Except for a God who sits down after the universe begins, all other gods conflict with the assumptions of science.
ALAN LIGHTMANAnd of course, that makes it frightening to start a new book because you can’t really depend upon what you’ve done with previous books.
More Alan Lightman Quotes
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I certainly believe there are forces bigger than ourselves, and that we should be searching, individually, for meaning in our lives. But I don’t believe there’s a supreme being, an intelligence that created everything.
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A person who cannot imagine the future is a person who cannot contemplate the results of his actions. Some are thus paralyzed into inaction.
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With a background in science I am extremely interested in the meeting ground of science, theology, and philosophy, especially the ethical questions at the border of science and theology.
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I appreciate the idea of the individual person battling the society – which is true in all his books.
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An unusual counterpoint between personal history and the history of a young nation. Haunting, powerful, and beautifully written.
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All beliefs not in such contradiction may be considered as faith. Whether faith in a particular belief is beneficial or not is another matter.
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I believe that we need to slow down.
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Or perhaps it is not because the cosmos is irrational but because they are rational. Who can say which, in an acausal world?
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Each future moves in a different direction of time. Each future is real.
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Whenever Obama uses subtleties in discussing a complex issue, he gets creamed.
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One cannot walk down an avenue, converse with a friend, enter a building, browse beneath the sandstone arches of an old arcade without meeting an instrument of time.
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While people brood, time skips ahead without looking back.
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When they are on their cell phones they are not where their bodies are…they are somewhere else in hyperspace. They are not grounded.
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He hopes that she loves him in return. Is it possible for a person to love without wanting love back?
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The tragedy of this world is that everyone is alone. For a life in the past cannot be shared with the present.
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