Quotes

Stephen Hawking

Any irregularities in the universe would simply have been smoothed out by the expansion, as the winkles in a balloon are smoothed away when you blow it up. Thus the present smooth and uniform state of the universe could have evolved from many different non-uniform initial states.

p.165~166 Chp8 The Illustrated, A Brief History of Time


Jane Goodall

If a fixed area is occupied by one or more individuals we may talk about a home range. Any part (of all) of this overal range that is defended against other conspecifics, or even against individuals of other species, is a territory.

p.525 Chp17
The Chimpanzee, of Gombe


Florence Nightingale

For what is Mysticism? Is it not the attempt to draw near to God, not by rites or ceremonies, but by inward disposition? Is it not merely a hard word for 'The Kingdom of Heaven is within'? Heaven is neither a place nor a time. [1873]

p.144
Florence Nightingale Mystic, Visionary, Healer