It Is A Primitive Form Of Thought

In The World Of Physics We Watch A Shadowgraph Performance Of The Drama Of Familiar Life. The Shadow Of My Elbow Rests On The Shadow Table As The Shadow Ink Flows Over The Shadow Paper. It Is All Symbolic, And As A Symbol The Physicist Leaves It. ... The Frank Realisation That Physical Science Is Concerned With A World Of Shadows Is One Of The Most Significant Of Recent Advances.

Unless The Structure Of The Nucleus Has A Surprise In Store For Us, The Conclusion Seems Plain — There Is Nothing In The Whole System Of Laws Of Physics That Cannot Be Deduced Unambiguously From Epistemological Considerations.

In Any Attempt To Bridge The Domains Of Experience Belonging To The Spiritual And Physical Sides Of Nature, Time Occupies The Key Position.

Life Would Be Stunted And Narrow If We Could Feel No Significance In The World Around Us Beyond That Which Can Be Weighed And Measured With The Tools Of The Physicist Or Described By The Metrical Symbols Of The Mathematician.

You Cannot Disturb The Tiniest Petal Of A Flower Without The Troubling Of A Distant Star.