James Jeans

“The plain fact is that there are no conclusions.”

“Life exists in the universe only because the carbon atom possesses certain exceptional properties.”

“The universe begins to look more like a great thought than a great machine.”

“From the intrinsic evidence of his creation, the Great Architect of the Universe now begins to appear as a pure mathematician.”

“Put three grains of sand inside a vast cathedral, and the cathedral will be more closely packed with sand than space is with stars.”

“To travel hopefully is better than to arrive.”