow, the track is laid for us. Let us spend our lives in conceiving then. The poet or the artist never yet had so fair and noble a design but some of his posterity at least could accomplish it.”

“Nature does nothing in vain, and in the use of means to her goals she is not prodigal.”