It is the stars, The stars above us, govern our conditions.

Whatever the universal nature assigns to any man at any time is for the good of that man at that time.

So long as the universe had a beginning, we could suppose it had a creator. But if the universe is really completely self-contained, having no boundary or edge, it would have neither beginning nor end: it would simply be. What place, then, for a creator?

The big message of gospel is that you don’t have to keep fighting the universe; you can stop, and the universe is quite good to you. There is a loss of ego.

I can control my destiny, but not my fate. Destiny means there are opportunities to turn right or left, but fate is a one-way street. I believe we all have the choice as to whether we fulfil our destiny, but our fate is sealed.

You are the universe, you aren’t in the universe.

Observations indicate that the universe is expanding at an ever increasing rate. It will expand forever, getting emptier and darker.

The universe is very large, and its boundaries are not known very well, but it is still possible to define some kind of a radius to be associated with it.

The awareness that health is dependent upon habits that we control makes us the first generation in history that to a large extent determines its own destiny.

All variety of created objects which represent order and life in the universe could happen only by the willful reasoning of its original Creator, whom I call the ‚Lord God.‘

I’m not somebody that thinks about destiny and fate, but I don’t walk away from it when something unfolds.

My goal is simple. It is a complete understanding of the universe, why it is as it is and why it exists at all.

Space is almost infinite. As a matter of fact, we think it is infinite.

Only by joy and sorrow does a person know anything about themselves and their destiny. They learn what to do and what to avoid.

I do not believe in a fate that falls on men however they act; but I do believe in a fate that falls on them unless they act.

No evil can happen to a good man, either in life or after death. He and his are not neglected by the gods.

Coincidences are spiritual puns.

Kisses are a better fate than wisdom.

To be more childlike, you don’t have to give up being an adult. The fully integrated person is capable of being both an adult and a child simultaneously. Recapture the childlike feelings of wide-eyed excitement, spontaneous appreciation, cutting loose, and being full of awe and wonder at this magnificent universe.

Talent and intelligence never yet inoculated anyone against the caprice of the fates.

Every day I try to be in communication with the universe in an unconscious way.

There’s always a bittersweet kind of thing, but I feel like everything had to work out the way it is. Everything that had to happen, happened.

God writes the Gospel not in the Bible alone, but also on trees, and in the flowers and clouds and stars.

A man’s character is his fate.

If we do discover a complete theory, it should be in time understandable in broad principle by everyone. Then we shall all, philosophers, scientists, and just ordinary people be able to take part in the discussion of why we and the universe exist.

In other words, a person who is fanatic in matters of religion, and clings to certain ideas about the nature of God and the universe, becomes a person who has no faith at all.

If a star or studio chief or any other great movie personages find themselves sitting among a lot of nobodies, they get frightened – as if somebody was trying to demote them.

The motions of the comets are exceedingly regular, and they observe the same laws as the motions of the planets, but they differ from the motions of vortices in every particular and are often contrary to them.

Fate pulls you in different directions.

The universe is transformation: life is opinion.

Some scientists claim that hydrogen, because it is so plentiful, is the basic building block of the universe. I dispute that. I say there is more stupidity than hydrogen, and that is the basic building block of the universe.

The world, we are told, was made especially for man – a presumption not supported by all the facts. A numerous class of men are painfully astonished whenever they find anything, living or dead, in all God’s universe, which they cannot eat or render in some way what they call useful to themselves.

There’ll always be serendipity involved in discovery.

The Earth is a very small stage in a vast cosmic arena.

Look at the sky. We are not alone. The whole universe is friendly to us and conspires only to give the best to those who dream and work.

Great men, unknown to their generation, have their fame among the great who have preceded them, and all true worldly fame subsides from their high estimate beyond the stars.

Even these stars, which seem so numerous, are as sand, as dust – or less than dust – in the enormity of the space in which there is nothing.

I do not believe in a fate that falls on men however they act; but I do believe in a fate that falls on them unless they act.

Sometimes I think we’re alone in the universe, and sometimes I think we’re not. In either case the idea is quite staggering.

The torment of precautions often exceeds the dangers to be avoided. It is sometimes better to abandon one’s self to destiny.

I believe alien life is quite common in the universe, although intelligent life is less so. Some say it has yet to appear on planet Earth.

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

The most remarkable discovery in all of astronomy is that the stars are made of atoms of the same kind as those on the earth.

The motions which the planets now have could not spring from any natural cause alone, but were impressed by an intelligent Agent.

We are just an advanced breed of monkeys on a minor planet of a very average star. But we can understand the Universe. That makes us something very special.

Let both sides seek to invoke the wonders of science instead of its terrors. Together let us explore the stars, conquer the deserts, eradicate disease, tap the ocean depths, and encourage the arts and commerce.

We’re a blip in the existence of the universe, and we’re constantly trying to pull each other down. Not doing things to help each other.

I’m astounded by people who want to ‚know‘ the universe when it’s hard enough to find your way around Chinatown.

Man does not control his own fate. The women in his life do that for him.

Fortune brings in some boats that are not steered.

Against eternal injustice, man must assert justice, and to protest against the universe of grief, he must create happiness.

I was born on a full moon. Both my children were born on full moons, too. Some people say that’s scary. It is what it is, man, I don’t be trippin‘. I couldn’t tell God when I wanted to be born.

It has been discovered that all the world is made of the same atoms, that the stars are of the same stuff as ourselves. It then becomes a question of where our stuff came from. Not just where did life come from, or where did the earth come from, but where did the stuff of life and of the earth come from?

I don’t know what your destiny will be, but one thing I know: the only ones among you who will be really happy are those who will have sought and found how to serve.

It is the strange fate of man, that even in the greatest of evils the fear of the worst continues to haunt him.

I can find in my undergraduate classes, bright students who do not know that the stars rise and set at night, or even that the Sun is a star.

Darn the wheel of the world! Why must it continually turn over? Where is the reverse gear?

I came to China to follow my star and to steep myself in the raw regions of the universe.

There is a mysterious cycle in human events. To some generations much is given. Of other generations much is expected. This generation of Americans has a rendezvous with destiny.

If you want to make God laugh, tell him about your plans.

I’m in awe of the universe, but I don’t necessarily believe there’s an intelligence or agent behind it. I do have a passion for the visual in religious rituals, though, even though they may be completely empty and bereft of substance. The incense is powerful and provocative, whether Buddhist or Catholic.