The Universe Is The Way It Is,

The Ultimate Arbiter Of Truth Is Experiment, Not The Comfort One Derives From One's A Priori Beliefs, Nor The Beauty Or Elegance One Ascribes To One's Theoretical Models.

A Universe Without Purpose Should Neither Depress Us Nor Suggest That Our Lives Are Purposeless. Through An Awe-inspiring Cosmic History We Find Ourselves On This Remote Planet In A Remote Corner Of The Universe, Endowed With Intelligence And Self-awareness. We Should Not Despair, But Should Humbly Rejoice In Making The Most Of These Gifts, And Celebrate Our Brief Moment In The Sun.

The Lack Of Understanding Of Something Is Not Evidence For God. It's Evidence Of A Lack Of Understanding.

The Ultimate Goal Of Physicists Is To Arrive At An Equation That Explains Everything And Could Fit On A T-shirt. That May Happen But The T-shirt Would Have To Be 10-dimensional.

The Illusion Of Purpose And Design Is Perhaps The Most Pervasive Illusion About Nature That Science Has To Confront On A Daily Basis.