I think that the scienti?c way of looking at the world, and the humanistic way of looking at the world are complementary.
ALAN LIGHTMANAfter a while the car becomes just another thing that he owns. Moreover, when his neighbor next door buys two cars, in an instant our man feels wretchedly poor and deprived.
More Alan Lightman Quotes
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We walk from room to room, look into the room that is lit, the present moment, then walk on. We do not know the rooms ahead, but we know we cannot change them. We are spectators of our lives.
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Science is an intellectual journey, and to me, it’s not the destination.
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While people brood, time skips ahead without looking back.
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Sadness is no more than a bit of acid transfixed in the cerebellum.
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Like the air we breathe or like the passage of time, is central to our existence as intelligent beings.
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I think it is always a long shot getting a book made into a film.
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I think e-mail is representative of our fast food mentality in the United States, where everything has gotten faster and faster, and we’re required to respond to inputs more quickly with less time for thought and reflection.
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Just as an object may move in three perpendicular directions, corresponding to horizontal, vertical, and longitudinal, so an object may participate in three perpendicular futures.
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There is a place where time stands still.
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I have always loved magic realism as a form of writing.
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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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We’ve lost our way, we have lost our centeredness.
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I oppose any belief that contradicts experimental evidence as determined by the methods of science.
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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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As a scientist, I don’t believe science will ever discover whether God exists. Nor do I believe religion will ever prove it.
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