"When you realize that the laws of nature must be incredibly finely tuned to produce the universe we see, that conspires to plant the idea that the universe did not just happen, but that there must be a purpose behind it."

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Source : "Science Finds God". www.washingtonpost.com. July 20, 1998.

John Polkinghorne

#Ideas Quotes #Law Quotes #Purpose Quotes

“I am so mad at the press I could just strangle them!”
“You will find in politics that you are much exposed to the attribution of false motive. Never complain and never explain.”

Source : In Harold Nicolson Diary (1967) 21 July 1943
“People know me. I'm not going to produce any cartwheels out there. I'm not going to belong on Comedy Central. I'll always be a tennis player, not a celebrity”
“You can't sing with a closed heart. You just can't do it. And if you try, as soon as you start singing, your heart just naturally opens more and more.”
“Our weavings in the cosmic web are not self-contained. Rather, they are part of the design of our collective humanity.”
“Buzyness, however, is moral laziness because it involves refusing to live with courage and intentionality.”

Source : Dan B. Allender (2011). “Leading with a Limp: Take Full Advantage of Your Most Powerful Weakness”, p.129, WaterBrook
“... people miss a great deal by being sensible.”

Source : Martha Gellhorn (2014). “The View from the Ground”, p.223, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
“Nerves provide me with energy... It's when I don't have them, when I feel at ease, that's when I get worried.”

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