Quotes about Phenomenon
Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one.
— Albert Einstein
Nature is unfathomable because we seek after causes and consequences in a realm where this form is not to be found. We try to reach the inner being of nature, which looks out at us from every phenomenon, under the guidance of the principle of sufficient reason - whereas this is merely the form under which our intellect comprehends appearance, i.e. the surface of things, while we want to employ it beyond the bounds of appearance; for within these bounds it is serviceable and sufficient.
— Arthur Schopenhauer
It's the gravity that shapes the large scale structure of the universe, even though it is the weakest of four categories of forces.
— Stephen Hawking
What is it that breathes fire into the equations and makes a universe for them to describe?
— Stephen Hawking
The laws of physics demand the existence of something called 'negative energy'.
— Stephen Hawking
I like the way C. F. D. Moule, the Cambridge New Testament scholar, put it: 'If the coming into existence of the Nazarenes, a phenomenon undeniably attested by the New Testament, rips a great hole in history, a hole the size and shape of Resurrection, what does the secular historian propose to stop it up with?' "3
— Lee Strobel
Gravitation cannot be held responsible for people falling in love. How on earth can you explain in terms of chemistry and physics so important a biological phenomenon as first love? Put your hand on a stove for a minute and it seems like an hour. Sit with that special girl for an hour and it seems like a minute. That's relativity.
— Albert Einstein
Suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind.
— Anonymous
Colors come from a phenomenon called scattering. The wavelengths of light and the size of the particles determine the colors.
— Francine Rivers
A purely psychological explanation is ruled out... the discs show signs of intelligent guidance, by quasi-human pilots.
— Carl Jung
Once in our world, a Stable had something in it that was bigger than our whole world.
— CS Lewis
How on earth are you ever going to explain in terms of chemistry and physics so important a biological phenomenon as first love?
— Albert Einstein