The Word Reality Frightens Me.

Whether In The Intellectual Pursuits Of Science Or In The Mystical Pursuits Of The Spirit, The Light Beckons Ahead, And The Purpose Surging In Our Nature Responds.

Proof Is An Idol Before Which The Mathematician Tortures Himself.

I Am Aware That Many Critics Consider The Conditions In The Stars Not Sufficiently Extreme . . . The Stars Are Not Hot Enough. The Critics Lay Themselves Open To An Obvious Retort: We Tell Them To Go And Find A Hotter Place.

An Electron Is No More (and No Less) Hypothetical Than A Star. Nowadays We Count Electrons One By One In A Geiger Counter, As We Count The Stars One By One On A Photographic Plate.

Man Is Slightly Nearer To The Atom Than To The Star. ... From His Central Position Man Can Survey The Grandest Works Of Nature With The Astronomer, Or The Minutest Works With The Physicist. ... [k]nowledge Of The Stars Leads Through The Atom; And Important Knowledge Of The Atom Has Been Reached Through The Stars.