"The atoms become like a moth, seeking out the region of higher laser intensity."

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Source : "Lasers Slow Atom for Scrutiny". The New York Times, July 13, 1986.

Steven Chu

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“Mama was my greatest teacher, a teacher of compassion, love and fearlessness. If love is sweet as a flower, then my mother is that sweet flower of love.”
“The technologist was the final guise of the white missionary, industrialization the last gospel of a dying race and living standards a substitute for a purpose in living.”
“Maybe sometimes things come to you that you never, in a thousand years, would have included. But they strike a chord, so grab it. Trust your ability to know what's true to it and what would carry you off into outer space.”

Source : Interview with Meredith Danluck, www.interviewmagazine.com. October 22, 2015.
“Yeah, a lot more than he likes you," said Oh. It didn't look like Milo appreciated the joke very much. "That's debatable," said Milo. "Is not," said Oh. She leaned in and put her pink cast against my cheek, kissing me quickly on the lips. "That's incredibly unfair. If we were gay you'd be up a creek without a paddle. You wouldn't even be in the game." "He's right, you know," I said. "Aw. You guys are having a bromance. That's really cute.”
“As the genuine religious impulse becomes dominant, adoration more and more takes charge. 'I come to seek God because I need Him', may be an adequate formula for prayer. 'I come to adore His splendour, and fling myself and all that I have at His feet', is the only possible formula for worship.”
“We are all potential murderers, and we are all potential rapists and abusers.”
“Care for life and physical health, with due regard for the needs of others and the common good, is concomitant with respect for human dignity.”
“A kingdom is not lost by a single defeat.”

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