Quotes about Universe

What God wanted him [Job] to realize was that this same God who brought such pattern and beauty into a world He had fashioned out of nothing could also bring a pattern and beauty out of Job's brokenness. The universe is both complex and intelligible, and Job was reminded of that. There is intelligence behind the design,as there is also intelligence in helping us cope with suffering.

The universe is not a machine; it is an organic whole.

Chet Raymo is professor of physics and astronomy at Stonehill College in Massachusetts. He is a convinced naturalist with a strong mystical bent. Few writers in our time are able to open up vistas of grandeur in the world of objects and entities as he does. In his book Skeptics and True Believers:The Exhilarating Connection between Science and Religion, he illustrates in his brilliant and inimitable style the marvels that are all around us in this universe.

Science expresses the universe in five terms: time, space, matter, power, and motion. Genesis 1:1-2 perfectly revealed such truths to the Hebrews in 1450 BC: "In the beginning (time) God created (power) the heaven (space) and the earth (matter)… and the spirit of God moved (motion) upon the face of the waters." The first things God tells man is that he controls all aspects of the universe.

Just for once I'd like to see all these things sort of straightened out, with each person in the universe getting exactly what he deserves. It might give me some confidence in this universe.

The more we descend into the interworkings of the cell or ascend to the depths of the universe, the more we can see the fingerprint of God.

since time, space, and matter did not exist prior to the beginning of the universe, then the "cause" of the universe had to be timeless, spaceless, and immaterial. Further

the cosmological argument. The idea is that everything that begins to exist must have a cause.

1. Whatever begins to exist has a cause. 2. The universe began to exist. 3. Therefore the universe has a cause.

Everything is perfect in the universe -- even your desire to improve it.

You are chosen by the Creator of the universe—the One who knows you by name and never forgets you. He is the One who took us from "nothing to something, from rejected to accepted".

if you stay still for long enough, the universe whispers its secrets to you.